Lisa's read the note.
"Hey Guys, sorry I left without saying anything, but I felt it's what I needed to do. Spending the day with you both was wonderful; both are so clearly in love, more than I've ever seen you two before. You're like school kids, and you know what they say, "two's company, but threes a crowd", so I am leaving you to enjoy each other's love. You two truly deserve each other and I wish you years of love and LOTS of wonderful sex.
Shannon"
Lisa looked down at the signature in disgust. "That wasn't really Shannon what's she been playing at here?"
Lisa reread the letter and part of her knew that if she had read this after she'd had sex with Jack, that she never would have left to go to James' place. She would have done everything in her power to stay as Lisa perminently, but now she knew that the original Lisa had been Shannon along and that she had been manipulating her.
Lisa's hands shook as she reread the letter for the fourth time.
"Did the original Lisa really want me to stay as a copy of her forever?" Lisa felt excited by the thought. This is what she wanted, wasn't it? An hour ago she would have begged Lisa to let her have her life, but now it felt tainted somehow. Had she been tricked her into falling in love with Jack, and if so, why?
"Why would she give up her life?" Lisa wondered desperately. She knew that the original Lisa and Jack had problems, but she had now fixed those or had she? Maybe there was more going on than she could see in a day. Panicking, she thought maybe Lisa was sick and hadn't told James about it, but she felt that she had told James everything. Maybe Lisa had fallen out of love with Jack, but still wanted him to be happy with her, so she tried to trick the new Lisa into loving him, and that way she'd just take her place. Could that be it? Suddenly Lisa remembered Joe, the man that the original Lisa was having an affaire with.
"Oh god, does that mean I'm having an affaire?" She felt a sick, sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. "I'd never do that to Jack ", but it was already done and she knew it. Even if she broke things off with Joe and never even met him face to face, that would still be out there and if it ever came to light, she'd have to answer for it. She never be able to explain how it wasn't really "the Lisa that had slept with Joe", not with out revealing who she really was and then Jack would hate her for a whole other reason. But maybe Jack would never find out and they could be happy.
"But maybe that's why she doesn't want her life any longer?" Lisa was confused and felt torn. She knew she needed answers and the only way to get them was to confront Lisa.
She looked up the stairs longingly, fighting the urge to go wake Jack up and have him fuck these fears out of her. She wanted him, but she needed answers.
Before walking out the front door, she looked back up the stairs at 'their' bedroom, and feared that she might never return. This decision to confront Lisa might end up in her loosing Jack forever, but with a heavy heart she knew that maybe they were never meant to be together.
She got in her car and started the driving, not sure of whom she was anymore, but she knew where she had to go.
