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The other half of me

TRUE-LIFE

Linking arms, me and my identical twin, Jadey, then 12, giggled as we walked across the school playground.

People struggled to tell us apart, so we got up to all sorts of mischief.

‘That's not Jadey, Miss, that's Kelly,’ other kids would snitch when we turned up to each other's lessons.

We found it hilarious.

But while we looked the same, on the inside we were complete opposites.

While I was feisty, Jadey, who was 12 minutes younger than me, was a sensitive soul.

I always felt protective. So in 2006, aged 14, when we became the target of bullies, I was quick to stand up for both of us.

‘Shut up,’ I shouted back when they'd

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