The Woman Who Loved a Heart

blur of strained silenc

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or the simple, uncomplica

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er voice was laced with fake panic.

cold. "What's wron

st pains. He can barely breathe. He

d Sarah. Mic

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ran from her shift, still in

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dle of it all, a drink in his

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, disheveled in her scrubs

is face a mask of emba

dressed like that?" he hissed. "

' s arm. "Don't be harsh, darling. She was just

e. But she was frozen by the s

gh for only Sarah to hear,

always was. You were ju

, then at Ethan. He w

with Chloe. Pr

makeup, stage-whispered to another, "Can you be

eart. This wasn't just about an affair. T

out, the laughter and

follow. He

words echoed in her

? A convenience? A placeholder

he truth. She didn't kn

cret that had once felt like a sacre