Unknown
Can I ask you something?
Unknown
My name is Felicia. You don’t know me.
Jessica
Ok, then - BYE FELICIA!
Jessica
Thanks for the creeps.
Felicia
Wait, I’m sorry! Please.
Felicia
I don’t want to scare you. I swear.
Felicia
Something weird happened...
Felicia
I just saw you in a Snap with my friend.
Felicia
You look like me.
Jessica
A lot of people look similar.
Felicia
We literally look EXACTLY the same.
Felicia
I’m not joking. This is me:
Felicia sends a photo of herself.
Jessica sends a photo of herself.
Jessica
This is really weird...
Felicia
Oh ok. Cause I am.
Felicia
So I thought, maybe...
Jessica
Yeah, I can see why you thought that, but sorry.
Felicia
Let’s see if we have other similarities...
Felicia
Like, I’m allergic to peanuts...
Felicia
Well, so is half of America though...
Jessica
True, or gluten free…
Jessica
Are you gluten free?
Felicia
Yeah, I have a sister! And you?
Jessica
Nope. I’m an only child.
Felicia
After adopting me, my parents adopted another girl – so I’d have a sister.
Felicia
They couldn’t have kids so…
Jessica
Yeah, makes sense.
Jessica
Have you met your biological parents?
Felicia
No, I don’t know anything about them.
Felicia
I just know I was given birth anonymously...
Felicia
I guess they couldn’t keep me.
Felicia
Hey, don’t be. I got a great family.
Jessica
I’m glad 😊 Where do you live?
Jessica
OMG, you’re in Florida too?
Jessica
I live in Lakeland. It’s close to Tampa.
Jessica
We should meet one day and take a picture! It would be fun.
Jessica
I can’t help but stare at this picture of you.
Felicia
I know. I got the same feeling.
Felicia
Your hair has a lot of blonde in it, though?
Jessica
I cheat a little ;)
Jessica
You seem taller than me.
Felicia
Let’s remain lady-like and not share our weight 😝
Felicia
Let’s see…what else?
Jessica
I don’t know… How old are you?
Felicia
16, just got my license!
Jessica
Same! Well, I didn’t get my license yet, but my Mom said I could get it soon.
Felicia
I got mine the day I turned 16. Two months ago. ☺
Jessica
Did you find that online somewhere?!
Felicia
Find what? Your age??
Felicia
It’s not on your profile.
Jessica
My birthday is also March 1st.
Felicia
Are you for real?
Jessica
That’s too much of a coincidence.
Felicia
Where were you born?
Jessica
Saint Vincent Hospital
Jessica
How is this possible?!
Felicia
Maybe your parents didn’t want to tell you…
Jessica
That would be so wrong!
Felicia
Yeah but at this point - everything indicates that we’re sisters...
Jessica
Not just sisters…
Jessica
I don’t know if I should be happy or mad. This is so weird.
Jessica
This really isn’t a joke?
Felicia
Why would I make a joke like that??
Jessica
I need to talk to my parents. I’ll let you know what they say…
Felicia
Jessica – you might not be adopted.
Jessica
What do you mean?
Felicia
There’s another possibility...
Felicia
Maybe our parents only wanted one kid...
Felicia
Maybe YOU aren’t adopted.
Felicia
Maybe your parents ARE your biological parents...
Jessica
And…maybe they’re yours, too?!
Felicia
So?? What happened?
Jessica
It was so so weird
Jessica
My mom asked me to see pictures of you.
Jessica
And then she started freaking out, like I don’t know.
Jessica
She was asking me all these questions about you...
Jessica
Like where you lived and with who...
Felicia
Did you ask her if you were adopted?
Jessica
Yeah. She said I’m not.
Jessica
My father was freaking out too. Like he had no idea what I was talking about.
Jessica
He kept saying “it’s not possible”.
Felicia
I’m starting to freak out too! What could it be?
Jessica
They’re arguing 🙁 I can hear screaming and cries, I don’t know
Jessica
I think someone lied
Jessica
I hear words like “liar” and “not possible”
Jessica
Yeah, they never fight.
Jessica
I think we’ve uncovered something pretty big.
Felicia
Urgh, the suspense is killing me!
Felicia
Do you think they didn’t know they were expecting twins?
Felicia
Like the hospital made a mistake?
Jessica
I don’t know, does that even happen?!
Felicia
That would be super messed up.
Jessica
But I think we know for a fact we’re sisters right?
Felicia
If they said you weren’t adopted then yes...
Felicia
I don’t see any other explanation.
Jessica
It’s strange but I really wish you were here with me right now.
Jessica
My mom asked me questions like if you were happy and healthy and stuff like that...
