“Who are the two girls?” I ask, fearing the answer she’ll give.
“Me and my sister,” she whispers, brokenly.
The air gets stuck in my throat as the words strike my already battered heart in a way I don’t understand. There is something just on the surface, but before I can fully grasp what it is, it disappears.
“Sister?” I choke the words out in one breath.
“Yeah”
“You had a sister, a twin sister at that and you never freaking told me?" Everything is moving in slow motion as my brain slowly registers her response.
How does she have a twin sister? And where the hell is the sister now? How come I didn’t know a single fucking thing about it? What else has she been hiding from me?
My hands tremble as waves of shock flow through my tired body.
“Yes… and I didn’t tell you because you weren’t ready for it just yet,” she answers, her voice cautious and small.
“And now I’m ready for that information?” I snap. “Is that what you are trying to say?”
“Mhmm,” she mumbles in a low pitch.
My anger vanishes and I stay silent. My eyes stare ahead without really seeing anything. She answered my question but there is still something that’s missing.
Those feelings I felt earlier? Yeah, they are still there. They are even more overwhelming now that I understand who the two girls are.
“So, I just got a memory? One of you and your sister?” I mumble, again rubbing my chest, trying to chase the ache that’s there.
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