Why would the girl I rejected all of a sudden be friends with girl I actually liked?

I recently found out that the girl I rejected connected/or became acquaintances with the girl that was pretty much the reason I didn’t take her seriously. I take full blame, and I feel terrible but I mislead her and played lots of mind games with her, which I felt terrible about that and took full blame for that.

The girl I actually like, it went no where. We talked a bit but she was just odd and kept asking his barrier. Eventually I just cutting communication.

I’m just wondering why they would connect when they don’t really live near each other, just have one mutual friend who knows about the situation that happened with the one I like (she’s friends with both). But the connection is not strong enough to all of a sudden connect.

Why would the girl I rejected all of a sudden be friends with girl I actually liked?
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