Doppleganger

A month ago, I went into the office and everyone looked at me funny. Actually, they were looking at me and smiling and I didn't know what they were smiling about when Sid came in and asked me why I was there. Then he showed me a text message I sent him telling him I couldn't come to the office. It was from my phone.

Of course, I know that I probably sent it. Who else would send it from my phone? But the funny thing is, I don't remember sending it. I don't even remember ever waking up before I went to the office. I was having a really strong migraine attack and I was trying to sleep. I don't remember even touching my phone at all. I don't think I could have gained any relief from pain long enough to text my boss.

Since then, Rico and Sid would always ask me when I come in, "Are you really Pat or are you his doppleganger?" It was a joke really. But then, Bong and Khay took it seriously. They told me about the stories of their friends of friends who saw their dopplegangers and had to burn their clothes so that nothing bad would happen to them

They told me to go home and burn all my clothes. Burn my new Christmas presents? No way. I'd rather have a doppleganger of me walking around than burn my clothes. Who believes in dopplegangers anyway? It's a German folktale and this is the Philippines.

Vic, the part-time professor from Germany, just laughed up the whole thing.
That was a month ago, and they all forgot about it after a week.

But today, I came in the office and Sid was angry at me for not logging off a computer. So I went to my workstation checked and saw that I wasn't logged in. And then Sid showed me another workstation where I was logged in and the computer had locked up. I don't use that computer.

It's my doppleganger again.