For years, everyone thought Ben and I would end up together. But instead, when we were older, he asked Rosie to marry him.
I cried even more than she did. My best friend had become my brother, and my sister had found real happiness.
When Rosie announce at their wedding that she was pregnant with twins... We were overjoyed.
But the pregnancy was difficult.
At thirty-four weeks, Rosie was rushed to the hospital. The doctors gave us little reason to hope. They were doing everything they could to save her and the babies.
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