Letters from an Empty Ribcage
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Last published Sun, Oct 13, 2013
Cecily lived her life with her eyes closed, heart locked up in a chest, completely oblivious and living her life with no sense of forward direction. But one day she is told that she is told her life shall end in 45 days, the only thing that would save her is a heart transplant. But not just any heart transplant, a unique one.
Cecily struggles with this newfound fate of hers, not knowing whether she should open her eyes and search through the world or wallow away in her misery, her 45 days dwindling away.
That is until she gets her first letter. The first letter that would change everything.
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