One Heart, Three Sisters

irst rain of the season, and the city buzzed with the usual rush of people trying to get home before nightfall. Mabel, Cecilia, and Phebe had jus

into a room-not just because of their elegance but because of the love they exuded. Their marriage

d said, her eyes filled with warmth as she

ded with a reassuring smile, ruffling Ce

er phone, barely looking up. "You both should h

r chuckled.

uld be the last time they wo

at Changed

Cecilia was lost in a book. Mabel sat by the window, checking her phone, waiting for a messa

he phon

r her father's voice. Instead, an un

Mabel J

ped a beat. "Y

ol. We regret to inform you that your parents were

ad stopped. "What?" Her voic

e paramedics did everything they could, but..." T

m Mabel's grasp, clat

r book, her brow furrowed

r hands trembled as she

cern deepening in

t finally shattered the silence

r throat dry, her breath shaky.

mouth, like they didn't belong

ight o

disbelieving laugh. "Th

slipped from her hands as her body went numb. "

them. Phebe shook her head vigorously, as if tr

le, her lips trembl

he floor. "I'll call them," she muttered, dia

ng

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he number you are trying to rea

eam tearing from her throat. Cecilia collaps

her mind replaying t

rents we

eve

No Longer Fe

s, and a suffocating emptiness. The house, once filled with warmth and la

isters. She handled funeral arrangements, bank paperwork, and legal matt

ce bright and witty nature dimmed by sorrow. Books, whi

ents' baby. Now, she was just... lost. She barely ate, barely slept. She wou

nd the overwhelming scent of flowers. As their parents were lower

nt of the crowd. Cecilia bit her lip until it bled.

ng Up t

usiness, left behind by their parents, needed to be managed. Mabe

er's office, staring at documents she

do this alone," C

akily. "I don't

r. "Neither do we. We

Mabel let th

ers. The three of them, despite their indi

smile again, tho

h again, though it f

they learned to live

ing of a N

truly left, but it became a part of them-woven into

had eac

t was e

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