Chapter 11- Adjusting

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When I went up to see her next morning, she was lying with the twins. A boy and a girl. It was beautiful. I gently shook her awake, and her eyes fluttered open.

"So. The names?"

She looked at me as though she didn't understand. I nodded at him and her, and she held them closer.

"Annabel and Jacob. Jake for short"

I smiled at her, at them, at the family. I didn't believe it still. Two children, born to an 18 year old. I put the TV on, and switched it to the news. We watched the weather, and then breaking news.

James was in a fatal car crash.

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