117 – Cypress Mosaic

The two of them slipped out to the back of the mansion. Unlike the front of the estate, which featured a strictly manicured French garden, the rear was designed as an English garden that preserved nature in a more organic state. Gravel paths, packed firm, branched off in several directions following the slope of the hill, disappearing and reappearing between various shrubs.

“I didn’t know there was a garden like this behind the mansion.”

“Our family has a habit of hiding anything that is good.”