My Mother Called Me At Midnight Asking When I’d Pick Up “The Baby”… But My Daughter Was Already Sleeping Beside Me

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A cold wave spread through my body.

“Mom,” I said carefully, “Lily is with me right now.”

Silence crashed down the line.

Not normal silence. Something heavier. Something wrong.

“That’s not possible,” she whispered.

I reached down and touched Lily’s hair instinctively, like I needed proof she existed.

“She’s sleeping next to me,” I repeated.

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