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Counting Heartbeats

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Parts 1
Time 10m

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This is quite different from what I normally write- I hope you like it...


It is the summer of 1969. Elvis is king, Nixon is president and the Vietnam war rages on. You can buy gas for thirty-five cents a gallon and for nine year old Louise White it is the summer she became the invisible child. With her older brother and sister out of the house, Lou and her best friend Conner rule their little world. They are all each other have. They are the only ones who see each other. Conner sees Lou's loneliness and her desperation to have her mother notice her, or God-forbid, be proud of her. Lou sees the bruises Conner tries to hide. All the adults in their lives turn a blind eye from what is right in front of them until it is too late.

Lou discovers she has a chance to go back and change all the wrongs to rights in her childhood. But that choice has a price.

Everyone has only so many heartbeats. Would you give up yours to save some one else?All Rights Reserved

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