IHM-XXXIV

ELISA SMITH

"S-Sister?" I stammered in shock, my gaze locked onto my doppelganger, who happened to be my twin sister. The realization was almost too much to bear. How was it possible that I had a sister? My parents had never mentioned anything about a sister.

"Yes, sister, a twin to be exact," Nikolai confirmed.

"Twin?" both Eli-Andrea and I asked in unison, still in shock, our eyes fixed on each other. Our faces were eerily identical, except for a beauty spot beneath her eye that I didn't have. We shared the same eye colour, hair, and more.

"Yes, twin," Nikolai continued. "Mom and Dad never told us about this, but Elisa was taken from us as a baby. I'm as surprised as you that Jake and Kelsey didn't mention her since they knew about it."

Tears welled up in my eyes, and I turned to Nikolai with a quivering voice. "Is this why you've been distant lately?"