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The Weeds in the Garden
Elaine paced the perimeter of the garden. Wild strawberry vines, thick with tiny, scarlet jewels of sweet fruit dominated one end of the plot. Cucumber and zucchini plants ran wild in the middle. The remains of a bean trellis covered the stone wall at the back of the garden like skeleton. Through the weeds she could see the structure of a lovely garden-to-be. Thistle had begun to creep into the fertile soil, but Elaine was determined to restore this small piece of living earth to its former glory. A dark figure watched, riveted, from a window as she attacked the weeds.
Thistle, #66