As Long аs I'm With You

But how could that be?

“I know,” he said without taking his eyes off the road. “It took me awhile to understand this, but I’m not who you think I am.”

“You’re his copy,” it dawned on her[39 - её осенило, до неё дошло].

He nodded.

She couldn’t stop looking at him. He looked exactly like the man who was going to marry her. Only his hair was combed in a different way, to the right side, and he wasn’t wearing pajamas, but a white T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Also, he was wearing a rather chunky[40 - маcсивные] diver’s watch with a steel bracelet on his right hand, unlike her boyfriend who had his dress watch on a leather strap on the left hand.

“He was trying to make you leave the apartment this morning. To save you,” he said. “He just needed a bit more time.”

What?! He knew?!

“We found him first and told him everything,” he said. “He thought we were from the future,” he added with a sad smile.

He kept quiet for a while. Only the sound of the accelerating[41 - ускоряющийся] engine.

“He was adamant[42 - непреклонный, твёрдый] to keep you out of it,” he said breaking the silence.

She felt tears running down her cheeks and his face became blurry[43 - расплывчатый].

“How do you … Did you know him?” she asked.

“We just met him last night,” he said after a pause.

He looked at her for a second.

“Listen, we both lost important people today,” he continued. “I know this is all messed up[44 - запутано], but we need to stay together. At least for a while to get to the bottom of it[45 - узнать правду о (ситуации) (идиоматическое выражение)].

”

She couldn’t see and hear him anymore. Emotions finally broke through the barrier of shock.

He took her hand and quietly said: “Don’t worry, Lizzy. We’ll figure this out.”

Then he took a ramp to merge into the highway out of the city.

Chapter 2

Lizzy’s Diary

6 DAYS BEFORE THE JUMP

I guess the most difficult thing in this crazy story was to accept the reality of it and get used to wearing the other Lizzy’s clothes.

The latter wasn’t a big problem because we were the same size and she had good taste. I have 6 more days before the jump, and I must put all my memories together while they’re still fresh and painful. Yes, pain. I don’t know if I feel it after the jump. It connects me to the past. My past. My life seems to be so long ago. Will I still be me if I lose it?

In any case, I’d better start from the beginning.