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Chapter 40 - A Short Valentines Special

Lilian was walking down the aisle with her mother at their local market. It was already the day before Valentines and they planned to get a few gifts for some family. As they walked they got some cards, and a few boxes of chocolate. They got a few more things before deciding to check out. Lilian did not want to leave. She had a few more ideas of gifts she could give to her friends at school. Her mother told her that she would head towards the checkout line and that Lilian had around 3 minutes to hurry and get what she needed. As Lilian's mother left the girl grabbed a few more items. AT first she walked down a aisle with the most valentines gifts you could ever imagine. She grabbed a few things on the walk down the aisle. The things she grabbed started to become more expensive. She started to put some of the things inside of her backpack. She did soon notice that for some reason this aisle had seemed a bit longer than the others. It was located closer towards that back of the store and when she looked ahead it only seemed dark. Like it never ended. She though that maybe a light bulb had exploded further down and she didn't pay much attention to that. She countinued grabbing items as she walked. She knew her mother would probably be angry because she only expected another 2 things but she couldn't stop. Everything was so amazing. She couldn't stop walking or grabbing things. She realizes something was wrong because now at this point she was trying to stop herself but she still couldn't. She started screaming for help. No one came. She looked behind her and could no longer see the end of the aisle where she came in. She started crying. She then started hearing murmurs sirens and people walking and running around. She looked up to see herself lying motionless on the ground while her mother was sobbing. She looked at herself to see that she wasn't herself. She tried to run over towards her mother but a lady stopped her. "Dear you must stay away, the police has closed off that section. Come now we need to leave that is terrible." Lilian couldn't hardly understand anything going on. She was dragged out of the store and now this woman who claimed to be her mother kept calling her Kaitlyn. Things finally started to sink in. The girl was finally understanding something that wasn't;t understandable, but she was no longer she, and she had died. How? Something happened in that store. She doesn't know but she wants her mom. Lilian starts crying again. Kaitlyn's mother looks at her confused. It's turns out Kaitlyn is 11 soon to be 12 but Lilian was only 7. No one would believe her but she only knows that fact that she really wants her mother. She then turned to look out the window of the car she was currently riding in to see a girl standing on the side walk holding a few red roses. A girl that looked like her. Not Kaitlyn with blonde hair and blue eyes. Lilian, With brown eyes and dark brown hair. The girl and smiling and waving. The person next to her looked exactly like her mother. They were holding hands together. The mother then turned to smile at Kaitlyn as well. Then the mother and the girl walked out in the street. A big truck then came in rammed into them. Kaitlyn could only scream as she watched. Blood poured. She saw her, or the young girls hand sticking out from under the truck. She then saw the cool valentines poppers that she had found in the weird aisle in that girls hand. Nothing made sense to Kaitlyn anymore. But nothing mattered either. She unlocked then opened the door to the care and walked out into the street. Another truck then came and rammed into her as well. As she breathed her final breathes she looked up to see the girl Kaitlyn, whom she had become standing nice and well next to her mother. The mother who claimed to be Lilian's.