19 Hearts

She seemed extraordinarily shy at first; perhaps you could even say she was elusive in a bizarre sort of way. But something compelled me to persist in my quest to finally meet this girl and maybe establish a relationship with her. As I finally did get to know her, it didn't take long to discover that she was anything but shy. In fact, she was actually quite wicked in a naughty sort of way. As our relationship blossomed into what seemed to me to be nothing more than a fling, I was startled to learn that she had somehow fallen in love with me in just a few days. I guess you could say I was somewhat suspicious with her revelation, so I sought to discover what was really happening in her life that would lead her to make such a commitment. Unraveling her cloak of secrecy though occurred at an agonizingly tedious pace and with seemingly calculated disclosures. It was as if she wanted me to know what she wanted me to know when she wanted me to know it. I was being manipulated; I knew it, but I couldn't pry myself away from her. What was her secret? I continued to follow her to discover her secret, but in doing so, I'd find myself in the grips of a bizarre, alternate reality beyond all reason. My concept of life itself would take on an entirely new meaning. A new meaning twisted beyond the deepest depths of the human imagination. Would I ever discover her ultimate secret?