Prologue:
Jessica Wakefield wiped the tears from her eyes as she fiddled with the car
stereo in front of her. She was on her way to her hometown of Sweet Valley,
where her best friend Lila Fowler was throwing yet another one of her
legendary parties at the Fowler mansion. It was Christmas Eve, yet she
didn't have any of the holiday spirit she normally would have at this time of
year. She wondered to herself why she didn't just turn the car around and go
back to SVU, where she shared an apartment with her two sorority sisters:
Chloe Murphy and Alex Rollins. All Jessica really wanted to do was crawl
into bed and never wake up.
" I can't believe she still won't let me explain!" Jessica exclaimed to
herself. "After all these months…" She brushed back another tear as she
once again recalled the last time she had seen her twin sister Elizabeth. She
knew that Elizabeth was contemplating sleeping with her so-called
boyfriend, Sam. She also knew that once Elizabeth did, Sam would high-tail
out of there, leaving her sister behind in the dust, all hurt and confused. She
didn't want her sister to have to go through that kind of hell, so Jessica had
come up with a way to make Elizabeth see once and for all, what a lying,
manipulative, cheating bastard Sam Burgess really was. Only it had
backfired…
"How could you?" Elizabeth had shouted at her. "I always knew what a
manipulative bitch you could be, but I never thought that you- my own flesh
and blood, would ever go behind my back to try and steal my boyfriend!"
Jessica took a step backwards as Elizabeth came at her with a finger
pointing in her face. "You, of all people! You knew how much I liked him,
yet you still couldn't resist laying your filthy paws on him, could you!"
"But…" Jessica had stammered, her blue eyes wide open.
"But nothing!" Elizabeth screamed on. " I don't want to hear any of your
lame excuses why you were kissing Sam. No…" Elizabeth took a step closer.
"It's over, do you hear me? I don't ever want see you or hear from you
again." Elizabeth glared at her sister with hatred shining in her eyes. "You
are no longer a sister of mine. As of right now, Jessica Wakefield no longer
exists to me!" With that last word being said, Elizabeth turned around and
stormed away, leaving poor Jessica Wakefield crying in her mist.
Beep!! Jessica was thrown out of her memories as she pulled the car back
on the right side of the road. Whew… that was close! Jessica thought to
herself, looking through her rearview mirror back at the car she had so
narrowly missed. Not that anyone would have cared… With a sigh, she tried
to concentrate on the winding road she was traveling on. But as she thought
back to the letter she had received just that morning, she could not control
the tears that threatened to spill down her cheeks. Her tears blinded her so
much that Jessica didn't see the curve that came upon her, or the huge oak
tree that sat along the side of the road, until it was too late…
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Jessica Wakefield wiped the tears from her eyes as she fiddled with the car
stereo in front of her. She was on her way to her hometown of Sweet Valley,
where her best friend Lila Fowler was throwing yet another one of her
legendary parties at the Fowler mansion. It was Christmas Eve, yet she
didn't have any of the holiday spirit she normally would have at this time of
year. She wondered to herself why she didn't just turn the car around and go
back to SVU, where she shared an apartment with her two sorority sisters:
Chloe Murphy and Alex Rollins. All Jessica really wanted to do was crawl
into bed and never wake up.
" I can't believe she still won't let me explain!" Jessica exclaimed to
herself. "After all these months…" She brushed back another tear as she
once again recalled the last time she had seen her twin sister Elizabeth. She
knew that Elizabeth was contemplating sleeping with her so-called
boyfriend, Sam. She also knew that once Elizabeth did, Sam would high-tail
out of there, leaving her sister behind in the dust, all hurt and confused. She
didn't want her sister to have to go through that kind of hell, so Jessica had
come up with a way to make Elizabeth see once and for all, what a lying,
manipulative, cheating bastard Sam Burgess really was. Only it had
backfired…
"How could you?" Elizabeth had shouted at her. "I always knew what a
manipulative bitch you could be, but I never thought that you- my own flesh
and blood, would ever go behind my back to try and steal my boyfriend!"
Jessica took a step backwards as Elizabeth came at her with a finger
pointing in her face. "You, of all people! You knew how much I liked him,
yet you still couldn't resist laying your filthy paws on him, could you!"
"But…" Jessica had stammered, her blue eyes wide open.
"But nothing!" Elizabeth screamed on. " I don't want to hear any of your
lame excuses why you were kissing Sam. No…" Elizabeth took a step closer.
"It's over, do you hear me? I don't ever want see you or hear from you
again." Elizabeth glared at her sister with hatred shining in her eyes. "You
are no longer a sister of mine. As of right now, Jessica Wakefield no longer
exists to me!" With that last word being said, Elizabeth turned around and
stormed away, leaving poor Jessica Wakefield crying in her mist.
Beep!! Jessica was thrown out of her memories as she pulled the car back
on the right side of the road. Whew… that was close! Jessica thought to
herself, looking through her rearview mirror back at the car she had so
narrowly missed. Not that anyone would have cared… With a sigh, she tried
to concentrate on the winding road she was traveling on. But as she thought
back to the letter she had received just that morning, she could not control
the tears that threatened to spill down her cheeks. Her tears blinded her so
much that Jessica didn't see the curve that came upon her, or the huge oak
tree that sat along the side of the road, until it was too late…
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