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6
Adrian
I’ve never believed in second chances.
Trusting that someone can change is wishful thinking in ninety-nine percent of cases. It’s a waste of time and energy.
However, there’s always that pesky one percent. The anomaly.
The…deviation of human behavior.
The fact that it’s almost impossible to predict or catch such a moment is what makes it special. Desirable, even.
It’s a sin waiting to be committed.
An untouched rose about to be plucked so it will wither in a place that’s far away from her natural habitat.
And even that one percent can’t be trusted. It’s not that people change of their own volition. They’re forced to by external exertions, by circumstances and tragedies.
In a way, second chances don’t really exist. They’re a myth told once in a while to appease emotionally fragile people so they can look forward to new days instead of spiraling into depression.
Sooner or later, however, they realize such things don’t exist and are hit by a deeper form of depression, a form that will eventually lead to their ruin.
I don’t believe in myths. I’m a man of facts. I may twist them in my favor, I may use a distorted version to reach a certain end, but I do not go after illusions.
And yet, there’s an exception.
An illusion Iwillpursue.
The woman sitting beside me in the back seat of my car is a myth, herself.
A doppelgänger.
“Do you believe in doppelgängers?” Lia once asked me as we sat down for breakfast.
I raised a brow. “Doppelgängers?”
“Don’t give me that look. They’re real! It’s said that everyone has forty people who look exactly like them. They’re scattered all over time and space, so it’s extremely rare to find your doppelgänger in the same time and place.”
“Lovely.”
She narrowed her eyes. “You don’t believe me.”
“I only said ‘lovely’.”
“You’re being sarcastic.”
“Am I?”
“Yes, you are, Adrian!”
“Hmm. How can you be so sure?”
“That’s not the point.”
“What is, then?”
“Imagine my doppelgänger somewhere in the world right now.” She gave me a soft smile. “If you saw her, you wouldn’t be able to tell us apart.”
