The Tall Grass

Standing tall in the rains of Washington State are blades of grass
that grow so thick they almost whistle in the winds during a storm. They
reach far and wide along Heather’s back yard. She used to play there with
her sister Kendra until she disappeared about 7 years ago. Since her mother
died when she was young, all Heather was left with after that was her
father, the town Sheriff, who has lived inside a bottle most of her life.
She left after high school, confused and angry, and went away to college.
Now she is returning to wade through the tall grass and find the secrets she
knows are hidden there. To find answers to the questions she has about her
sister’s disappearance, the ones she knows her father has buried beneath the
tall grass. Secrets that may cost her the very breath she breathes and the
only family she has left.
As she parts the grass and starts to dig at its roots she begins to realize
that those secrets might be better off hidden. It’s too late, she has
already stirred up the soil and uncovered a truth she would have never
expected.