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Heart of Gold 2

Heart of Gold 2

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The housekeepers were cleaning

I walked into the hall

Overnight, the place had been scrubbed spotlessand stripped down to black and white

The cute bunny dining chair had been dragged to the door

My bunny slippers were there, too

The pink rug had been tossed into the trash

And the pink roses I’d been watering for so longtiny buds I’d coaxed out with so much effort- were thrown on the floor, their buds crushed to pulp

At the party, they said roses meant love

I didn’t get it

But Cole had said if I could make pink roses bloom this time of year, he’d marry me

Now they were completely dead

I knelt and gathered them up, and it hurt so much I burst into tears

I didn’t notice when Cole came downstairs

He looked at me. It’s just a bouquet. Crybaby again?” 

If you want more, I’ll have someone buy them.” 

This isn’t the same.” 

Before Mom died, she told me to marry Cole and live well with him, or she’d worry, even from far 

away

I’ve tried hard to do what she asked

Now I’ve ruined it. Cole won’t marry me

Stop crying,he said, irritation buried in his eyes

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He hates it when I cry

I swallowed the tears, but the hurt wouldn’t go away

The pretty girl came down the stairs as well

Sorry, Nellie, I didn’t know those were yours,she said, breezy

I only said I didn’t like pink, and Cole changed everything. Did I cause you trouble?” 

I held back a sob

But this is my home with Cole.” 

He used to say I could keep anything I liked

Why was everything different now

Cole frowned at me

Staying at a hotel is inconvenient for her. I’m letting her live here for a while.” 

Nellie, stop making a scene.” 

I didn’t know what making a scenemeant

I just knew the place suddenly didn’t feel like mine

Angry, I headed for the stairs, the way I always hid in my room

But when I opened the door, even my room had changed

Not a single bunny plush was left

Everything was that blue I hate. I stumbled back in fright

Cole steadied me, said, She wants to be closer to me.” 

You’ll stay downstairs.” 

It’s just two months. Be good, and after that I’ll buy you all the dolls you want.” 

Eyes hot, I looked at him. Why does it have to be here?” 

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Cole has so many places. Why here

My head couldn’t make sense of it, and somehow I still did

He didn’t come pick me up last night because he was up all night clearing out my things, so the pretty girl could move in

He didn’t come because he was afraid I’d make trouble

I shoved him away. Bad brother!” 

I hid in the little room on the first floor. My things were piled there in a mess

I sat on a cardboard box, hugged my big bunny, and cried until I was drenched in sweat

But no matter how I searched, I couldn’t find the white bunny Mom gave me, or the ceramic figurine Dad made for me

They’d been packed together in one box

I went upstairs and knocked

Cole opened the door

Cole, Mom’s bunny and Dad’s figurine are gone,I blurted

I want to go in and look.” 

He blocked me

You don’t barge into someone else’s room. You know that.” 

I stared at him, confused

Then why could they barge into mine

He was tall enough to block the entire doorway, said, Say I’m good, and I’ll let you 

I blinked and said, Cole’s good.” 

in.” 

His brow eased; he started to let me passand then a clatter of breaking came from inside

A black wooden box had fallen to the floor, and the cute ceramic figurines inside were smashed to 

pieces

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Heart of Gold

Heart of Gold

Status: Ongoing

1) The Promise That Never Was

When she was five, the narrator and the boy next door were kidnapped.
When the men came for him with a needle, she stepped in front—and took the injection herself.
Whatever was in it scrambled her mind for years.
Back then, everyone joked she would marry the neighbor boy someday. But the boy grew up, went to college, and came back with a beautiful girlfriend. Their old “childhood engagement,” he said, didn’t count anymore.


2) The Girl Left Behind

She understood what that meant: he didn’t want her.
The people in their old gated community whispered that she was the “little idiot” who’d never deserve him.
Heartbroken, she went to visit her father’s grave—her only safe place left—where a stranger found her instead: Cole Lawson, a boy with trouble in his eyes.
“Want to leave with me?” he asked, daring her.
She said yes.


3) The Dare Turned Destiny

From that night forward, life with Cole became a whirlwind of reckless nights and whispered promises.
He was danger wrapped in charm; she was the broken girl who couldn’t stand the dark.
Maybe that was why he stayed—because he knew what it felt like to be haunted.
People said Cole had gone crazy for her.


4) The Drinking Game

Years later, in a smoky private room, she lifted a bottle toward him.

“If I drink all this, will you marry me, Cole?”
He sat in the shadows, flicking his lighter open and shut—silent, unreadable.
She tipped the bottle back. The burn ripped through her throat while laughter rose around them.
“Maybe it’s time you marry the little idiot,” one friend jeered.
“Yeah—she’s getting pretty. And if you don’t want her, we’ll take our shot.”


5) The Threat Behind the Smile

Cole’s smile vanished. His eyes turned glacial.
“You into her?” he asked quietly.
The man stammered, “Just for fun! Who’d actually marry a dummy?”
The laughter died instantly.
Everyone knew the rule: no one touched her except Cole.
Ever since that night when they were children, she had feared the dark—and Cole had always been the one who kept it away.


6) The Pretty Girlfriend

She kept drinking, ignoring the pain, until the room spun with four or five Coles.
Then the college girl—the same one who had replaced her—grabbed her wrist.
“Stop. Even if you finish that, Cole isn’t marrying you.”
Her voice was soft but cruel.
“Didn’t you notice? Cole Lawson doesn’t like you. At all.”
The words sliced through the haze like glass.


7) The Shattered Memory

Doesn’t like me?
She turned to Cole, searching his face.
But when every kid on the block had called her stupid, he had still played with her.
He had once promised never to hate her.
Now she bit her lip until it bled, swallowing her tears—because he hated when she cried.
Someone mocked from the corner, “Crybaby’s gonna cry again—hey Cole, soothe your child bride.”


8) The Exit

Cole stood, anger snapping through his movements.
He flicked his jacket across the heckler’s shoulder.
“Child brides?” he said, his voice sharp. “That’s backward, old-world garbage.”
Then he turned and walked out—taking the pretty girl’s hand with him.
The laughter faded, replaced by the sound of her heartbeat breaking.


9) The Waiting

She stumbled after him to the hotel entrance.
Cole said it wasn’t on the way; he’d drop the girl off first.
“Wait here,” he told her.
So she waited.
Time blurred.
Dry yellow leaves drifted from the trees, landing at her feet. She tore them apart, one by one, like counting seconds until he returned.
But he never did.


10) The Morning Alone

By the time the sun rose, her fingers were numb from the cold.
He still hadn’t come back.
She walked home alone through empty streets, light bleeding across the sky.
Every leaf she’d shredded lay scattered behind her like pieces of her heart.
Once, he’d said, When you finish counting, I’ll show up.
This time she counted to forever—and he never came.

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