A few feet away from where the tree once stood a car sat unclaimed. The floor was papered in old medical bills.
A few feet away from the car was a hospital.
And inside of the hospital was a morgue.
And inside the morgue was Lissa’s husband.
When the men came again they brought a truckload of machinery. When the blades whirred to life and the tree bled red sap, they thought it was strange. But they shrugged and continued to cut until there was nothing left.
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