On the Hill

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Miranda moved from her childhood home 10 years ago. She found a locket on the door but the locket was empty. She moves on with her life, living with her mother and keeping to herself. Enter Stan, a determined ex prisoner who wishes to attach himself to Miranda permanently. He follows her home, kicks her dog and brutally assaults Miranda and destroys the locket. He finds a ring inside. When he goes outside for a smoke Miranda finds the ring in his pants, gets her dog and keys and makes it out to her car. But Stan attacks the car, denting the side, cracking the window and ripping off the door handle. She drives away, heading up valley and onto the hill where she knows Eric, her crush from her teenage years, works. He talks to her, leaves work and takes her to the hospital. Eric reveals he loves Miranda and gave her the locket with a note ten years before. She never got the note but says yes to marriage. The exam reveals a sever concussion, torn rotor cuff and over thirty welts from a whipping. They plan to marry the next day to enable paid family leave. But Miranda's mom reveals she took the note and destroyed it to keep the two apart. Her mom tells Miranda that she believes Eric isn't good enough for her and will not treat her right based on his fathers race and country of birth. Stan finds Miranda and attempts a kidnapping only to be outsmarted by Eric.