She didn’t run away. But she didn’t stay, either. She just smiled sadly and said, “Jack, you have a beautiful clock. But I need a heart that bleeds.”
He cried. Then he laughed. Then he cried again, because the laughing made his new heart ache in a wonderful way. jack y su corazon de cucu
It hurt. It hurt terribly.
Jack reached in with trembling fingers. He unhooked the tiny bird, the pendulum, and the mainspring. For a moment, there was silence. She didn’t run away
It said her name.