Family Drama · fiction
The Heartbeat She Would Not Leave
“I felt two thumps.” The words came out of my eight-year-old daughter’s mouth so quietly that I almost convinced myself I had imagined them. Almost. Chloe was still curled against her father’s chest inside the open casket, one cheek pressed to the black fabric of Mark’s suit jacket. Around us, nearly thirty...
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- Genre
- Family Drama
- Audience
- Adult readers
- Chapters
- 6
- Fiction status
- fiction
- Editorial responsibility
- My Life Story Editorial
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