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THREE
NATASHA
Nothing made sense. Or maybe nothing wanted to make sense.
I hugged Gabby. She kept her arms around me.
“You don’t have to be here, okay. We can go.”
“Aunt Gabby?” Em said.
Gabby broke the hug. I stared at her.
“C’mom. I’ve seen this so many times. Don’t freeze on me now. You know who I am.”
“Uhm,” Em started. “How do you know her?”
“Em, not now.” Gabby answered not taking her eyes off me.
There was a crowd, I didn’t like crowds, but for the love of me, I couldn’t stop staring at Gabby.
“I know it’s you. Please?”
“Gabby,” Annie’s voice said and my gaze flickered to Annie.
They know who I am and nobody said anything. I looked at Gabby again.
“C’mon! I’ve seen you.”
“Gabby, Stop!” Annie yelled. “She’s Em’s friend. She is not her.”
Her?
“No, no, no, no!” I started to panic.
Gabby grabbed my hands, grounded me. “You are okay. We are not running. We are never going to run.”
“Gabby!” Annie sounded more adamant.
“Annie, stop,” Irene’s voice.
“I jumped back, I changed all of this,” I whispered.
“Yes,” Gabby yelled and laughed at the same time, hugging me tight. “I knew it.”
I broke down in tears. Sobbed my heart out as everything came crushing back.
Gabby wrapped her arms around me tighter.
My family knew who I was. They were mine and yet, they weren’t. I was Blaze, I’m not an asset. I’ve never been.
Siskia and Hunter. Where the hell were they?
“Siskia?” I breathed and Gabby laughed as more gasped filled the air.
“Where is Hunter, Gabs? Where are my children?”
“What?” Emily asked.
