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Bleeding Hearts is a murder mystery so there are deaths in the story, sometimes described graphically. This story also includes themes of abuse and violence.

Bleeding Hearts - Prologue. Prologue

There is a delicate-looking plant native to North America called bleeding heart. When it blooms, its long, arching branches are covered with tiny heart-shaped flowers, each one with what looks like a drop of blood coming out the bottom—hence the name. It likes shade and doesn’t much care for wind.

Unfortunately, we were getting a lot of wind that day. From the window overlooking the garden, I watched it blow furiously through the brightly colored flowers. Many of them had already lost their petals, but so far, the bleeding hearts were holding their own. I couldn’t say the same for myself. I was feeling more and more lost by the second.

Suddenly, I was possessed with an irresistible urge to go out into the yard. I didn’t know why. Maybe I hoped the storm’s fury would blow me away — or at least blow away the storm raging inside me. I opened the back door and walked outside. The wind buffeted my body. The driving rain instantly soaked through my clothes. It poured down my face, the raindrops mixing with my tears. I didn’t care. I just wanted to stop hurting.

I fell to my knees in the middle of the yard. I had never felt so alone. In the course of the last two weeks I had lost everyone important to me. There was no one I could turn to, no one left to talk to.

I wanted to die.

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18 minutes ago, Gandalf said:

I thought you started here?  Did you disappear during the reformatting in the teens? Or maybe another site. 
 

I’m sorry you are out of print. Always buy you if I know you have anything come out. I’m not here as much as I used to be but so glad you are sharing your incredible stories here. Pax.  Ste

@Gandalf Hello! I started out on Nifty, so this is the first time I've posted them here. And I can never republish or post them without heavy rewrites, so that's something to look forward to even if you've read them before! LOL

I only have one book currently in print, and it's the first book of a new series. It's called A Kind of Death. Thank you so much for your support! It means a lot.

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