Never Let Go
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Epilogue “There’s something wrong I’m afraid” Dr Calamity said. “It would seem that the larger of your twins has pressed their foot against the others cord and the oxygen supply was cut. I’m so terribly sorry but one of your babies will be a stillborn.” “No..No…No please not my baby…please Dr save her” Janice cried. “I’m sorry there’s nothing I can do.shes gone.” Dr Calamity said quietly. 25 years later…. I guess I was a wanted baby to start with…but then I killed my sister- my twin to be exact. My parents have hated me ever since. They worship my big brother but they can’t even look at me. The thing is if they bothered to look at me they would see how bad things really are…they would see how bad I really am. I wish everyday my twin was alive but she isn’t so I guess that’s how this got started. I write letters to my twin –Jane her name was. I guess my parents thought twins with matching J names were cute because they called me Jacqui. I guess sometimes I feel my twin would be the only one who would understand me. That’s why I got started writing her letters. I was about seven the first time I wrote to Jane and now I have a whole collection of letters just for her. This is my story told through my letters to Jane
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Some say that our fate is determined before we are ever born. Jacqui has felt the impact of her fate her entire life. Branded as the killer of her twin—a little girl they named Jane—she has been a pariah in her own family and community since birth. As the result of a freak accident in the womb, Jane never drew a single breath. Her unborn twin’s foot crushed her cord, depriving her tiny brain of oxygen. No reasonable person would assign intent or blame to the surviving baby—but that didn’t stop Jacqui’s parents from blaming her for her sister’s demise.
Jacqui has tried to come to a place of peace and understanding her entire life, but she is now treated as a burden by her family. Alone, sad, and confused, she tells her story through a series of poignant letters to her sister in heaven. Having started writing to Jane when she was about seven, she is desperate to connect with her lost other half in any way she can.
In her quest for self-acceptance, understanding, and forgiveness, Jacqui reaches out to the only other one who could possibly know what really happened on that fateful day: her lost twin.
About the Author
Rachael Pepin grew up in a small seaside town in Australia and has always wanted to be a writer. She lives with her dog, who is jealous of both her computer and her pen.