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aren't you, Laura?" Robert asked

"Yes," I said, even though I kneould

regret leaving Cary locked up in his own dark,

unhappy world

"I'll be there by five, okay?"

"Okay"

That night I lay awake for the longest time with

s had

we done to cause all the nasty gossip about us? We

were twins, born minutes apart We had been

connected in our reat

separation from each other as well as from her When

ere younger, we did cling to each other more

than e

I couldn't recall a day or a night ere apart I