The Other Twin

ere on a couch and a doctor was there too, but what caught her attention was the mass on the hospital bed. It was a human cov

woman and the doctor. The woman was shedding tears already and tears has already w

when she saw Maya lying there, wounded, unmoving, still, dead. Then she felt the ground slipping away from her and the room s

the three persons who were looking down at her, then the tear

d held her hand. "She was involved in

Why? Why?" M

I am so

looked at it and her eyes widened in horr

at are we going

in surprise, wondering wh

oomed," Alicia said, stood u

st have see

ne knows Re

Mariana inquired, si

is your sister, that's her code

work is she

eed to take this call," Alica said and left

l be going out now. We would put her in

you, doctor."

away from the room a

I saw the news," Miguel's

eath. "Uhm...this is not R

at? Wher

or now, the doctors are doi

"What h

r truck into the car she was in. Salvatore

to check out the area before this operation. If she had died I would have killed you too. Pray nothing happ

Si senor.

on her chest, a lone tear streaked down her left cheek. She slo

Arturo rushed over to her. "What

in danger," Ali

didn't call her to come over only because Maya was dead. Something else is happening and they we

ill me if anything happens

Uhm... who is he and what do

own beside her. "Red was my best friend and I wouldn't have

"

guel Dominguez i

was married and sh

et involved, she didn't even want her husba

"From

ple. The nature of he

it that Red was doing exactl

ro and then back at Maria

d who is t

to know him soon, but y

ading with her eyes. She was kind-hearted and had a lot of empathy but there was no way she was going to pretend to be Maya. She can't leave

serious," she said s

you to survive, I would

s already dea

u are here. You can he

if she doesn'

lk but no words came out she clos

to give your answer ri

, I know my answer. I was never goin

rm. If those people see you, they would kill you without hes

oat, and went to the door. "Don't ever call me ab

said and ran her fingers o

, if she doesn't we could kidnap her, thre

herself. "I'm sure Red's spiri

g from one person to the other. "Call me when the fun

stubborn as her si

e blood," Alicia said. "But ser

ther." Arturo sat down in front of her, holding her hands in his. "

tood up and

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er, but she had refused to stop crying. The tears couldn't stop flowing. She knelt, her eyes focused on the statue of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, her heart sodden with tears

t at peace in the house of God, but deep down in her, she knew she was all alone in this world, no family, no one to call her own, t

n, and rubbed her back and she burst into tears, her voice echoing all over the church. The person turned her to look at her and she saw Maya, sitting there beside her with a smile o

one without hope?" she heard

woman's arms and wept until she could no longer feel her tears. She had narrated everything to Mother Peace, about the work he

do you feel

able," she ans

But let the Lord console you. Do not weep for He knew

er, she was m

u need, you can go to your sister's husband's house, not as the person her friends want you to go

. I can't leave this orph

't stay in this place forever, now that your only sister is dead, you need

rld out there i

you are the light of the world. You shoul

, I have no other ho

husband might provide

the church and the two wo

Clara," Mother

ariana, some people are here

t her until she left the church. Sister Clara led her to a car that was parked by the orphanage dining and a lot of children were running

do you want

to know if you have

won't think of whatever stupid

at stake here, pleas

nvolved in. The only thing I can do for you is to go to h

ed back at her. "You can't do that. He is not the kind

them in confusion. "Wha

How would you feel if I died becau

d she didn't understand what kind of man Maya's husband was. These