Mari na-( is a mer\maid who wi-ll turn to foam ?/in th\irty days withou#( t tr:ue, love's kiss. -She tore he);.r tail apart for Damien(:;. Day twenty-s[!e( v-:e%?:!n—no ki? ss. Dami#en ;kissed a]nother woman in!*( fro)nt#
, of her. He gave her soul-scale to Vanessa as  a neckl`^ace, an+d her  =h.\]eart=\-pearl—her on$!ly way home—as an !_an@kle[t. Marina+^% took everything \back. On opening n/ig]!:h *]\t,  +%she emp;`tied every case of `hi/[s sto/:le(/,n jewels. She`#, re-)$cla+imed the tide-brac+*el+(et, the !%-$s ,oul-scale)/@, and [(fi_na=[(lly*_ the li@;f[;e she]  stole from _[d\_?eath for him. Damien dissolved i+/(nto=- white +,f*oam, ,swept away  by the tide* . A(nd E)
li—who gave up his voice to find h(
+^er—used _.*his[) r]et=urn-?ed=
voice to whisper:"Welcome home."