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Gemini
Zoey Wu
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Content Author’s Note 4
Synopsis 6
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Chapter 1 Delivery Boy’s Message 7
Chapter 2 The Cusacks at a Glance 13
Chapter 3 Grown Up in the Fort 16
Chapter 4 Secretly Compete 22
Chapter 5 Triple 25
Chapter 6 Grandma’s Visit 29
Chapter 7 An Unexpected Strike 32
Chapter 8 Gemini 34
Acknowledgement
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Author’s Note
Zoey Wu | 1990 February born in
Kaohsiung , Taiwan. I spent almost 5 years in Indonesia and half a year in China due to my dad’s work. Currently a 4th year student from English Department class B at Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. In my leisure time, I am crazy about movies and music. Another interesting fact is that I enjoy my time observing living things.
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Synopsis A delivery boy accidentally revealed the
Cusack twins’ birth. To the villagers, the
Cusacks’ was a mystery. Everyone hoped to
have a peep at the Cusack twin’s life. Giselle
and Keira, the twin angels, had been living in
their isolated two-man world until Luke
joins…..
Gemini couldn't be apart…
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“When I look in the mirror, I see you Giselle… I
would give anything just for you to come
back…Sister please!! Come back to me…”
Chapter 1 Delivery Boy’s Message
It was a breezy day in early June.
There were lively discussions on the street.
“Did you know that the baby of the
Cusack family would be born today?” a
villager said. “I’ve heard that they are
having twin girls,” others added. The
Cusack family had two cute twin sisters,
one named Giselle, another named Keira.
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Giselle was the older sister who had come
out a bit earlier to say hello to the world.
And Keira was her younger twin sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Cusack had little
contact with the other villagers. All the
villagers knew only that Mr. Cusack was
seldom at home and his occupation was a
lawyer. What about Mrs. Cusack? No idea
at all! She never appeared on the street or
in the market. Basically, you saw her
nowhere. They lived in a mansion at the
end of the main street running through the
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village. They lived on Kiev Street. The
Cusack family had a bushy front yard
which isolated them from the outside
world. The villagers hardly ever looked
through the yard to see the whole picture
of the family. They were so mysterious.
The villagers all wanted to have a peep at
the family. However, the Cusacks’ failed
everyone’s attempt by their closely
surveillance.
The Cusack family’s world was
revealed when the twin baby’s birthday
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came. The maids were busily rushing in
and out the house and through the yard.
Though Mr. Cusack was dealing with a
lawsuit in court out of the village, he was
hurrying back home as well. All this was
for the birth of the Cusack twins.
The twins were born in the early
morning of June 10th. A delivery boy was
delivering the daily newspaper in the early
morning. When he arrived in front of the
Cusack family’s fence and called at the
door, nobody answered. He kept yelling
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but it was still not working. So he rang the
doorbell. Once..Twice…When he was
about to ring it for the third time, a maid
came to the gate hastily to take the
newspaper. She murmured something
while she was walking back to the house,
“The lady of the house is giving birth to
the babies. I should be around to
accompany her. They are twins…twins.
Oh my goodness!”
The delivery boy overheard what the
maid had murmured. Later, he decided to
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play his role of his job well and
announced this news to everyone in the
village. That was his mission. “Breaking
news, breaking news… The mysterious
Cusack family got
twins.” The delivery
boy rode his bike to
every little corner of
the village and tried
his best to deliver this message until there
was no one didn’t know that new lives has
came to the Cusacks.
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Chapter 2 The Cusacks at a Glance
Ever since Mrs. Cusack had given
birth to the twins, her health had gotten
worse. She even experienced postpartum
depression due to the fact that Mr. Cusack
didn’t often stay with her. She was having
a big problem without a sense of security.
Her faithful maid suggested her to hire a
nanny to take care of her two “angels”.
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Mrs. Cusack had doubt about it at the very
beginning. She just couldn’t trust anyone
with her newborns. After urging the idea
over and over again, Mrs. Cusack finally
compromised.
Soon after, the announcement of the
Cusacks hiring a nanny widely spread
through every street and alley. Certainly,
villagers wouldn’t give up this great
opportunity to have a close look at the
Cusa
ck
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family. A lot of women applied for
the position and lined up in front of the
Cusack mansion. That was truly like an
audition. And Mrs. Cusack interviewed
them one by one. She had always been
cautious, not even to mention this was for
her dear babies. At last, a forty-five year
old experienced woman was ultimately
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hired to take care of the twin sisters. This
event was the only and the last chance for
the villagers to have contact with the
Cusacks.
