She loved him, but what he had said to her once, in a heated moment, ate at her brain like a parasitic worm, its voracious appetite devouring her happiness. She had to kill the painful memory of it once and for all, but how?
Robert was an inveterate survivor, but he had been on the mountain for five days and even he had to admit that his resources were flagging. A storm was closing in, and he had an important question to answer. Should he soldier on? Or should he rest before making the final push to the summit?
Tom was very bad at making up his mind about things. Last year, he didn't get his girlfriend a present for her birthday because he couldn't decide what to get, which made her angry. So this year, she gave him three hints about what she would like and an ultimatum--buy the right gift, or get another girlfriend.
She thought: Can a poet vanquish a nation? No, but can she overcome the heart of a single, solitary person? Two, maybe? And that can make all the difference.
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