Challenge
Write a short story that begins with the line "She wanted me to break it"
Good riddance he whispered as she chucked her shoes at his face
She wanted me to break it, to tear her heart to shreds.
She begged me for it.
Pleading for me to destroy the little of her that remained.
She stumbled and ranted in a drunken stupor.
Alcohol seeping from every pore vomit lingering on her breath.
All beauty that I once saw has become nothing more than a bitter aftertaste.
Lost in the bottom of the bottle.
I left her screaming
Strung out
Barefoot
Clothes barely hanging on to her
I left her there
Never turning back
Never responding to her insults
Only wondering
What happened to the innocent girl I once loved?
I left her there
After giving her four years
And I didn't even shed a tear.
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