They say that focus on success can turn your heart to stone, but such warnings weren’t heeded by Jenny the Queen of Slums.
She was extortionate in her rent and ruthless with her evictions. With every pound she made, her heart calcified more.
And as her heart solidified, the rot spread outwards. Her eyes hard and glassy, her skin marble-cold. She liked it. Said it showed her strong character.
But strength, as she found on the day she first used her new swimming pool, is not everything.
Her obituary read:
Hard as diamond. Tough as granite. Floated like a brick.
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