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For a moment I felt bad for the original Claire but then I remembered she kinda stole Arthur from the original Lucia in the novel. So whatever! I wouldn't mind her ending up with Arthur in this timeline though since neither Lucia nor Lucy are interested in him anymore.
But wow, The fake Claire (ie: the author best friend) looks like a real Disney villainess with her dress and her mean facial expressions, and even the cat who's terrified of her, poor little thing....
(Siiiigh)....I really hoped she was a legit best friend but it seems that even in the real world she was jealous of Lucy. Why else would she write Lucia's character while imagining Lucy? She made her into a villainess who is hated by everyone and loses everything to Claire and gave her a pitiful outcome. If that's not repressed jealousy then I don't know what is!