It was a curious fact that no matter how many lives she had experienced,
and no matter how different those lives were, she almost always had her phone by the bed.
And in this life, it was no different, so she grabbed it and sneaked out of the room quietly.
Whoever the man was, he was a deep sleeper and didn’t stir. She stared at him.
“Nora?” he mumbled, half-asleep. It was him. She was almost sure of it. Ash.
“I’m just going to the loo,” she said. He mumbled something close to an “okay” and fell back asleep.
And she trod gently across the floorboards. But the moment she opened the door and stepped out of the room, she nearly jumped out of her skin.
For there, in front of her in the half-light of the landing, was another human. A small one. Child-size.
“Mummy, I had a nightmare.” By the soft light of the dimmed bulb in the hallway she could see the girl’s face,
her fine hair wild from sleep, strands sticking to her clammy forehead.
Nora said nothing. This was her daughter. How could she say anything?
The now familiar question raised itself: how could she just join in to a life that she was years late for?
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