The Woman from a Parallel Universe! Lerina Garcia Gordo
Lucy was a desperate woman, lost on a strange earth. Our earth. When she posted a cry for help, her story went viral.
Everything precious to her was gone. Her past. Her life.
This video recounts her full story. The story begins like this:
GORDO LERINA GARCIA SAID, "
CALL ME
LUCY", IN JULY OF 2008,
WHEN SHE POSTED A
CRY FOR
HELP, ON HER PERSONAL
BLOG. THAT'S THE YEAR, WHEN, IN
SPAIN, HER STORY
WENT VIRAL. HER
PAST, HER
LIFE, EVERYTHING PRECIOUS TO HER, WAS GONE.
LERINA GARCIA, WAS A DESPERATE
WOMAN,
LOST ON A STRANGE
EARTH - OUR EARTH. LUCY, AS SHE WANTS
TO BE CALLED, IS A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSWOMAN. AT 41 YEARS OF
AGE, SHE SAYS, SHE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM HER APARTMENT, ON AN ALTERNATE EARTH, TO HER APARTMENT, HERE. SHE CALLS THIS INCIDENT, "THE JUMP".
LUCY
WOKE UP IN MARCH OF 2008, TO FIND THAT HER BEDSHEETS DIFFERENT, FROM THE ONES SHE WENT TO SLEEP ON. SHE NOTICED THAT, HER NIGHTSHIRT WAS DIFFERENT, TOO. BUT SHE IGNORED THIS. THE SHIRT, WAS PROBABLY ONE OF HER BOYFRIEND'S. BESIDES, SHE WAS
LATE FOR
WORK.
FINALLY SHE FOUND HER
CAR. SHE HAD NOT PARKED IN THAT ALLEY, FOR HALF A YEAR, EVER SINCE SHE LEFT HER EX-BOYFRIEND, MIGUEL. THAT WAS WHERE HE ALWAYS PARKED. SHE DROVE TO THE OFFICE BUILDING, WHERE SHE WORKED.
A STRANGE
MAN WAS SITTING IN HER OFFICE, IN HER CHAIR, AND APPARENTLY HE HAD ALSO
PUT,
HIS OWN NAME PLATE, ON HER OFFICE
DOOR. HER OFFICE, OF 20 YEARS. SHE
SAT DOWN, IN THE COMPANY LOBBY, AND OPENED HER LAPTOP. THE COMPANY
WEB PAGE SAID, THAT SHE WORKS IN, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, ON ANOTHER FLOOR. SHE DID NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE THE NAME, OF THE DEPARTMENT
HEAD. BUT NOW, SHE HAD TO
SPEAK WITH HIM, FOR THE
FIRST TIME. SHE CALLED IN SICK.
SHE WALKED AROUND THE CORNER TO FIND THE LITTLE BISTRO SHE NORMALLY FREQUENTED FOR LUNCH. IT WAS STILL THERE. EVERYTHING ON THE INSIDE WAS EXACTLY AS SHE REMEMBERED IT, INCLUDING A DARK STAIN IN ONE CORNER, ON THE
HARD WOOD FLOOR. SHE ASKED, FOR "THE USUAL". AS USUAL, THEY GOT HER
ORDER WRONG. AS SHE SIPPED HER
ESPRESSO, WITH GROWING RELIEF, SHE EXAMINED THE CONTENTS OF HER PURSE. INCLUDING HER DRIVERS LICENSE, AND ALL HER CREDIT
CARDS. THEY WERE ALL THERE, JUST LIKE SHE REMEMBERED. BUT, WHEN SHE PULLED OUT HER COMPANY
I.D., IT REFLECTED HER "
NEW" POSITION, AND HER COMPANY'S
LOGO, WAS A DIFFERENT
COLOR.
ON THE SAME
DAY, SHE WENT TO SEE A
DOCTOR, ON A WALK-IN APPOINTMENT. AFTER HOURS OF WAITING, THE DOCTOR TOLD HER ONLY, THAT SHE TESTED COMPLETELY NEGATIVE FOR ALCOHOL, AND NEGATIVE FOR THE
DRUG SCREENS.
