Irene Rebello

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“What you made me.” by Irene Rebello

Trigger warning: birth complications     Jude was born already dead. The umbilical cord, the doctors noticed, was wrapped around her throat, long since choking her. She came out not red, but a palid, sickening blue. Her mother could not understand--her daughter had been a fighter in her womb, kicking relentlessly, not letting up for even a second. Days prior, she’d joked with her husband, “Don’t forget to bring earplugs. We’ll need it for the crying.”

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Fiction writer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check out more of my work at: https://www.elegantliterature.com/magazine/ (Issue #005, Inescapable Infatuation)

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