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
ng
ng
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
r