ELIZABETH'S POV
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My eyes fluttered closed as the darkness engulfed me in a world beyond my understanding and control.
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I could feel myself sink deeper into the world that existed on the other side.
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Was this how death felt like?
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Peaceful.
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If dying was like this I didn't want to leave this place at all. My thoughts wandered to the guy who was next to me.
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He called me Azalea.
I've never heard of that name before but yet I felt a deeper connection to him.
It felt like I had known him for years.
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But I just couldn't wrap my finger around it.
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What was going on?
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When I tried to walk further I suddenly became stuck. A redline was only a few inches from me.
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I couldn't cross it.
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But the strange guy was in the middle. Half of his body outside the redline.
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"His hanging between both worlds of good and evil, his fate is unknown" a voice out of nowhere.
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When I turned around no one was there.
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Was this some kind of sick prank?
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I looked around again more cautiously but I saw no one.
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The guy was bleeding to death so was my own body but I was helpless.
Our collided damaged vehicles had caused a lot of traffic jams.
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But got out of their cars and rushed towards the bloody scene.
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People took out their phones quickly. Some called for an ambulance while others reported the accident to the police.
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It wasn't long before I heard sirens coming towards the bloody scene.
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I moved out of the way but the ambulance just went through me like I was visible.
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The cruel realization made me gasp in shock.
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If my soul had left my body that meant that I was dead.
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My soul disappeared and went into my injured body.
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I was aware of the paramedics putting me on a hospital stretcher and carefully placed the both of us into the ambulance.
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Me and the other guy.
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Everything went dark and I zoned out.
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PRESENT DAY
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Twenty minutes later the ambulance had arrived at the hospital and both Elizabeth and the mysterious were rushed inside by nurses.
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Verona rushed inside sobbing painfully and the hospital contacted her. And told her about her daughter's critical condition.
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She immediately rushed to the hospital. Both Elizabeth and the other guy were taken to the operation theatre.
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They both lost a lot of blood.
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VERONA'S POV
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Doctor is my daughter going to be fine?" I sobbed miserably. But the doctor shook his head negatively.
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"Madam she's in a bad condition I can't say anything right now."
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The nurses wheeled Elizabeth Jones into the operation theatre. I kept pacing around the hospital halls anxiously.
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The doctor's statement instantly shattered the little hope I was holding onto. A part of me kept saying that Elizabeth was going to survive. I wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.
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Elizabeth was going to live and see the sunshine feel it's warmth and I couldn't wait to hug her.
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And tell her how much I loved her.
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FLASH BACK
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My husband had walked out on me when I was 5 months pregnant . He had left me for another woman.
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That night I felt broken and I couldn't bear the pain. I found comfort in alcohol and it became my best companion.
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But the drinking also took a negative toll on my pregnancy and my little girls. I was going to have twins.
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A month later I began getting unbearable stomach cramps and I started bleeding.
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I thought that I was going to lose my girls. Despite the pain I managed to call the ambulance by the time it was arriving my vision was blurry.
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I was about to pass out.
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I was aware of being put in the back of the ambulance. The pain in my stomach didn't stop either.
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What had I done?
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I was slowly killing my babies with my alcohol addiction. I wasted most of my savings on nothing but liquor.
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I didn't deserve to be a mother.
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I kept my eyes open breathing in out harshly. I couldn't close my eyes not now. I had to fight for my babies.
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It wasn't before I was rushed to the operation theatre. They had to take out my babies before they died inside my womb.
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I remember being restless and wandering into the darkness. The darkness that swallowed people like me who put innocent babies in danger.
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People who were swallowed never came back. They always stayed in the darkness and got tormented by their inner fears.
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I didn't want to face mine.
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Four hours later.
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My eyes slowly opened when I tried to sit up right and I winced in pain. The crib beside my bed was empty. Another woman with dirty blonde hair was sleeping a few metres away.
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It looked like she had given birth as well.
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I looked at my other side and saw no sign of my babies.
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A shiver went down my spine.
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The words left my lips before I could stop them and tears rolled down my pale cheeks.
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"I killed them..."
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The doctor walked in and quietly closed the door behind him.
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"My babies are dead right?"
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He gave me a pitiful look and shook his head negatively.
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"Come with me there is something that you should see."
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I nodded and followed him.
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He led me towards a nursery of premature babies who were in incubators.
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Each incubator had the parents last name.
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He took me towards mine.
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My incubators were labelled A and B.
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I took slow steps towards the incubators.
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Baby A was instantly asleep. She had a lot of tubes connected to her. The mere sight made my heart shatter.
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Baby B was next; they had placed her incubator at the last row far away from her sister's incubator.
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I stared at the doctor and he urged me to go.
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Something was wrong.
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"Go ahead."
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I walked towards the last row when I saw my baby a shocked gasp escaped my lips and I clamped my hand over my mouth.
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The little thing in the crib kept wiggling uncontrollably it's face was disfigured.
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It looked like it was made of clay.
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I shook my head in disbelief and hot tears burned my eyes.
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"Mrs. Jones due to the excessive drinking one of the twins was affected. The other is in a critical condition,but we'll still have to keep baby A for a few months in the hospital."
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I turned to the doctor and grabbed his hand.
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" What about my other baby?"
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He sighed deeply.
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"Unfortunately baby B has only twenty hours to live she won't make it."
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A painful sob escaped my lips. My knees gave in and I slumped to the floor sobbing painfully.
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I killed my baby and put the other in danger. I didn't deserve to become a mother at all.
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The doctor left all alone as I suffered in my misery I had brought this upon myself.
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Six months later.
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I never left the hospital ever since my other baby died. I always devoted my attention to my other daughter.
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I named her Elizabeth.
She was all I had. Over the past few months she had recovered and she weighed like a healthy baby.
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The doctor had prepared the discharge papers when he gave her the final check up to make that everything was good.
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DOCTORS POV
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I stared at the large amount of money in my hands. This was against the law but when that couple offered me millions if I could only do one favor for them.
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Swap babies.
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Mrs. Jonas had given to two premature babies they were perfectly fine but the couple that paid me had a disfigured baby due to her drug and alcohol addiction.
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Her husband asked me if I could exchange the babies.
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And I agreed if I refused to do what they wanted they would have made me lose my job.
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I was helpless but the guilt inside me was eating me up. I had separated a child from its mother.
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PRESENT DAY
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ELIZABETH'S POV
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I woke up with a big headache. My head was pounding. I rubbed my temples gently to try and ease the pain.
I sat upright leaning against the headboard. I could feel my heart thumping loudly in my chest but it wasn't mine.
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I could sense that someone was hurt and heartbroken.
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"She left me all alone" a voice sobs.
But it wasn't in this room.
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I shook my head in disbelief.
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"No. This can't be real, it must be the medicine affecting my thoughts."
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Just then mom walked in before I could comprehend what was happening she engulfed me in a big tight hug causing me to wince in pain.
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"My dear Elizabeth I thought I had lost you just like your father."
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I sigh deeply as she releases me.
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" Please mom don't talk about my father" I muttered bitterly and mom quietly nodded.
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She grasped my hand gently.
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" I'm sorry honey I didn't mean to make you upset get some rest while I go talk to the doctor" she said softly and I nodded.
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Once mom left I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.
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I whispered something incoherently in my unconscious state.
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It seemed like I shared a special bond with that stranger. We were somehow connected and our thoughts and feelings were linked.
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I dreamed of a guy with a deep shade of blue gorgeous eyes. They held many emotions and dark secrets that I wanted to find out.
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