“There are five kinds of broken hearts,” Ms. Luz says to me as her bow sweeps across the open C string. “The first is when a boy tells you he can’t date you anymore because of ambition,” Renna whispers as she plucks a harp. “The second is when a man tells you he’s marrying someone else,” Sera utters as she writes in her notebook. “The third is when you fall in love with someone else’s child,” Gabriel says, sketching a portrait of Astor. “The fourth is when you watch your love leave this world,” Mom cries as her delicate finger turns the page of a book. “And then there’s the fifth when your
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