AFTER: Chapter Nine

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     The figure in the doorway stepped forward, out of the shadows and into the iciness of the room.

     "Father, is that really you?" she whispered.

     Cara tilted her head to the side, attempting a warm smile as best she could remember.

     "Do not let this body deceive you, child. It is I that lives within."

     "And Cara?"

     "Cara..." she trailed off, looking at herself in the mirror across the room, at the manic smile plastered on her face.

     "Cara is gone."

     There was no hesitation in the statement.

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