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            She was looking at her email that afternoon, knowing she wouldn't find anything. She felt tired from the night before, but thought she should check just in case. There was one message to her from a 'Missing heart'. Being one of those curious types, she opened it. The message said “I will go to five different places in the world for you and take a picture of anything. I will send it to you in a week and I will send it to you here. It will not cost you any money. Do you accept my offer?" How could she turn it down? It seemed like it was too good to be true, but she replied that she accepted the offer. The first picture she wanted was of Paris. She had always wanted to see what the city of lights looked like. She waited a week, all the while think of what might happen when she checked her inbox next. She was shocked when she saw that this mystery photographer had actually followed through with the promise. The picture was stunning! It was like she was really there! She was thrilled with ‘Missing Hearts’ work, she had never seen a picture look so real before. The message read “What is my next destination?" She eagerly replied that she wanted a picture of China, the Great Wall in particular.  She waited another week until the picture was sent and another message as well. The picture was breath taking once again! ‘ Missing Heart’ had somehow taken the picture at an angle where you could make out every detail of one the stones used to build the massive border, to where you could see the way the rest of the wall snaked through the land.  “Next?” the message read. She told him that she wanted a picture of the African Safari, and that she wanted the picture to have an animal or two in it. Again it was another week till she was sent the picture and the message. And again it was breath taking! The photograph showed a powerful lioness chasing down a scared gazelle. She saw the hunger in the lionesses’ eyes, the fear of being caught in the gazelle’s, and felt a shiver go down her spin. “What next?” was ‘Missing Hearts’ reply. Next on her list was a picture of the hottest club in Europe.  She waited impatiently, checking her inbox through out all her classes every day for another week before she received her last picture. And, of course, it was wonderful. It showed thousands of people dancing in shimmering blue & green rays from the over head strobe lights. “Now I'm ready to take my final picture for you. ‘You’. Where will we meet?" She was questioning whether she should meet this mystery messenger or not. Finally she decided that the least she could do was allow this amazing photographer to take a picture of her. She told him to meet her at the 'Hole in the Head' in California, a famous land mark known to all she sent the message, stating that she would be there at around 4-ish, could not wait to meet one another, and waited for the reply. After waiting an hour she received the it. “Very well. I will meet you there in a week. “At the end of the message was a picture of a bloody heart. She figured that it was just some icon, although she had never seen it on the replies before. She began to question her decision then. She soon forgot about her fears though as Sunday approached. When she finished her 30 minute drive she arrived at the ' Hole in the Head'. No one was there though, but she decided to wait. After a good solid two hours, she decided that she had been stood up. As she turned around to leave, she saw a handsome man staring at her. She was taken back by his beauty; all his features looked outer worldly. He was wearing an army green t-shirt that made his ivy green eye’s pop, and a pair of tight black jeans. As she looked at him, she spotted a camera in his large, white hands. He approached her slowly; taking every step like it was a test of some sort. When they where only inches apart he asked “You wouldn’t happen to be looking for a photographer, would you?". All she could do was nod at the sweet sound that was his voice. “That is a pity then, it will be such a waste to ruin someone so beautiful". She looked at him in puzzlement. And before she new it, he had stabbed her. She feel to the ground, and laid there woundering why she had ever agreed to meeting him. Why she had ever even opened the email in the first place. He knelt down beside her and reached for the dagger. She thought he was reaching to removing it, but whatever he began to do only caused her more pain And for some odd reason she could not scream for help .She laid there mutely, staring  into his bewitching eyes. Then the pain stopped, her eyes began to close, and her breathing slowed to a stop. He stood up when he was sure she was lost to the unknown, and took the picture that would help fill the wall that held pictures of countless nameless girls he had made the same promise to in the past.. After taking the photo, he put his camera in his back pocket and began to walk away. In his hand, he held her payment to him. HER HEART.