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It took her quite some time to search for and find any words to say to me. Didn’t take much longer for her to say that she was sorry. With tears in my eyes I cried. 20 years is a damn long time.

She repeated it, "I’m sorry." The words fell from her mouth like they were concrete. Holding back tears she said she was taken from home only 2 days ago ahhh it’s been 20 years for me. But here we are, together, finally in spite of fate or history.

It took a moment or two for her to let me know there wasn’t a whole lot she could do or say. No She didn’t want to risk altering the timeline in any significant way. It only took a moment longer for her to join me in all the crying. In my mind my sister had spent the last two decades dying.

She repeated it, “I’m sorry. I know it’s been 20 years for you, but it's only been 2 days for me.” Those words fell from her mouth like they were mixed with concrete. This is is not where, or when, either of us want to be. But here we are, in spite of fate or history.

In this moment in the past in her former prison cell, I really wasn’t taking it all that well. 10 miles from here there’s a younger version of me waiting patiently for my sister to arrive at my 13th birthday party in the back yard. In this moment both of us just want to hug her so hard but we don’t get a chance to in either situation. We all have our parts to play in this time loop of our own crystal clear creation. In this moment she lets me know that I have to go 30 minutes back in time to save her from the men who now lie dead on the floor. I don’t know if I can do that but she says I’ve already done it before.

It only took a few seconds for her to point out a couple of those red time fruits sitting there on the table, displayed neatly next to numbers, dates and times on the label. I take a bite into my future and as every atom in my body gets torn completely apart the atoms reassemble and there she is again, this time being questioned by four lively men saying those words straight from her heart.

She repeated it, "I’m sorry." The words fell from her mouth like they were mixed with concrete. No this isn’t where, or when, either of us want to be. But here we are, together, in spite of fate or history.

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