Thinking it would be best to get it over with quickly, she
took out Earl’s old army pistol and made the decision to
shoot herself in the heart since it was so badly broken in
the first place.

Not wanting to miss the vital organ and become a
vegetable and a burden to someone, she called her
doctor’s office to learn her heart’s exact location.

Since you’re a woman,” the doctor said, “your heart is
just below your left breast Why do you ask?”

Mildred hung-up without answering. Later that night
Mildred was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot
wound to her knee.