I nodded.
"Do you want more?" Theo asked with a smile.
I raised my eyebrow. "Are you going to buy it for me?"
"Sure."
He was a man of action and left shortly after grabbing his car keys. He left me no chance to stop him.
The hospital was not far away from the bakery, so he came back ten minutes later.
He opened the box to feed me, and I naturally did not refuse his service. After taking a bite, I thought it tasted much better than when I ate it myself.
When the nurse brought the ointments in, she told me that I could go home. All I needed to do was apply the ointments and come back if I ever felt uncomfortable elsewhere.
Theo lifted me and left the hospital. In the car, I asked i n a lackadaisical manner, "Theo, do you think there are doppelgangers in this world?"
If not, then could that man actually be Matthew?
He died before my eyes, though. I wanted to lie to myself and believe that he was still alive but I just could not do it.
"Why would you suddenly ask such a question?" Theo asked suspiciously.
"Nothing." I lowered my gaze. "I watched a movie today and there was a doppelganger, so it made me wonder."
Theo thought it was funny. "Movies are fake. The two characters are played by the same actor."
Therefore, was he saying that there would not be doppelgangers in this world?
When we got home, Theo placed me on the bed and went to the bathroom.
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