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No one knew about Kim, Kay‘s twin sister. Kay had stayed with her mother until she died, and her mother gave Kim up for adoption. Raising one handicapped daughter was enough of a burden. Leanne couldn‘t raise two handicapped daughters. Two years before the twins were born, Leanne was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she knew that she would die at an early age. Sadly, she didn‘t die until her daughter Kay became an adult, and it wasn‘t the cancer that killed her, it was the car accident that she had one fateful night, in which her husband also died. Carey never knew that he had twin daughters. He thought that Kay was their only child. Kay suffered cerebral palsy because of the lack of prenatal care. Every month, since she found out that she was having twin girls, Leanne would tell Carey that she was going to get a checkup at the doctor‘s office, and she didn‘t. She didn‘t take her vitamins either. She jeopardized her babies‘ lives just to hide the fact that there were two of them, not just one. If Carey had known that he had two daughters, he would‘ve opposed to giving one up for adoption. Now, Kim was searching for her only sister because her adoptive parents died on another car accident three days before, and her adoptive siblings didn‘t want her anywhere around them. They only put up with her all these years for the sake of her parents.

 

Kim wasn‘t handicapped now. A mysterious doctor, another Emadorian, made her go through an invasive medical treatment, reanimating the parts of her brain that were dead or not working right. Now, Kim could walk and do everything on her own. She was ready to really live her life, but she needed her twin by her side. Her siblings told her about her twin even though their parents didn‘t want them to, just to get rid of her. They didn‘t know that they would regret their decision and the way they were treating Kim in due time. Kim still loved them very much. There were no hard feelings. She understood that they didn‘t want to share their fortune with her. That was ok with her. She could make a fortune of her own. She was an aspiring actress and at age twenty-seven, she had everything going for her. She studied drama in college. Her brothers and sisters would always tell her that she was wasting her time, that she would never get anywhere. Little did they know that she would become a superstar with the help of her sister, Kay Bennett, who was now in charge of Bennett films, and that Kim would be the one that these cruel people would turn to when they were in financial need? Kim arrived in Florida on this day. Now, she was in a cab on her way to Kay and Robinson‘s house. Her brothers and sisters gave her Kay‘s name, phone number, physical and postal address, and even her work number. Twin sisters would be reuniting tonight, and also, tonight everyone‘s lives would change forever, including the twisted life of Constantine Everhart. The moment that he saw Kim, his world would be turned upside down.

 

That afternoon, around six thirty, Pablo and Jose Milian arrived at Carlos‘ house. Pablo was in a wheelchair. Pablo thought that he‘d be able to walk again soon, but since he was wearing a splint, he didn‘t see that his foot was in much worse condition than he thought. Robinson gave him and Jose a hug and said to Jose, “Good work on our latest film. I love what you‘re doing. It‘s going to be a hit.” Then he turned to Pablo and said, “Let me see that foot, man,” and took off everything that was covering it up. It hurt like hell, but Pablo didn‘t want to worry anyone. “Oh my God,” Robinson said. “This foot is in very bad shape.”

 

Pablo looked down at his foot and said, horrified, “It‘s going to have to be amputated!” “Not a chance,” Robinson said. Robinson took control of Pablo‘s brain and disabled his

 

sense of touch so he couldn‘t feel a thing. Then, Robinson‘s hands became soaked with a mysterious substance, and he coated Pablo‘s foot with it, massaging it with great care, like a