RIGHTFULLY MINE

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rribly, his little arms around my neck, his giggles, the way he calls me mommy with his sweet voice and my twin sister Chloe, the only family I had left. My whole

. One year, that seemed like ten years. That was how long I had been away from my son and sister, working tirelessly ov

mpanies in Australia, until the one-night stand with him that changed my life. Now I'm a single mother of a five yea

and just show up at their doorstep. I smiled to myself as I pictured i

have some ice cream at our favourite spot, spend the rest of t

d which led me to flip through the pages of the magazine I had picked up

s the royal gala with

n't seeing clearly. My heart was beating really fast. Zoe Packer? That's

rfect they looked together at the most talked about event of the year. There were pictures, Austin in a

lo

is all this?" I s

rt. I took a cab and went to our apartment in Melb

our neighbour, Mrs. Harrison c

t's good to see you again.

m not.." I started

ter she got married. Some rich guy in Sydney. But I'm surprised

"Um..I'm sorry ma'am. Did she leav

g with the little one. He couldn't stop talking about moving

Living a life that she ha

was getting married? She didn't tell you?

uld believe I had no idea my own twin sister was ge

wouldn't do this to me. Would she? She knew all I had been through for t

es to get off the phone, avoided video calls with me and didn't let me speak with Jamie as often as I used to. She told me she was trying to get a jo

pen? Was this what she planned to do all along? My head

loe?" Mrs. Harrison asked,

hreatening to fall down my cheeks. I couldn't believe this. My twin s

have to go." I said, not w

I walked out of the apartment,

dialled Chloe's number a

. Once.

picked.

How the hell are you now Austin's wife? And I just le

hen the cl

hung

't just han

back. She d

again. But it we

till I arrived at the hotel but s

nning with ideas and questions. When I heard a notificati

see you in Melb

omorrow. I'm going to Sydney. I'm