Chapter 3 Grown up in the Fort
Day by day, the Cusacks’ twins have
grown up. Indeed they were adorable and
innocent, just like two angels. The two
little girls had everything in common,
except for eyes color. Giselle, the older
one, had blue eyes while Keira, the
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younger sister, had green eyes. Although
twins shared many things in common,
they were still two individuals. The
differences between them were not
obvious when the twins were about three.
Only the one who had the closest
relationship with the girls could recognize
the differences. Patty, the nanny,
discovered that Giselle was a quiet kid.
She seldom annoyed people and mostly
enjoyed her time playing with anyone.
Unlike Giselle, Keira was a troublesome
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kid. She is talkative and always bugged
everybody as possible as she can. She just
wanted to make sure that everybody knew
that she was around. She wanted to grasp
people’s full attention. Since their anxious
mom had treasured them so much and
tried hard to keep them both away from
harm, the twins
had never
stepped out of
their front yard. It was hard to believe that
the Cusack twins had grown up in a fort.
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As they grew older, Keira started to
act curiously toward the outside world.
She was really eager to know what exactly
happened in the village. Without Mrs.
Cusack’s permission, no one dared to
open the gate of the Cusack mansion.
However, the little cute girls begged the
nanny to take them out of this fort. They
got bored with everything around them.
Patty felt pity for them because they
hadn’t had the chance to see the wonderful
world outside. As a result, she made a
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bold decision; that is to bring the twins
into the real world. It was a risky
movement and unfortunately the trouble
maker, Keira was missing in the play yard.
Patty searched everywhere for her for
several hours but she still wasn’t found. In
fact, Keira was too young to recognize the
road and she was so unfamiliar with the
environment. She got lost. She wandered
around the village. It was the police
officer who finally drove her home. For
her, the experience was so adventurous
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but for the nanny, the experience was the
biggest mistake that she ever made of her
life. Patty got fired from the Cusacks
because she took the twins out without
permission. Mrs. Cusack was furious
about this and she now couldn’t fully trust
any other maids anymore. She decided to
take care of the twins by herself. The
Cusacks were back into their isolated life
again in a fort.
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Chapter 4 Secretly Compete
The Cusack twins were almost
seven and it reached the age of going to
school. Mrs. Cusack asked her only and
best friend Ms. Haley to home-school her
children. Ms. Haley was glad to help and
she came regularly to tutor them. Ms.
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Haley wasn’t surprised to find out that
both of the twins were intelligent. Giselle
followed the pace of her teaching and
improved gradually. She handed in her
homework on time. She had remarkable
results in learning. Mr. and Mrs.Cusack
were satisfied with Giselle’s performance.
They always congratulated her in front of
Keira. Keira wasn’t bad either, just she
wasn’t active enough. She thought more
beyond the textbook. Again and again,
Keira’s confidence was knocked down by
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her sister’s terrific performance. She often
received less attention than her sister did
and she couldn’t accept that. She felt
jealous even though she regarded Giselle
as her role model.
“We are supposed to
be treated the same
because we look the same and we are
twins,” Keira grumbled.
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Chapter 5 Triple
Although sometimes Keira competed
with her sister secretly, this had nothing to
do with their relationship. Giselle and
Keira were like Adam and Eva. They were
parts from each other. They reflected and
depended on each other.
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Ms. Haley had a son named Luke.
Luke was a warm-hearted boy who was
two years older than the Cusack twins. He
was easy to get along with. He often
followed his mother to the Cusack’s.
Mostly he stayed aside and played by
himself. Luke, Giselle and Keira became
friends. Gradually the twins couldn’t live
without Luke. He was the only companion
in twin’s childhood, since the twins didn’t
attend school and had no classmates. Luke,
Giselle, and Keira had a wonderful time.
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Things were simple at the very beginning,
but they were different when the third
person gets involved in two-man’s life.
Chemistry was in the air…..
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Keira had a crush on Luke since she
first met him. Keira was more boyish than
her sister. She was good at getting along
with boys. So basically, Luke and Keira
were closer because they shared similar
interests. Or
we could
say, Keira
pretended
she was interested in particular stuff
because of Luke. Then she had an
excuse to spend time with him. However,
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Luke treated both of the twins equally.
