This wasn’t the first time Joe saw him in there, and it was getting weird. The first time he just thought it was a dream, or a nightmare that he had walked into his bathroom and saw this man in the mirror. He yelled at him again, and the image didn’t move—staring back at him, didn’t move his mouth as Joe was speaking.
Joe tried to think if it was a movie he saw, or if it was a book he read, or even a comic book where this image came from. He couldn’t remember ever seeing it anywhere, except in the mirror. He turned away, and then quickly turned back, and the image was gone.
Little did Joe know that this image was of his real father. His mother and step father never explained to him who his birth father was.
Today was the day. Joe’s mother heard Joe yelling in the bathroom and peeked in, also seeing the image of her first husband. He looked as evil as ever, scary as ever, and she never wanted Joe to know who he was. She decided she had to tell Joe the truth.
She retrieved an old photo album from about 20 years ago and found the picture of her first husband. Of course he looked much younger in the picture, but she knew it was him. She also knew what he was capable of, and now appearing to Joe in the mirror to frighten her son. What type of trickery or curse had he manifested to cause this? Did she really want to know? She decided it was time to visit the Seer. Hopefully she could remove this curse.
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No Theme Thursday: 07.25.24
The Bag Lady 
Great story!
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