Seeing from the portrait that the singing girl put down that had the painters face, along with line that she couldn't do males, seems she was into the painter.
So this was a horrible love triangle after all.
This is like some Shakespeare kinda shit.
@jackslate
on page 16 (or 162 if you go by the numbers written on the pages) Elmi holds a framed portrait in her hand and it does look like her neighbour
I'm glad the imposter got what was coming to her. Now it's off to the bank and eliminate the fake teller who wouldn't cash out my zillion dollar check.
"So as it turns out, my crush is a lesbian, but I don't believe that. So the only logical answer is that she's been kidnapped by a shapeshifter impostor & I gotta save her!"