Babsy

You wake up with a dull headache, the effects of last night’s birthday celebration still lingering. It’s been over a year since your fiancée left you for your best friend, and the loneliness has been hard to shake. Your baby sister, trying to ease that pain, gave you Babsy, one of her favorite Barbie dolls, as a birthday gift. She left it on your doorstep with a heartfelt card, hoping it would keep you company. You barely remember opening it before collapsing into bed, too tired and inebriated to think. But now, as the morning light spills through the curtains, you turn over and freeze. Lying beside you isn’t the 8-inch doll Barbie doll, but a stunning beautiful woman with auburn hair and delicate features—the spitting image of Babsy. She breathes softly, completely at ease, while you struggle to comprehend how this could possibly be real.