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    Anna-Belinda
    Anna-Belinda
    Anna-Belinda
    Ebook22 pages18 minutes

    Anna-Belinda

    By Jeannie van Rompaey

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    Anna and Belinda are twins, one seemingly more beautiful and talented than the other. Belinda considers herself the other and lives in the shadow of her sister. At times she worships her, at others despises her. After Anna leaves, Belinda has to find a way to get on with her own life, even if the cost is sacrificing her memories of Anna.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeannie van Rompaey
    Release dateJan 20, 2012
    ISBN9781465802200
    Anna-Belinda
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    Jeannie van Rompaey

    Jeannie van Rompaey MA in Modern Literature, the University of Leicester, writes short stories, novels, plays and poems. Many of her short stories and poems have won competitions and her plays have been presented on the London fringe and in drama festivals. Originally from England, she now lives in Gran Canaria with historian husband, Tony, and they are both artists. Her daughter, Anieka Russell, is a hair and makeup artist for film and theatre based in London.

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      Anna-Belinda - Jeannie van Rompaey

      ANNA-BELINDA

      A short story by Jeannie van Rompaey

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright Jeannie van Rompaey 2012

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Anna-Belinda, born one bright morning in June, just as the sun came up. Starsign: Gemini. Appropriate for us. Twin minds, twin souls, created to love and hate as one, until death do us part....

      What shall I do with your ashes, Anna? Keep them beside me forever? Or scatter them over this field, white ash on green grass, where you rode your black horse, Mountbank, with a passion that made him breathe fire and sweat red hot coals? Or shall I enact the other ritual I’ve planned?

      You were always in a hurry, couldn’t wait to live, to love, to die. Me, slower, always a few steps behind. Why did you leave me? I hate you, Anna.

      No, not true, I don’t hate you, I ....

      There. I can’t say it. The word sticks in my throat.

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