THE HEART BEAT

sten to you" Anna pleaded in tears. She swallowed the whole insult, sh

when I know you can't. Just leave the house before I get

na, she could barley stand up from the ground wher

door to her room

ou crying???" Came the rasp voi

dear" Anna responded,

the tears on your face? Can you??"

ur sisters prepare for school," changing the topic, Anna pleaded with her daughter