The Cherry Trees
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  • Reads 34,253
  • Votes 648
  • Parts 63
  • Time 4h 55m
Ongoing, First published Jun 16, 2012
"It was then that I heard it. The small, quiet, click. I couldn't turn my head fast enough. When I finally saw her, she had the gun to her head. "I'm sorry," she mouthed. And then the whole forest went silent when the sound of her life being taken echoed off the cherry trees."

Anne Gallot. Shy, quiet, keeps to herself. Lexi Blackwell. Crazy, loud, funny, free-spirited. How could two best friends be more different? Perhaps that is what made their friendship so much more special than others. But when Luke Stein, Anne's long-time boyfriend, is killed she is consumed by a depression that even her best friend can't save her from, and eventually commits suicide. Experience Lexi and Anne's friendship and her relationship with Luke in "The Cherry Trees".
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