Chapter 33
Chapter 33
Yvonne’s husband was transferred back to Fern City, so she naturally followed suit. She had never been able to find a suitable
replacement for Stella after she left Random Art Training Center in Ahn City. Thus, coupled with other factors, she finally decided
to close the training center in Ahn City and move everything to Fern City instead.
The training center had only started operating recently, and apart from a few acquaintances, Yvonne was still recruiting new
teachers. Simultaneously, Stella had just moved there and was looking for a job. As fate would have it, they bumped into each
other.
Sometimes, the world was just that small.
Yvonne couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw Stella. “Stella Sealey?” she cried. Her face turned pale as if she’d just seen a
ghost. “But aren’t you already...?”
Yvonne and Stella had never been all that close. Still, Stella’s talent and dedication to her job left a good impression on Yvonne.
Upon receiving the news of Stella’s death, she was terribly shaken and began to mourn. Still, they were only acquaintances , and
Yvonne knew nothing about Stella’s death other than that it was an accident. Thus, not long after that, Yvonne moved on, and
her life went on as usual. Nevertheless, Stella’s sudden reappearance in Fern City nearly gave her a fright!
Similarly, Stella never thought that she would ever meet Yvonne again. After overcoming her initial shock, she decided that it
would be best to keep her real identity a secret from Yvonne and introduce herself as Ella Steele.
Yvonne found it hard to believe that doppelgangers did really exist. Not only did Ella and Stella had uncanny resemblement, but
their voices were identical , their dance moves and musical instruments they played were precisely the same, and even their
names sounded similar! If she hadn’t worked with Stella before and knew for a fact that she had died in an accident, she
would’ve been sure that Ella Steele and Stella Sealey were the same people. Sometimes when she was with Ella, she would be
momentarily confused and think that the person in front of her was Stella.
But dead people never came back to life. Yvonne knew this, so she gradually got used to Ella’s existence as time passed. But
still, every once in a while, an incident would occur that would make her see Stella in Ella-just like what was happening now...
Yvonne remembered that when Stella was going through a divorce, her mind would be so preoccupied that she would forget to
turn off the faucet, causing the back of her hand to be scalded, just as Ella had done just now.
As those thoughts coursed through her mind, Yvonne swiftly and efficiently helped Ella deal with the burns.
“Why are you so good at this?” asked Stella, bewildered by Yvonne’s deft movements,
“My husband’s a doctor,” Yvonne smiled. “He taught me all the simple first aid procedures.
As she spoke, a shadow suddenly passed over her face.
“You really are a lot like that friend of mine,” she told Stella. “Sometimes I would mistake you
for her... How is it possible that two unrelated people could be so alike? Not just your looks and voices but also your talents and
your careers are similar...” She stared at Stella intently as if trying to draw out some kind of clue from her face. This unnerved
Stella, and she quickly pulled her hand away from Yvonne. “Nothing’s impossible in this big world,” Stella said. “Just look at the
news, and you’ll see all kinds of bizarre coincidences! Compared to those, two people that look alike almost seem mundane!”
“By the way,”continued Stella with a smile, “how is that friend of yours doing? I’ve been hearing so much of her from you that I’m
getting curious about her!”. Yvonne’s face darkened. She fell silent for a while before finally letting out a gentle sigh.
“She... She died unexpectedly in an accident. We’ve never been particularly close, but I’ve always thought that she was a great
person. She was so young too. I never thought that she would...”
Yvonne could not finish her sentence.
“I’m sorry,” Stella let out a somber murmur. “I wouldn’t have brought it up if I had known...”
“Don’t worry,” Yvonne shook her head. “Looking at you makes me feel better. It almost feels like she’s still here. Perhaps it was
fate that brought us together.”
Stella said nothing in reply. She turned away from Yvonne as tears welled up in her eyes. She was deeply moved that someone
in Ahn City actually remembered her, even if it was just a casual acquaintance...