SOON, SHE WOULD SEEK A PSYCHIATRIST, BUT
TODAY, SHE
GAVE UP, AND WENT
BACK TO THE APARTMENT SHE HAD RENTED FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
SHE
WANTED TO CHECK HER
EMAIL, AND DID SO ON HER
CELL PHONE, AT THE KITCHEN TABLE. SUDDENLY SHE WAS AFRAID. IF SHE WAS
ABLE TO
ACCESS EMAIL, THAT MEANT, HER PASSWORD HERE
- WAS THE SAME. EXACTLY THE SAME, AS ON THAT OTHER
WORLD. HER
REAL HOME.
SHE LOOKED AROUND HER APARTMENT. SOME CLOTHES IN HER CLOSET, WHICH LOOKED REALLY
NICE, SHE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO
MEMORY OF BUYING. SHE FOUND HER JEWELRY
BOX OUT OF ITS NORMAL
STORAGE PLACE, AND THE
LAMP SHE BOUGHT LAST
WEEK WAS
MISSING. THEN SHE REALIZED, THAT HER BOYFRIEND AUGUSTINE, SHOULD BE HOME. AND HE LIVED ONLY
DOWN THE STREET.
BUT, AUGUSTINE DID NOT
LIVE THERE ANY MORE, AND THERE WAS NO
SIGN OF HIS
SON, EITHER.
THIS IS WHERE LUCY'S LIFE TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN, BECAUSE WHEN SHE GOT BACK TO THE APARTMENT, SHE OPENED MIGUEL'S CLOSET. ALL HIS CLOTHES WERE STILL THERE. SHE
RAN TO THE BATHROOM, ONLY TO FIND MIGUEL'S DRAWER FULL OF HIS SHAVING
KIT, AND HIS FAVORITE SOAPS, AND HIS SHAMPOO. THOSE WERE THE FIRST
THINGS HE TOOK WITH HIM, THE
NIGHT SHE THREW HIM OUT. THEN SHE REALIZED, THAT ON THIS EARTH, SHE HAD NEVER BROKEN UP WITH HER EX-BOYFRIEND. BEFORE THE JUMP, SHE HAD LEFT MIGUEL, SIX MONTHS
AGO, AFTER A RELATIONSHIP OF SEVEN LONG YEARS. AND THAT STILL
HURT. SHE HAD BEEN WITH MIGUEL SINCE THE DAY SHE MOVED INTO HER APARTMENT.
BUT LUCY WORKED HARD, TO FIND HER BOYFRIEND, AUGUSTINE, WITH
WHOM SHE
KNEW SHE HAD A FOUR MONTH RELATIONSHIP. SHE
PAID MONEY, TO HIRE A DETECTIVE, AND SHE TOLD HIM, HER WHOLE STORY. HE TURNED UP NOTHING. BUT THE DETECTIVE HELPED HER IN OTHER
WAYS. HE KEPT A
STACK OF
OLD NEWSPAPERS, AND THEY WENT THROUGH THEM TOGETHER, TO DISCOVER A SLIGHTLY ALTERNATE
VERSION OF RECENT
HISTORY.
LATER, SHE TRIED TO LOCATE THE WOMAN,
WHO CAME BETWEEN HERSELF, AND HER EX-BOYFRIEND, BEFORE THE JUMP. BUT THAT WOMAN, LIKE AUGUSTINE, DID NOT EXIST IN THIS REALM. SO, MIGUEL MUST NEVER HAVE CHEATED ON HER. PERHAPS, SHE CAME TO
BELIEVE, HE NEVER REALLY CHEATED ON HER, IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SHE WENT BACK TO WORK. WHENEVER A COWORKER, REMARKED THAT, SHE SOMEHOW SEEMED DIFFERENT, SHE WOULD
SAY, SHE WAS GETTING OVER AN ILLNESS, BUT WOULD SURELY REGAIN HER FOOTING SOON. THE
NEXT PROFESSIONAL LUCY SOUGHT OUT, WAS A PSYCHIATRIST.