The Beating Heart Beats It
What happens when you miss your one shot at love?
Joy lost her heart many years ago.
A young man named Cole asked for her hand, only for her to turn him down. There are plenty of fish in the sea and I have plenty of time, she thought as she drifted off to sleep.
The beauty was awoken by her own heart tearing itself out of her chest. It looked at her and said, “He was your one chance to leave this town and find happiness. Now you have nothing.”
And with that, the heart jumped out and rolled away, leaving Joy to linger in numbness for many years.
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