The library was not very crowded and she could easily find a computer she could use.
After the house owners chased her away she just walked downtown. Luckily it was a small town so it didn’t take her too long. Their name was Dewitt and they had lived in that house for decades. They were not very amused by her visit and the things she had said.
Jennifer sighed. So what happened? Why was her house occupied by strangers? She had watched a lot of Star Trek and as a science fiction author herself she was not unfamiliar with the concept of alternate realities and this must be one. It was the only explanation she could come up with that made any sense. But how realistic was it? A physicist would probably know more and there was one she knew very well. Was he a scientist in this reality though? And did he even know her? What else was different? So many questions and that’s why she came to the library, the internet must know more.
Out of curiosity she entered her own name into the search engine, she just wanted to know what her alternate self was up to. What she found was… not much. Not even her books were mentioned anywhere, not her practice, nothing. All she found was an old Facebook profile with a handful of pictures of her and her parents. The place of work mentioned some small hospital somewhere in Germany that she had never heard of. AU Jennifer Ryan was probably leading a quiet boring life. She wondered what had gone differently.
Next she searched for her husband’s name and hesitated for a second. What if he didn’t exist or wasn’t alive? Did she really want to know?
Jennifer decided she had to know and she had to find him because she wanted to go back home as soon as possible. If it was possible at all.
The search results revealed that he was indeed alive. She was relieved. It turned out he even worked at the same research institute in Portland. Good. At least something. She had to go to the institute and hope he was there and that he was willing to help.
She closed the browser, left the library and spent some of her last cash on a bus ticket…
to be continued…
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