The Twin's Legacy

The blinding pain of childbirth ripped through Sarah, but it was the empty chair beside her hospital bed that truly shattered her.

Mark should have been there, holding her hand, but his phone was off, just as it had been for hours.

Another contraction hit, and alone, sweat-soaked, Sarah delivered her first twin, then geared up to do it all again, frantically trying to reach a husband who had vanished.

As she cradled her newborn, a news report flashed on the TV: a sun-drenched beach, turquoise water, and there, laughing, hand-in-hand, were Mark and her best friend Emily, on a "romantic…