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Why Wouldn't She Love Me?

Kate looked up at Susan in disbelief. “No, Susan! I loved you once, but not like that. Not any more,” she said.

“But Kate! You said it! You said you loved me!” Susan screamed.

“No, Susan, I’m sorry. That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.”

Susan glared down at her with cold eyes. “No, Katie-bear. I’m sorry, but no…” She placed her hands around Kate’s neck and tightly squeezed until her frail body went limp in the ambulance stretcher.

The EMT staff pulled Susan away and brought in the portable defibrillator. They shocked Kate repeatedly, but she didn’t budge.

“We lost her,” one of the EMTs said as Susan screamed in the background.

“She said she loved me! We were going to get married! Why did she have to lie to me?! Why wouldn’t she love me?! Why wouldn’t she love me?! Why?!”

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