Spilling Beans

"..." Alice's silence and the look on her face said more than the words.

"I will tell you everything, but first… please stop looking at me like that…"

Alice was looking at Rudy as though she was looking at a stranger.

"No, I won't unless you tell me what you did with Rudy," she said with a lifeless glare in her eyes.

"My name is Rudy, and just like everything here, it was the same in my world. I also had a childhood friend named Alice, a mother named Rebecca, a best friend named Eric. Everything was the same," Rudy uttered in a calm voice.

"But one thing wasn't the same, and that was me," he added.

After that, Rudy slowly explained everything to Alice.

At first, Alice didn't believe him and thought he was simply joking or trying to tease her, as she always teased him too. But after looking at the sad look and distant smile on his face, Alice started to believe everything.

Rudy's voice was calm, but it was full of pain and sadness.