I sit with my sister and mom, uncontrollably laughing at some silly thing one of us has said. I’m almost breathless with laughter.
I feel warm sitting with them, these two people I love so much. And then a voice enters my head: “They’re going to leave you.
You’re going to be all alone.” The voice shocks me back into what I feel at the time is almost certain reality — the people I hold dearest will die or abandon me and I’ll be alone.
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