Life Shift

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What do you do when a parallel universe calls?Christine thought she was happy. She had wonderful friends and family, and was married to a loving husband. What was there not to be happy about? Of course life wasn't perfect. But what life is? Certainly there were things missing from her life and decisions that she regretted. But that's true of everyone, she told herself. So yes Christine thought she was happy. And maybe she was.But one evening everything changes for Christine. Returning home from work, she opens her door and sees into another universe - a parallel life that she is living with a different man. And this parallel life – this parallel universe– seems to want Christine very much indeed.Her brief visits to this other world start to increase in frequency. Soon when she is there she can't even remember her other life, so vibrant and real is her new life in this other universe. But when she returns she remembers everything – and the knowledge and memories both thrill and terrify her.Fearing for her sanity Christine seeks the help of a university professor – a professor of quantum physics and multiverse theory. He understands what is happening but is still astounded. Christine is living proof of his theories – theories developed over years of research into the behaviour of electrons and particle physics. His hypothesis – now borne out by Christine's experiences – is that parallel worlds are created with every decision we make. They flow out from the options we don't take, the lives we don't live, and they create alternate realities and parallel worlds. This is proof of the multiverse. For some unknown reason Christine can see this multiverse and can live one of her alternate lives. And this is killing her.Because you see there are people in her parallel life - people that are very important to Christine – her “other” husband Matt and her precious daughter Teresa. And as Christine remembers this life and the love she has for them, so she realises her parallel life has everything she ever wanted. And this means it is irresistable. And as the pull of the parallel universe gets stronger so Christine's ties to her real life weaken, destroying her husband Damien as he sees this happening before his very eyes. Damien doesn't understand what is happening. When he does understand he doesn't believe. It undermines everything he thinks he knows about reality. But one thing he can't deny is the pain it is causing him – and it is this that finally forces Christine's hand. She knows her dual life in the multiverse can't continue. It is destroying the very people she loves. And in fact - even more than this – it is destroying the very fabric of the universe.Because you see no one is meant to see their other lives. And you're certainly not meant to cross over and live another life. Christine is breaking the laws of the multiverse and for that there is a price to be paid. A price that will cost her dearly. Christine realises she has to decide. This will mean a sacrifice – a painful sacrifice. Can she do it?Parallel Lives and Parallel Universes - and a love that cannot be deniedLife Shift is a sci fi romance with a difference. At its heart it's about love – a love for two men and two lives, and a mother's love for her daughter. Life Shift shows that sometimes we love when we shouldn't and sometimes we love who we shouldn't, but sometimes…just sometimes...our love rises above itself to be selfless and self-sacrificing. And that is the love that endures.About the AuthorMichelle Slee lives in Swansea. A former researcher into the 1st century church she now writes about a wide range of topics including her recent marathon row (hard!), her training for the London marathon in 2013 (also hard!) and a little known game called World of Warcraft! She is the author of Keep Azeroth Tidy.