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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.
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