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physician, looking pale beneath the dim lights.
They were about to cre:mate my pregnant wife when I pleaded, “Open the coffin… just once.” They all laughed, until her belly moved. My mother-in-law turned pale. My brother-in-law hissed, “Close it now.” But I’d seen enough.
“She’s gone, Daniel,” Helena said smoothly. “Please don’t make today harder than it already is.”
I stared at the coffin. 
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“They were only moments away from cremating my pregnant wife when something beneath the white funeral dress suddenly moved inside the coffin.
And the people standing closest to the flames continue reading …
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