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EVA.
Emerson's eyes are wide with astonishment and awe as he says, "You're a fucking twin?"
"Was. " I correct and his face falls at that one word. "She's dead. "
Emerson seems at a loss for what to say, and when he opens his mouth to speak; I can tell he's being cautious of his words. "What happened to her? And why are you to blame for her death?"
I drop my gaze from Emerson at the remembrance. The images of that day are clear and undisrupted in my mind, and it drives me crazy with each second I spend thinking back to each detail from that night.
"Carson!" Emerson's yell of my name snaps me out of my thoughts and I lift my eyes to him. "Are you okay?" I can effortlessly sense the worry in his voice and his gaze.
I give him a small bob of my head as I adjust in my seat. "I don't want to talk about it. " I'm not ready to. Not yet; Not to Emers
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