Another short story

She stands there, a broken heart. A lone soul stranded in a sea of emotion. Goddamn if she isn’t beautiful in it though. Her hair moves gracefully with the wind coming in off the lake. Normally she would have tied it behind her, but today such formalities seemed unnecessary. Her eyes seem as if they are on the verge of tears, but she is still beautiful. She is almost more beautiful for all the pain she is in. Her skin has tanned from hours in the sun, and her muscles have become toned from the hours she has spent sailing and maintaining her boat. The world has stopped itself around her, the sun embraces her and the wind lightly tugs upon her clothing. Her shadow extends itself behind her, much taller than her. The trees dance in unison as the autumn wind travels through them, a few leaves fall from their branches and lazily drift down to the unkempt grass. Lake water sparkles with a light similar to the one inside of her. Waves lap at the shore below her feet, bringing whatever treasure the current drags in to rest mere feet away from her. The smell of unpolluted water drifts its way towards her. This scene of pure beauty does not ease her pain, no, this moment carries with it memories of days past. Days that were happy, and filled with laughter. The pain had been forgotten in those days, hidden away, but never truly gone. She had found happiness and fought for it with every ounce of strength left in her body. Yet she could never have guessed what would come next, the fights, the screaming, the tears, and the lies. Oh she is not innocent, no, but she is sorry. Begging for forgiveness and wishing to atone she had truly been wounded. When she was at her most vulnerable, her most trusting she had been hurt. Even the one who thought he could help, who thought he could ease the pain, had only made this pain worse. For that he is a fool, and paid for it with loss of her favor. No apology may ever heal the wounds he caused, but he wishes to take it back, every mistake he ever made, every wrong word ever said.