Question: Write a contemperary short story set in present day urban or rural Australia. The central character should be female, a victim of fate, circumstances or another betrayl.

HEARTBREAK TO LOVE: Gilly lived with her family in the outback and her father owned a cattle property on the outskirts of Melbourne. It was going to be yet another boring holiday, stuck on the property with only the cows to keep her company. Dylan was on a bus on his way to a rural property on the outskirts of Melbourne, his father said he had to have some work experience before he left school …

…will always be there for you, I promise" he hugged her tight and whispered in her ear. "Do you want me to drive until we pass the tree where it happened?" "Will you do that for me?" she sobbed into his chest "Gil I would do anything for you!" Passing the tree with the flowers under it, Gilly sobbed and closed her eyes if only I hadn't been driving, she would still be alive today.