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2024-10-29 19:42:56At first I thought I was just imagining her, like I had last night. I even blinked a couple of times but she was still there, with the same expression of heartbreak and betrayal that she had last night in my imagination.
It was Heather.
I tried to say something but no sound came from my mouth. She was furious and her eyes were quickly welling up with tears.
"What's wrong?" Ethan asked, caressing my cheek. I didn't answer him and he followed my line of sight.
"H-Heather," he stuttered. "What're you doing here?"
Her lower lip trembled. "How could you?"
I didn't know to whom the question was directed to because she kept flitting her gaze from him to me.
"You're my best friend," she whispered and then the tears began to fall from her eyes. "How could you do this to me? How could you so easily betray me?"
Ethan strode towards her and grabbed her arm. "Calm down."
She pushed him away roughly. "I won't calm down! Do you have an
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"Why?" I asked with a frown. Her reaction had scared me.She dropped her expression and smiled as if she hadn't looked beyond stressed just seconds ago. "Its just that she's very tired. We had a very fun night and she must already be sleeping. Let's not disturb her.""Oh," I sat back down. "Okay."Heather kept looking between us and then bent down to whisper something in my ear."We need to talk about you and Ethan but not now, he'll get suspicious. I'll come back again sometime today, maybe in the afternoon and we'll talk about what's going on between you two. Be prepared because I'm going to interrogate you as if you're a criminal."I gulped when she pulled away. Of course we needed to have a talk about what was going on between Ethan and I but even I didn't know what it was. I was sure Heather was going to ask if I was just pretending to like him for his money. I knew she was going to be harsh on me. But I didn't blame her. She was just protecti
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I froze. For a full minute I couldn't do anything but gawk at a confused Samara."Are you okay?""Uh," I snapped out of my daze. "What did you say?""I said that a woman is waiting in the living room. She's asking for you and she looks like you. It's unbelievable. I thought you were just messing around but you two really are different people.""I-I'll be right there." My voice came out shaky. I was expecting Juliet to return but nothing had prepared me for this moment.I knew I should immediately find Heather because if Juliet was here then that meant Heather must've known that she was coming. Why didn't she warn me before?But my feet seemed to have a mind of their own as they approached the stairs. I couldn't deny that part of me which wanted to see the woman I had been pretending to be for so many months.I could see the back of her head. She was a redhead but I knew she was a natural brunette and she had just dyed her hair and cho
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"That's...strange.""Very much so. Hopefully, there aren't any more clones. I've had enough with you as it is. Once I'm sure everything is under control here, I'll go in search of Juliet.""Will that be necessary? I'm all over the news. Even if Juliet doesn't keep up with the latest news she's bound to hear it from someone, especially when it's about her."Heather seemed to think it over. "Now that I have no idea where she is, that's highly possible.""And before that happens shouldn't I just disappear?""No. At least not yet. Even if she does hear about it, she'll contact me first. I don't think she'd want to come back when she's unintentionally the hot topic right now."I sighed. "What am I to say to the parents?""They're pissed. If you keep being holed up in your room, they'd probably be mad at you for being a coward and that is unlike Juliet."Taking her words into account, I promptly approached them just before lunch.
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JULIE'SPOVI shot up into a sitting position once my eyes opened. I immediately regretted sitting up so abruptly because the room spun at great speeds. I squeezed my eyes shut and pressed my fingers into my temples. It took some time for me to recall the last thing I could remember which was the argument with Heather.I sighed. I was again torn between what was the right thing to do and what I was forced to do.I noticed an Advil on my nightstand. I immediately chased it down with water, grateful to whoever put it there for me because my headache had just started to set in.The atmosphere at the breakfast table was tense. I had woken up late and everyone had already had their breakfast. Ethan had left for work and I regretted not being able to catch him before he left.I didn't remember much from last night after my argument with Heather. I just hoped I hadn't done anything stupid but if looking at my parents
