An infinite amount of universes? With the same people living in these universes than here on earth? And then one of these people, Alice, came out of nowhere - or somewhere - and ended on their earth? In their city? This was more than science fiction, this was crazy. Mary couldn't expect her to believe this, could she?
"Sorry, your story sounds insane."
"I know it does, yet, it's the truth. I met her, Sophie, I talked to her. To Beth. She was nothing like Alice and she was real."
"Does Kate know this?"
"Yes. She was shocked, thought Alice was playing her, that she had escaped your custody."
Kate had shown up at the Crows headquarters and asked when Alice had escaped. She hadn't believed her when she told her, that Alice was still custody, had to see the live stream. "She was there to see me."
"Because she had troubles believing it herself. We all had. I mean, this does sound crazy. Way too crazy to make it up."
Could it be true? Could Alice be still alive? Had, whoever shot her, shot the wrong Alice? Beth? The sister, who wasn't psychopathic killer? How was this possible? And did this mean, she was living on another planet as well? In another universe?
"So Alice is still alive and her doublegänger is dead. Are more of these people? Who come from other universes?"
"I have no idea. Beth studied astrophysics and said, it's possible multiple universes collapsed and that was how she ended up here. Also, she had a terrible headache and we found out, there can only be one Beth on this planet. If there are two, theirs cells go crazy and both people will die within hours."
Did she mention this was crazy? "I'm not sure what to say." This shock her world, her knowledge. How could these things be true?
"We all were irritated, Sophie. And in the end devastated to lose Beth. Kate isn't fine either. She saw a second chance, a chance to have her sister, the one she knew and she had to decide which of the sisters was supposed to live as we found a solution for one to survive longer than the other. She was with Alice when she was dying, stayed with her. Needless to say, Alice was not happy about Kate's choice."
"She might want revenge."
"What she wants is Mouse back. Apparently, he disappeared."
"Yeah, don't tell me, he was supposed to be under surveillance." Mouse escaping hadn't happened under Sophie's watch, by the time they discovered he was gone, she had been suspended. Yet, she felt responsible because she still felt like a part of the Crows.
"Life has become more and more complicated and surreal, hasn't it?" Mary asked sweetly.
"It has, yes. Surreal, complicated and disappointing. Lonely." Sophie sighed, fighting tears. "Do you think she will come back? Change her mind?"
"You never know, I do hope it for you."
"I…I had the feeling she cares for me."
"She does."
And yet she had left her. "Mary, do you…think we'll ever know who she is?"
"We might. I mean, when she comes back to you, you guys will get to see more than the face of the other so yes, you will know."
Right now it sounded not like something that would happen any time soon. Sophie needed something good happen in her life some time soon or she would fall into a deep hole. There had to be anything positive in her life, something, that made her smile.