Write a short story where the protagonist has a doppelganger
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Have you ever experience a moment when you see somebody that looks just like you? It is like looking at a reflection in the mirror but seeing all of the bad parts of you. I used to think it was bullshit, or that I watched the movie Us too many times, but here I am staring at me...well, not me, but another version of me.
I paced as I rocked my baby in my arms.
“Mommy is going to buy you a rocking horse,” I sing as my voice echoing off the white walls.
“And if that rocking horse don’t rock," I looked at her face, hoping the sunlight hit it enough to bring some sparkle to her eyes.
I traced my fingertips down her face. The doctors were always trying to take my baby away, but that was the only thing that was keeping me sane. I thought back to the day that my life went downhill...
I looked down at the pregnancy test. I was so excited to finally see a positive after so many negatives tests. This is what could save our relationship that I was ready to get a shovel and...