Nora closed the door nearly-shut behind her and tried to check the time on her watch,
but in this life it was a classic-looking analogue watch with no light display so it took a second or two for her eyes to adjust.
She double-checked the time on her phone as well. It was 2:32 a.m.
So, depending when she had gone to bed in this life, this version of her body hadn’t had much sleep.
It certainly felt like it hadn’t. “What happens when you die, Mummy?”
It wasn’t totally dark in the room. There was a sliver of light coming in from the hallway
and there was a nearby streetlamp that meant a thin glow filtered through the dog-patterned curtains.
She could see the squat rectangle that was Nora’s bed. She could see the silhouette of a cuddly toy elephant on the floor.
There were other toys too. It was a happily cluttered room. Her eyes shone at Nora.
“I don’t know,” Nora said. “I don’t think anyone knows for sure.”
She frowned. This didn’t satisfy her. This didn’t satisfy her one bit.
“Listen,” Nora said. “There is a chance that just before you die, you’ll get a chance to live again.
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