Jennifer walked along the path through the woods that was so familiar but she was not alone this time. She had met up with Jonathan after he had finished work and they decided it would be the best thing to just go back to the place where she crossed over, to that mysterious light.
He was walking next to her but they haven’t been talking a lot, he was very quiet.
“Tell me about him.”, he finally said breaking the silence.
“About who?”
“Your husband. The other me. What’s he like?”
“Well… he’s a wonderful husband, for one. He’s fun, smart, kind. He bakes when he’s stressed.”, Jennifer answered, she didn’t really know what he wanted to know exactly.
“How did you two meet?”
She smiled as she remembered that day. “We were 14 and I was in Vancouver as an exchange student for half a year. Thomas was friends with the daughter of my host family and one day he introduced me to his weird little twin brother. And that’s how it all started.”
“Huh, so since Thomas was… gone… we never met, I assume. It’s interesting to think about. I wonder… would you have met if he had never been kidnapped?”
“I don’t know. Maybe not. What about you? Have you ever been married or thought about getting married?”
“Well… not really, I don’t know. I just broke up with someone a few months ago. We had been together a long time but… turns out he cheated on me for years and I never noticed anything. So he moved out and I haven’t seen him since.”
“If you don’t mind me asking… what was his name? Was it Gary?”
Jonathan looked at her. “Yes. How did you know?”
“Let’s just say that Gary came into my husband’s life, too. We were young, they had a thing. Anyway, it ended with Gary leaving town and that was it.”
She shrugged.
“Oh wait, this is the place.”, Jennifer said as they reached where the portal was. “I recognize the crooked dead tree over there.”
They walked to the spot but there was nothing, no light effects. It looked as if nothing had ever happened.
Jonathan took out some measuring devices and examined everything but after a while he found nothing. “It’s just a normal place in the forest, I’m sorry. There’s nothing here that indicates anything is out of the ordinary.”
“Great, now what? I need to get home.”, Jennifer started to lose all hope.
“Maybe the conditions aren’t right, you said it was early morning and the sun was rising. It’s the evening now so maybe we could try it again in the morning. It’s just an idea but… don’t give up yet.”, he said.
Jennifer sighed. It was worth a try and what else was she supposed to do? The only way to get back was to find the portal and step through it again.
“Alright, what choice do I have? But…”
“What?”
“I don’t have a place to stay and no money for a hotel room… could I sleep at your place?”
“I don’t know if that’s such a good idea…”
“Please. I don’t need much, just a blanket and a couch, I won’t be in your way.”
He took a few seconds to answer. “Okay. Let’s go. But only if we can stop for dinner somewhere before we go home. I’d kill for a salmon burger right now…”
Jennifer chuckled and looked at him in disbelief. “You eat fish?”
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