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Nora saw the notice looked old. She remembered what Neil had said to

her. I can’t pay you to put off customers with your face looking like a wet
weekend.
Well, Neil, maybe it wasn’t my face aer all.
ey carried on walking.

‘Dylan, do you believe in parallel universes?’
He shrugged. ‘I think so.’
‘What do you think you are doing in another life? Do you think this is a
good universe? Or would you rather be in a universe where you le

Bedford?’
‘Not really. I am happy here. Why want another universe if this one has
dogs? Dogs are the same here as they are in London. I had a place, you
know. I’d got into Glasgow University to do Veterinar y Medicine. And I

went for a week but I missed my dogs too much. en my dad lost his job
and couldn’t really afford for me to go. So yeah, I never got to be a vet . And I
really wanted to be a vet. But I don’t regret it. I have a good life. I’ve got some
good friends. I’ve got my dogs.’

Nora smiled. She liked Dylan, even if she doubted she could be as
attracted to him as this other Nora. He was a good person, and good people
were rare.
As they reached the restaurant, they saw a tall dark-haired man in

running gear jogging towards them. It took a disorientating moment for
Nora to realise it was Ash – the Ash who had been a surgeon, the Ash who
had been a customer at String eor y and who had asked her out for coffee,
the Ash who had comforted her in the hospital and who had knocked on her

door, in another world, last night, to tell her that Voltaire was dead. It
seemed so recent, that memor y, and yet it was hers alone. He was obviously
doing some training for the half-marathon on Sunday. ere was no reason
to believe that the Ash in this life was any different from the one in her root

life, except the chances were that he probably hadn’t found a dead Voltaire
last night. Or maybe he had, though Voltaire wouldn’t have been called
Voltaire.
‘Hi,’ she said, forgetting which timeline she was in.

And Ash smiled back at her, but it was a confused smile. Confused, but
kind, which somehow made Nora feel even more cringey. Because of course
in this life there had not been the knock on her door, there had never even