“The Secrets of Sweetened Vales: Promise of Mercy”

SYNOPSIS: She was his first crush.  When Julianne suddenly disappeared he demanded answers, but those who knew what happened to her refused to tell him. His heart was broken but time didn’t wait for the truth to be revealed. Vincent eventually moved on.  Then one day a friend request came like a ghost from his past to resurrect the secrets of Sweetened Vales.  And his haunts returned.

Something strange happened in that small town where the source of their healing remained a mystery.

Today it all seems like a dream as the world is consumed with the information age, yet the meaning of his past is not explained by a search of the web. His personal experience, meaningful history, is soon to be forgotten.  And still, Vincent carries the scars of Sweetened Vales; his heart remains unhealed. Medication numbs the enduring pain.

The mystique of the strawberry fields known in his youth no longer entices a grower. Gone is the hopeful expectation Vincent once felt there. Wearing a cyber mask he pretends to be someone he isn’t, in danger of losing his true self. He wonders if hope can be recovered like buried treasure, to heal the hurting once again. 

Nowadays fresh strawberries are prominently displayed by the grocer year around, but this genetically altered fruit isn’t gratifying, not like the savory harvest from the fields of Sweetened Vales. Looking back, it's also easy to see how the age inherited is altering us.

What secrets does his past hold? Vincent intends to find out, to be free of the disappointing repetition that defines him. There was something very special about that strawberry farm and it is still intended for us today. 

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