as Lexi walked into the café. Joe was her manager, a fa

.." Lexi tried to explain, alrea

" Joe cut her off, his ugly, fat face fo

me like crap," Lexi replied angrily, her voice rising. She needed

me. You should learn from them," Joe

.. never mind. She took a deep breath, trying to keep her temper in check. The smell of freshly

morrow," Lexi said, forcing a polit

plied, walking away with

, picturing herself throwing a cup of hot coffee in his stupid fat face. But the image quickly faded, re

ming rent payment. She couldn't afford to lose this job, no matter how much she despised Joe and the way he treated her. S

oughts. Mr. Higgins was a senior citizen who was a regular at the caf

e grabbed a coffee pot and

was busy discussing the latest pigeon racing

an with a chiseled jawline straight out of a toothpaste commercial. Th

the woman asked, her British

r hand frozen mid-air. "Depends. A

r eyes. "No, Miss Thompson. My name is Emily,

g Mr. Higgins' coffee refill with a shaky hand. Mr. Higgins mumbled something abo

nor causing a ripple of curiosity among the regulars. Lexi handed he

exi asked, trying to sound

forward slightly. "We are looking

ted, her brow furrowing.

ce staring back at her, albeit with a different hairstyle and a more refined ai

en missing for three months. And as you can

mily and Jack. "Is this some kind of jok

t a joke," Jack replied,

She had heard about doppelgängers, but this was some next-level shit. It felt like she

g pranked?" Lexi asked, standing up. "Is this one of th

ou're not being pranked," Emily said, her tone h

d love it if you could just sit down and hear us out,"

nk. But the faces she saw were either buried in newspapers or engaged in their own convers

not end with me looking like an idiot on s

e mentioned, Diana Wayne has been missing for three months. We believe she may be

, "Like I mentioned before

vy with unspoken thoughts. Lexi's eyes widened in rea

... it's possible," Jack said

f time. I should get back to work. Good luck finding Diana Wayn

reaching out to grab Lexi's arm. "P

t know what kind of game you think you're playing, but I have real pro

ike a knife. "What if I told you Diana Wayne is worth millions?

e them, a mixture of skepticism and curiosity in her eyes.

nto Lexi's. "But we need your cooperation

lution to all her problems. The café buzzed around them, the normalcy o

sighed and

l listen. But