“The Forgotten Lullabies”<\/b><\/p>\n
Lauren nearly dropped her teacup. Her fingers trembled as she placed it back on the saucer, her face paling.<\/p>\n
*”I\u2014I don\u2019t know what you mean,”* she stammered.<\/p>\n
I kept my voice steady. *”Five years ago. What happened? Why does my daughter know your lullabies?”*<\/p>\n
Lauren swallowed hard, her eyes darting toward the front door as if considering an escape. Then, she exhaled shakily and looked at me with an expression I couldn\u2019t quite read\u2014guilt, fear\u2026 sadness?<\/p>\n
*”I was hoping you\u2019d never ask,”* she whispered.<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
*”Amy was right,”* Lauren admitted. *”She *has* heard my lullabies before\u2026 but not in this life.”*<\/p>\n
I felt my body go cold. *”What are you saying?”*<\/p>\n
Lauren clenched her hands together. *”I used to work as a nanny\u2026 for a little girl named Lily. Five years ago. She was six years old\u2014just like Amy.”* Her voice cracked. *”There was a fire\u2026 I tried to get to her, I swear, but I couldn\u2019t. She didn\u2019t make it.”*<\/p>\n
The room spun.<\/p>\n
*”And Amy\u2026?”* I managed.<\/p>\n
Lauren\u2019s eyes filled with tears. *”Sometimes, I think she *is* Lily. I started noticing it when she hummed the tunes before I even sang them. When she said words Lily used to say. When she looked at me like she *remembered* me.”*<\/p>\n
I felt goosebumps rise across my arms. Amy had never met Lauren before this year. Never heard her lullabies\u2014except in her dreams, in a past she didn\u2019t know existed.<\/p>\n
I clutched the edge of the table, staring at the babysitter who had unknowingly stepped back into the life of a child she once lost.<\/p>\n
Amy wasn\u2019t just remembering the songs.<\/p>\n
She was remembering *her past life.*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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