Keira couldn’t distinguish which one he
liked more. She was so afraid that Giselle
would win Luke’s heart even though
Giselle had made no attempt to do so.
Luke’s favorite was never revealed.
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Chapter 6 Grandma’s Visit
The Cusack twins were no longer
children. In the summer they turned
fifteen, their parents got divorced. This
was quite big news in the village because
it explained that the Cusack family
weren’t as happy as it appeared to be.
Mr. Cusack was broke and he couldn’t
stand his wife’s mental status anymore, so
he decided to get a divorce. Mrs. Cusack
was desperate after the divorce. She
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couldn’t raise her kids all alone, so she
asked her mother for help. Josephine
considered this was a serious matter so she
hurried on to pay a visit. Grandma
Josephine spent a few days there with the
girls. She discovered that Keira wasn’t an
easy-going girl. She was brilliant and
ambitious. It would be a waste if she
stayed in this unknown village. She then
enquired about taking Keira back to
Australia. Giselle volunteered to stay and
take care of their mother. Keira was
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thrilled that she was given the opportunity
to develop herself. This was the first time
feeling she had something different and
valuable compared to her dear sister. She
couldn’t wait for her success to come.
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Chapter 7 An Unexpected Strike
It had already been six years since
the Cusack twins were separated. Life
surely had changed a lot. Keira had
finished her education in Australia. She
lived a quality life and she was satisfied
with all the things she had now. One day,
she was informed that Luke was getting
married. Keira was stunned when she
noticed that Luke was marrying her sister,
Giselle. When she went back to the village,
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she asked Luke, “When did my sister and
you start dating? I didn’t know that at all.”
Luke laughed and said, “We’ve been in
love for more than ten years.” That
means…Luke and Giselle were in love
when three of them were playing around
together. Keira felt humiliated and she felt
that her sister betrayed her. “After all
these years, I still couldn’t defeat Giselle.
I had a perfect job, quality life, but I lost
at the very beginning. How pathetic! I
want revenge….” This was Keira’s
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thought after they reunited.
Chapter 8 Gemini
A year after Luke and Giselle got
married, Giselle was about to give birth
for their first child.
The day came but
Luke was away
from home on a
business trip. It was a stormy night.
Giselle had a difficult delivery.
The situation was severe. The doctor
needed her family to decide whom to keep
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in this childbirth. One would die. “Keep
the child!” Keira bawled out. “This is the
time that I could replace Giselle and be
exactly her.” She reckoned that was the
best way to take revenge and she thought
that she really wanted to do this. However,
as she saw the baby safely delivered yet
Giselle was suffering and almost dying
pale. She soon regretted for her decision
and behaviors, but it was too late. All she
could do was keep telling herself, “Sister
would do the same thing. She would make
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exactly the same decision to keep the child
alive. That is their baby, from Giselle and
Luke…yeah …And we are twins, we
know exactly what each other thinks. We
have telepathy… I didn’t do anything
wrong. Luke will be grateful!”
Now, Giselle has disappeared in
Keira’s world but Luke still doesn’t
belong to her. Luke won’t let Keira to
touch their child. Keira would never
substitute for Giselle, no matter how
similar they looked like in appearance.
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Keira realized that this had been such a
deep pain and she couldn’t live without
her sister.
“When I look in the mirror, I see you
Giselle… I would give anything just for
you to come back…Sister please!! Come
back to me….” Keira is kneeling on the
ground wailing for Giselle’s return with
broken pieces of glass scattered all over
the floor. They shared the same soul. They
are Gemini.
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Acknowledgement
s Pictures reference:
Gemini
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10511264@N02/2276436634/
Delivery boy
http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0511-0809-1817-5770.html
Queue picture
http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0511-0809-1817-5770.html
Olsen twins
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/stars-childhood-pictures
Twins
itsnotmywedding.wordpress.com/2009/01/
http://wallpaper.pconline.com.cn/photo/1202.html
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About the story…
A delivery boy accidentally revealed the
Cusack twins’ birth. To the villagers, the
Cusacks’ was a mystery. Everyone hoped to
have a peep at the Cusack twin’s life. Giselle
and Keira, the twin angels, had been living in
their isolated two-man world until Luke
joins…..
Gemini couldn't be apart…
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