As Long аs I'm With You

How can these people go about their business when he is lying dead on the floor, up there in their apartment? Where is she supposed to go now?[18 - Куда она теперь должна идти? (Прим. авт.: Выражение to be supposed to + глагол используется, когда по контексту от кого-то/ чего-то ожидается какое-то действие, т. е. кто-то/ что-то должен что-то сделать.)] Somehow, calling the police did not seem like a clever idea. But why? She did not do anything wrong. She just had a cup of coffee while her soon-to-be-proposing boyfriend was murdered in the process of breaking up with her.

Should she call the police after all[19 - всё же (Прим. авт.: after all (дословно «после всего») используется со значением «несмотря на любые указания или ожидания обратного».)]? Perhaps, she should.

She looked for her phone, but … Oh no! She left it on the kitchen table. All her contacts. She doesn’t remember any numbers by heart[20 - наизусть]. Who does? Are there still payphones on the streets these days? Whom should she call even if she finds one?

“Don’t scream,” the same cold voice from the call, but … behind her.

She stopped in disbelief[21 - в неверии].

“Keep walking,” a slight shove on the back.

She complied[22 - подчинилась (прошедшая форма глагола comply)]. A decision triggered[23 - инициировано, вызвано ((прошедшая форма глагола trigger)] by her survival mechanism[24 - механизм выживания] rather than her brain.

“Who are you?” she asked quietly. “In a minute,” the stranger said.

“Turn right here,” with another nudge the back.

They stepped into a quiet alley where most of the benches were occupied with elderly people and mothers rocking their baby strollers[25 - детские коляски].

“Here’s good,” the stranger said when they reached an empty bench. “Sit down.”

“May I turn around?” she asked, sitting down.

“If you want,” the stranger said.

She did.

Perhaps, it is not a good comparison, but what she saw shocked her almost as much as the death of her boyfriend.

***

She was looking at herself. Well, she was looking at a young woman who looked exactly like her, as if they were identical twins in different outfits. The stranger was wearing a plain dark blue hoodie, a pair of black jeans, and, what looked like, Dr. Martens black leather boots. Her hair was a bit shorter.

“Yes, I know,” the stranger said. “It took quite some time for me to wrap my head around this[26 - понять (прим. авт.