Every day was a trial for Marie. Her body, already tired, was suffering. Nausea, lower back pain, repeated tests. But the babies seemed to be hanging on.
Until the day everything changed.
A searing pain caused her to collapse. She was rushed to the hospital and taken to the delivery room. The medical team, puzzled by the late-term pregnancy, fought with all their might.
But Marie’s heart stopped beating.
Between life and memory
Despite all efforts, Marie did not survive the birth. The twins were born. Fragile. One suffered from heart problems, the other was almost blind. Marc, devastated, received the news in silence, unable to cry.
The news quickly spread through the village. The funeral was sober but full of emotion. No one forgot Marie, this strong woman with an extraordinary destiny.
Glimmer of Hope: When Love Never Dies
But a light persisted.
Claire, the nurse who had followed Marie from the beginning, made a shocking decision: she asked to become the twins’ full-time nanny. Refusing to leave them alone, she accompanied them daily.
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