Hearthbeat
a 100-word story
"Oh, that's just a fatty tumor." The doctor smiled and shook her head. "Completely benign. Very common. Does it bother you?"
"I have nightmares it talks to me--"
"I mean, does it hurt?" She twitched her hand back from the smooth, even growth on the patient's back, then chuckled. "Gotta fix these lights. Almost looked like it moved."
"Doctor, I'm scared. I--"
"Now take a deep breath while I listen to your lungs. Good. Good." She placed the stethescope on the growth, jerked away, stumbled, wild-eyed, into the wall.
"Doctor, what's wrong?"
"That growth--has its own heartbeat." Pin It Now!
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