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The babies didn’t make it

Penulis: Chri's Layla
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The corridor was too bright. Too silent.

The kind of silence that screamed.

My head was buzzing no, pounding hblood rushing in thick waves that made the walls tilt. I leaned against the cold marble wall, breath shallow, the fluorescent light above me flickering. My palm was still wet. It took me a moment to realize it was her blood Alice’s blood.

The image wouldn’t leave. Her pale face, eyes wide with terror and disbelief, the way her lips trembled as she whispered, “My babies.”

That voice cracked, broken, still calling for me even after I had

No. I couldn’t finish the thought.

I pressed my hands over my face, dragging them down roughly, my fingertips trembling. The scent of antiseptic mixed with copper, thick in the air. It reminded me too much of something else of someone else. My brother’s body. The same metallic smell, the same silence after a scream.

The memory slammed into me without warning. The night I found him blood pooling beneath him, eyes half open. I staggered forward no
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