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38. The departure In the hospital, with almost all my blood lost, I was also unconscious several days. Marilyn visited me, but I do not remember that. Only a week later I commenced little by little to come down to Earth. Marilyn’s first words that I remember were, “You’re better, you will recover soon. I love you.” But I couldn’t say anything clearly for a long time, and just listened to her. Some days later Marilyn said to me, “I am going home. To India. Forever.” I remember I was hurt, and felt a lump in my throat, but could not say anything. The drugs they injected me in the hospital made me very touchy. “You’re in tears? Forgive me, my love,” she kissed my wet cheeks. “But I can't stay here any longer.” A few days later I could already chat with her. …show more content…

“I waited for you to recover. I’m so exhausted, and I want to go home so much. Will you come to see me off?” “Stay with me. I love you.” “Honey, I'm a clone, and soon you won’t need me. In five years I'll become an old woman, and then very-very old. You need an old woman around?” “Stay.” “And I need to take back home so much. Four funeral urns, they’re so heavy. Oh, why on earth we came here! I'm weeping already, sorry …” She began to sob quietly, but I could not sit up in bed and soothe her. When I started to walk around the ward, I met Marilyn in the corridor, and we sat in the hall. We didn’t talk much, just sat there. “You are much stronger now,” Marilyn said one day, “You know, I've bought a ticket.”

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