Saving Rain

by Kelsey Kingsley

And that was when I realized that it didn’t always matter what tree the apple fell from. Sometimes, it was just rotten.

“Good people deserve good things, Soldier, and it’s about time someone showed you that.”

“You might've done bad things,” she countered in a whisper, “but you were still a good person. I knew bad people, Soldier, and you weren't it. Not to me.”