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"Thanks" I nod, not quite sure what else to say Then I turn and walk out into the night

Twenty

I FEEL NUMB I don’t have a sister After all that

I’ve been sitting on the bed inout theat the distant hills It’s all over My stupid dreao shopping with and eat pepperood Not that Jess would ever have gone shopping or eaten pepperht have chatted We ht have told each other secrets and asked each other’s advice I hug -Lost Sisters: The Love They Never Knew They Had

Actually, it happened once With these two sisters ere going to have a kidney transplant and then they did the DNA test and realized they weren’t sisters after all But the point was, they went ahead with the kidney transplant anyway, and afterwards they said they would always be sisters in the heart The point was, they liked each other

I feel a single tear roll downupset I’ve been an only child all ain I only had a sister for a feeeks It’s not like I got used to it It’s not like we got attached or anything

In fact… in fact, I’lad this has happened Who would want Jess for a sister? Notin co about each other We should have realized it was a et toin ht here, then head back to London first thing in the et back to I’ve got a husband

At least… I think I’ve got a husband

As my mind flashes back to the last time I saw Luke I feel a hollow dread in my stomach He’s probably still furious withup a ju him makes me feel a bit sick But then my chin stiffens and I throw the jus with Luke are shaky? I don’t need soe I’ll sort it out myself Maybe I’ll buy a book There e

I craht at Jireen case, and snap it shut That’s it The end

Just then there’s a knock "Hello?"

Edie puts her head round the door "You’ve got a visitor," she says "Downstairs"

I feel an immediate flicker of hope