The Merrell Twins Go Home
Paul returned back with baby Maddison in his arms thinking it was Vanessa, As he handed his wife the newborn she looked surprised, he walked over to pick up Veronica
"Paul, we had identical twins, right?"asked Mrs Merrell
"Um well that's what the doctor told me, why is something wrong honey?" he asked full of concern
"Well it's just you see Veronica has a full head of hair and little Vanessa here is completely bald not that that's bad or anything" explained his wife
Paul walked over to his wife and placed Veronica Merrell next to Maddison Rooney and studied each child to figure out why they looked different, "Maybe the doctor made a mistake and just thought they looked similar, or when they grow up they'll look more alike, let's just not get too overworked on this, I'm just so glad you and little Vanessa came out ok!"
"Same, thank you Paul for being here you're truly the best person ever! They give each other a nice kiss but not too long because the babies needed attention.
Moments later their doctor came in the door for a regular check up on Vanessa to see how her lungs were doing, "hello Mr and Mrs Merrell I'm just here to take little Maddison for her quick lung x-ray, is that ok" asks the doctor
The Merrells looked confused "You mean Vanessa right"
"I have a note and all it says was her name is Maddison and we put down Merrell " says the doctor "Well the baby needs an x-ray" says the doctor "I'm afraid her birth cert has already been completed printed and sent to your home address and it will cost a lot of money to get it re-printed so when we're gone you two can decide what will happen" he says full of concern
"We'll think about it, thank you doctor" replies Mrs Merrell handing Maddie to her doctor, as he leaves.
"Honey what should we do?, her name was printed out as Maddison, I mean Vanessa and Maddison aren't at all similar in sound! Where could they have even gotten the name Maddison " Mrs Merrell whines
"Honey I know we had our hopes set on the names Veronica and Vanessa but the name Maddison is equally as beautiful, don't you think?" asures Paul to his wife
"I guess, but Paul what will your Grandma think of it, we said Vanessa would be named after your grandma and Veronica after my Mother!" Mrs Merrell bursts out
"Don't worry everything will be fine I'll talk to her about it and I'm sure she'll understand, but the name Maddison is perfectly fine for now ok?" Paul assures his wife
They sat there for a while planning the future and talking about godparents and cooing over Veronica who was lying down in Mrs Merrell's arms enjoying the warmth. But what no one knew is that Veronica knew something was wrong, someone was missing and the only way she could express that at her age was crying longing to be reignited with her rightful twin sister.
The doctor returned full of surprise, he looked full of shock as he gently handed Maddison over to the Merrell's, he explained that when they took an x-ray her lungs they were fully healthy, it seemed as though the doctors read her first x-ray wrong and she was breathing perfectly.
The Merrell's were obviously shocked but glad their 'daughter' was healthy. The doctor let them leave after a week just to let Mrs Merrell recover from sea section but something was was wrong with Veronica she wasn't acting right she only cried and if they distracted her she just went back to crying after, the doctors examined her but there was no sign of anything wrong with her, they couldn't figure out what the problem was!