Chapter 3

"Her heart was fine as a kid. One time, the three of us were playing out back, and she saved me when I fell from a tree. A rock struck her right in the chest. Since then, her heart hasn't been the same," Allen said.

My mind went completely blank.

So, that was it.

There was a whole side to their story I'd never heard about.

So it wasn't love. It was guilt.

His guilt was so overwhelming that he thought the only way to make it right was with my heart.

"So," I heard my voice trembling, "you owe…