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A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years. He breaks into a house to look for money and guns and finds a young couple in bed.
The room was stunning filled with Lilly's old furniture. She trotted across it and plopped down on her bed. Silky green covers pulled Lilly in to them, and her eyes shut willingly.
Lilly jumped from the old cliche looking barn, not wanting to spend one more second anywhere near it. Her muscles felt sore, her bones felt snapped in two, and her mind felt blank.
A rose as a metaphor for a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A beauty hard to surpass, where mishandling may result in injury or death. You could be a rose, that metaphor would fit, but I decided against it.