An Accidental Fastball to the Heart
G.S. Berger
- Rebecca
- always
- hurts
- the
- ones
- she
- loves.
- Except,
- okay,
- she
- didn't
- even
- like
- Emily
- and
- she
- only
- broke
- the
- other
- girl's
- nose
- twice,
- but,
- still.
- Eager—nay,
- desperate—to
- make
- amends
- for
- these
- accidental
- injuries,
- she
- reluctantly
- agreed
- to
- drive
- her
- victim
- on
- a
- road
- trip
- over
- an
- extended
- weekend,
- shortly
- before
- they
- both
- graduate
- from
- high
- school.
- All
- she
- wanted
- was
- forgiveness,
- an
- easing
- of
- her
- troubled
- conscience.
- Never
- could
- she
- have
- guessed
- that
- her
- tall,
- quiet
- classmate
- was
- into
- women
- -
- or
- that
- she's
- exactly
- Emily's
- type...An
- Accidental
- Fastball
- to
- the
- Heart
- is
- a
- 200-page
- or
- 60,000-word
- novel
- about
- life,
- love,
- and acceptance.
