The Oak Tree And The Shotgun.
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Last published Fri, Apr 18, 2025
They've always spoken to each other through eye contact in secret.
Sharing the fact that they both were damaged and hurt without uttering a single word.
Sharing it for almost 12 years without knowing each other.
But he's had enough of watching her suffer. Aaron had enough of watching her die slowly. So he finally spoke to her.
And things got better.
Happiness started mending itself into their lives.
Until her secrets got out and evoked havoc in her life.
Secrets of how her father hurt her day in and day out.
She wanted to tap out.
Disappear.
Die.
Had she succeeded?
Will she?
Or will she be forced back into her home, a place known to her as her own personal hell?
Let's find out .
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