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"Rachel, the past is the past" Her et you so up flelass of water

"But I don’t understand what happened Moirl She came into our house in all black and terrorized the place She said she knew you and was going to find you," her irl?"

"In all black," herok? What are you talking about?" Rachel asked

She didn’t know if here ht It sounded pretty absurd to her, but then again, a lot of what everyone had been telling her recently sounded absurd She wished she could remember what had happened to her, and ever story she was uncovering was crazier than the last She began to worry

"Moured if she started with soe weather or not her mom really remembered what happened or if she was still a bit loopy

"Yes, Dear We moved the other year to New York," her mom said "Don’t you remember that?"

"No I don’t re me," Rachel said

"What happened to you?" her mom asked "One day you just left us"

"Moain "This is all so upsetting toabout it I feel like a crazy person, Mom"

"Rachel, don’t worry We will sort this all out," her mom said "Can you help me up?"

She looked over at herto sit herself up in bed

"Mom, I should call the nurse in here I don’t know if you should be doing that," Rachel said

Then all of a sudden the beeping began getting louder and louder on her monitor

"Lay back down! Lay back down!" Rachel said

Within seconds the sa back into the roo with her today?" one nurse said

"Oh no! Is she ok?" Rachel asked

Then, the beeping slowed back down to the normal rate and the nurses left the roo to tell ?" Rachel asked "I already said I was sorry for everything I did Please don’t leave us!"

Rachel didn’t kno much time she’d have left with her mom, so she reached into the pocket of her coat and pulled out the letter She placed it in front of her moms face so that when she opened her eyes, she’d see it

Rachel waited, and then, heron the letter and then look over at her Her eyes grew big and a look came over her face she’d never seen before Rachel knew she was about to open up a can of wor the letter in the first place

"Mom, I found this in the attic What is it?" Rachel asked

"How did you find that?" herher breath to speak

"I found it under the floor boards It was peeking out, so I picked it up and read it," Rachel said "I’m sorry Please don’t be mad at me"

"Rachel, you are not to tell anyone about what you found You hear me?" her mom said, in a firm whisper

"I promise, but mom, what does it all mean?" Rachel asked "Why didn’t you tell me?"

"Rachel, I couldn’t I couldn’t tell anyone," her mom said

"But Mom, I don’t understand Who are we?" Rachel asked

"I wish I could tell you, Rachel, I really do," heryou!" Rachel said

"We are very special people We are different than the rest," her mom said

"Different?" Rachel asked "I always felt different Why didn’t you tell me this sooner?"

"I couldn’t!" her randmother She told me to keep it a secret all these years"

"Well, she’s not alive anymore, so you can tell ain

"Actually, Rachel Your grandmother is still with us," her mom said

"WHAT? What do you mean?" Rachel asked

"She never actually died," her mom said ominously