Time has since passed, the daughter has grown and so has the once loving husband and fathers rage. The apple orchard no longer stands as the small towns pride. The daughter sits in her room often looking out upon the land she once roamed with her father and mother. As she slowly sits up she begins to hear the sounds of heavy steps hitting the old wooden floorboards. They stop and all is silent.
Suddenly her door slams open, her father rushes in. Picking her up and slamming her unto the floor. He begins hitting and kicking the little girl he once loved so much, the little girl who looks like his lost love. He is consumed with resentment for the girl beneath his foot. Still he hurts her until he is tired of hearing her cry. There she was left to herself to listen to thr rain pouring down.
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The apple Orchard
Short StoryA family torn apart by an illness. Will the girl get her happily ever after?