Geheimnis (Secret)
Carol Yang was dead.
“I saw someone who looks exactly like Carol today.”
“Are you sure it’s not someone who looks similar?”
“No. I thought I witnessed a Doppleganger.”
After graduating high school in Beijing and applying to different universities, some of the alumnus in the same Shanghai area met up for a short get-together. All of us belonged to the different group of friends during our high school years, but the rough living life in the foreign city brought us together often, and it led us to this regular get-together on the first Saturday of every month. Eva’s sudden words made him the center of attention.
“She didn’t have a lot of friends in high school, did she?”
“Taylor, you were friends with her, weren’t you?”
They were right. The two of us were really close. And Carol Yang was dead, for sure. The only person who ever had a proper conversation with the girl was me. So, the only person who could assure her death against any doubts was me, also. I, Taylor Yu, had the nickname ‘big nose’ throughout high school for being so nosy. My friends called me Triple M (MMM, meaning Mouth Muscle Monster) arguing that my thick lips were due to talking too much. For this reason, I was the only one brave enough to start a conversation with Carol and hung out together.
“Where did you see her?”
“You know the new coffee shop right in…show more content… Her face was slimmer than the Carol I knew and maybe a little bit taller than the last time I remember seeing her. She had the right sleeve of her shirt (probably a uniform for work) rolled up but the left sleeve down and buttoned, busily serving other customers with her small white hands. In high school, I was always envious of Carol’s hands. Although her hands were generally small, she had beautifully long fingers. Carol never understood why a guy would ever be envious of a girl’s