Jessica
I don’t know, he was just stunned.
Jessica
He said he didn’t understand what was going on.
Felicia
This is so bizarre.
Jessica
Hold on, my mom is knocking on my door.
Jessica
She just came in, she’s been crying.
Jessica
She asked me to stop texting, but I said I was talking to you.
Felicia
Hi back, I guess?
Jessica
She says she’s going to tell me the truth now.
Jessica
She’s ok with you being part of the conversation...
Jessica
I know it’s weird but I kind of want you with me at this moment...
Jessica
Do you want me to call you so you can hear it too?
Felicia
Text please, I think I’m too uncomfortable to speak…
Felicia
But yeah, I want to hear it as you hear it too…
Felicia
If it’s not too weird.. I’d rather know at the same time why we were separated...
Jessica
Ok, I’ll text you everything she says…
Jessica
She got pregnant when she was 22.
Jessica
She never wanted me to find out like this.
Jessica
I don’t know, she’s crying now 😞
Jessica
She didn’t know she was pregnant until the last moment.
Jessica
One day she just had awful cramps and went to the hospital...
Jessica
That’s how she found out!
Jessica
Like when she was actually giving birth!!
Felicia
How is that possible?
Jessica
Apparently it’s very rare.
Jessica
It’s called denial of pregnancy.
Jessica
So she went to the hospital and learned she was going to give birth.
Jessica
She was so shocked, she didn’t know what to do..
Felicia
Yeah, I can imagine..
Jessica
And she was all alone. She didn’t know who to call.
Jessica
Or how to explain…
Jessica
And then. After giving birth to a daughter…
Jessica
The doctors were like – wait, don’t move. There’s another one coming.
Jessica
You came first :)
Jessica
But something was wrong. One of the babies was sick.
Jessica
It was me. I was too weak.
Jessica
And so the doctors took me away…
Felicia
OMG did you know that?
Jessica
OMG she’s crying so hard…I don’t know what to say.
Jessica
Okay she’s talking again:
Jessica
She didn’t know what to do. She was so ashamed.
Jessica
So she decided to give us up for adoption.
Felicia
This is so intense.
Jessica
But then the doctors told her that I was REALLY sick…
Jessica
And that I might not recover…
Jessica
So it would be hard for me to get adopted.
Jessica
So she decided to keep me.
Jessica
She says giving you up was the hardest decision of her life.
Jessica
She spent hours with you, saying goodbye.
Jessica
But knowing she couldn’t offer you a good life.
Jessica
She didn’t even know how she’d manage with a sick kid.
Felicia
This is heartbreaking.
Jessica
She's saying she checked up on you, to make sure you were with a good family.
Jessica
She met your parents.
Felicia
How could they hide this from me?
Jessica
Same here, how could she?
Felicia
But where was your father?
Felicia
I mean…our father?
Jessica
My father is not my father.
Jessica
She met him two months later. He raised me like his own.
Felicia
But so, when she met him two months later.
Felicia
And knew everything would be ok…
Felicia
Why didn’t she get me?
Jessica
She says she wanted to, but she couldn’t.
Jessica
They only give you 30 days to change your mind after you give up a child for adoption.
Jessica
So it was too late!!
Jessica
And she never told my (step) father.
Jessica
I hate her as much as I pity her right now.
Felicia
Don’t hate her, I don’t.
Jessica
She lied to me my whole life!
Felicia
So wait, are you sick?
Jessica
No. Apparently, the infection resolved itself without long term damages…
Jessica
God, I feel so betrayed!
Felicia
Yeah, I know. Me too.
Jessica
Yeah but your parents lied to protect you...
Jessica
They thought she didn’t want you.
Felicia
I think she lied to protect you too.
Jessica
What if we had never found out about each other?
Felicia
Yeah..Well we’ll never know..
Jessica
She is saying she’s a horrible person, and how much she hates herself.
Felicia
I think you should give her a hug and comfort her.
Jessica
What?? This is a pretty big shock for me too.
Felicia
I know, and you will talk and talk about it, and it will take time.
Felicia
But right now I think you should be there for her.
Felicia
She’s been there for you your entire life.
Jessica
How are you not mad right now? She gave you up!
Felicia
I always knew my mother gave me up. I forgave her a long time ago…
Felicia
Now I know she regrets it, and I have a twin sister ☺
Jessica
Yeah…God you’re so much more mature than I am.
Jessica
Guess you’re right.
Jessica
She says she loves you.
Jessica
I’m sorry, this is awkward…
Felicia
How about we meet soon to talk about all of this?
Jessica
Yeah! I can’t wait!!
Jessica
Just the two of us at first right?
Felicia
Just the two of us…
Felicia
Sisters for life :)
