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⚠️ Content Warning:
This chapter contains themes of child abandonment, emotional trauma, and supernatural reincarnation.
Discretion is advised for sensitive readers
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Liv couldn't forget the girl's face.
Even days after leaving the countryside, her mind kept drifting back to the child who held her hand before she collapsed—the child with soft brown eyes that mirrored a soul she had lost.
> It can't be her. That's impossible… isn't it?
Yet the warmth of that touch still lingered.
She needed answers.
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The Search Begins Again
Liv extended her stay in the town, determined to uncover the girl's identity. She visited nearby schools, clinics, and finally, a small orphanage tucked away behind a field of wildflowers.
A place for the forgotten.
When she showed a sketch of the girl to the matron, the woman blinked in recognition.
> "Yes, I know her. That's Mia. She's been with us for a year now. Quiet little thing. Never speaks unless spoken to. Brown eyes, long straight hair. Abandoned by her parents—said she was... odd. Different. They claimed she didn't belong in their world."
Liv's throat tightened.
> A year ago… that's when Nia died.
"Can I meet her?" she whispered.
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The Reunion
The orphanage garden was silent when Mia appeared.
She wore a pale yellow dress and mismatched socks. Her small hands were clasped in front of her. She stared at Liv with wide, solemn eyes—as if she were trying to remember a dream from another life.
For a long time, neither spoke.
Then, Mia's eyes shimmered.
Tears welled and rolled silently down her cheeks.
Liv knelt to her level, heart thudding wildly.
"Do you… know me?" she asked softly.
The little girl looked down, trembling.
Then slowly, she reached out and grasped Liv's hand.
"…Twin," she whispered.
The world stopped.
Liv's breath caught. "Nia…?"
Mia nodded, tears falling freely now.
Liv broke.
She pulled her into a tight embrace, sobbing as disbelief and relief melted into one.
"It's you. It's really you."
"I'm sorry," Mia whispered, burying her face in Liv's shoulder. "I wanted to come back. I didn't know how. I'm greedy, I still wanted to be with you… I missed you so much…"
"You didn't do anything wrong," Liv said fiercely. "You were always the best part of me. Always."
They stayed like that, two souls clinging to the thread that fate had nearly severed.
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The Truth Between Them
Over the next hour, Mia explained everything in halting, childlike words.
After her death, she opened her eyes in a 3 years girl's body.
Her memories didn't return right away. But over time, the dreams came. The feelings. The names. Until one day, she remembered everything.
But her new parents thought she was strange. She didn't laugh like a child. She talked about people who didn't exist. She refused to play like others did.
So they left her here, in the orphanage.
She had tried to find Liv. She wandered around the village on her own sometimes, hoping to stumble into fate's arms.
And she did.
> "But I was too scared to speak… when I saw you in the park, I just held your hand. I didn't want to wake up again alone."
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A New Beginning
Liv cupped her little face. "You're not alone anymore. I'm going to take you home, Nia. I don't care what name you have now. You're mine."
"I want to stay with you," Mia whispered. "Always."
"I'll adopt you," Liv said without hesitation. "We'll live together again. We'll fix everything. And this time, I'll protect you."
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[End of Chapter 8]
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> Healing takes time—just like Liv and Mia, you deserve peace too.