Everyone treated it like a coincidence.
Everyone except Olivia.
Whenever the subject came up, she always seemed uncomfortable. At the time, I assumed she didn't like being teased about how much Lily resembled me.
Then she would quickly steer the conversation somewhere else.
At first, I thought I was imagining it.
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Later, I wasn't so sure.
But the moment that truly unsettled me happened when the girls were 15.
My parents were hosting a family dinner, and everyone was getting ready for a group photograph. My mother was helping Emma fix her hair when she pointed toward the tiny birthmark behind Emma's left ear.
It was something she had teased Emma about for years.
Then Lily pulled her own hair into a ponytail.
The room fell silent.
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Behind Lily's left ear was the exact same birthmark. It was the same shape, size, and in the same location.
For several seconds, nobody spoke.
