Will Not Be Missed

“John? John? Is that you?” A voice in the distance called out, centering John causing him to feel like he was being brought back to reality.

He recognized the voice.”Mom?” He asked, “Where was I? Why does my voice sound so strange?”

“I brought you back, John.”

“Back? I was...I was dead. The cancer got me. It must have. But how am I...” John began to look down at his body to see a feminine form wearing a dress. “Who am I now, Mom? Whose body is this? Where did you get it?”

“That’s not important right now. What’s important is you’re alive again.”

“Not important? Whoever she was, she had a life! And somehow you used this weird machine that she was strapped into to steal her life and give it to me? It doesn’t feel right.”

“Just trust your mother, John. The hardest thing for a parent is losing a child, even if they are an adult like you were. The only thing you need to know about the woman you are now is that she will not be missed.”