All We Lost Was Everything little mermaid she makes his heart accelerate

she makes his heart accelerate quicker than his fastball

and a satchel full of textbooks

And soon she finds that there are times when the things you find aren't the things you even knew you had lost

or shape--need to hear

their nose to smell

All We Lost Was Everything little mermaid she makes his heart accelerateWhen eighteen year old River Santos's house burned down, she lost everything. Her clothes. Her guitar. Her songbook. Most importantly, she lost her father. But when someone anonymously donates two million dollars to her GoFundMe, it's like she's won the worst sort of lottery. She's a millionaire, but at what cost? With every person who comes into the diner where she works, she wonders, "Was it you?" The only person she's sure didn't donate the money