You always turn the bathroom light on before you step inside.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEclh0SDTY2
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You reach around the doorframe, find the switch, and wait for the long white tube above the mirror to stop flickering.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs1XR3nWvl
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Only then do you go in.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKYMZv8r1Q
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It is a small habit. A silly one, perhaps, but harmless. Everyone has something. Some people check the lock twice.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqi6QJw3aE
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Some keep their feet under the blanket, even in summer.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmcRZO9qZM
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You do not stand in a dark room with a mirror in it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0c7fS04X0
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You cannot remember when it started. You cannot remember a time before it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17D9ynmFLU
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The truth is, you have never liked mirrors.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe4RoeMweI
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It is not that your reflection looks wrong. It has your face.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbzDdToje4
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Your uneven eyebrows. Your tired eyes. When you lean closer, it leans closer.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyAxCn18xA
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It is the way it looks at you.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc1jdupr90
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Whenever you meet its eyes, you feel it: the person in the glass is you, and yet it is not you.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBpP0uLjpJ
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It is someone else, wearing your face, looking straight back. Not a copy. A stranger, staring.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfnjcb59zC
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So you watch it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKvMNWWbv0
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When you brush your teeth, you keep your eyes on it. When you bend to rinse your mouth, you keep your eyes up until your neck aches.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwynRsrleP3
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You never turn your back on the mirror. Not even for a second.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDnYfUGPgk
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Because you have a feeling that if you look away, it will not.
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Tonight, you come home late.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NebRxJDIp
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Your phone buzzes. A message from your sister.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH1jivykwM
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Sunday lunch? Mum says you've been ignoring her.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP8atrWryk
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You type a reply.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkCfXJNGFQ
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Haven't been ignoring her. Just tired.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdCilFGfPE
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You read it twice and leave it unsent. You will answer properly tomorrow. You prop the phone against the tap.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeF876YVP8a
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A voice message follows.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JrHJtjc69
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“Before you say you're busy, I made the soup you like. The one you always say Mum makes better.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfWhlgJi7o
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A small laugh. Then, more softly: “You don't have to stay for lunch. Just come over.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJT4l88xpC
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You play it twice. You mean to answer that too.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TWTDMB61V
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The light flickers three times. You count without meaning to.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2prV8Et9v3
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You brush your teeth. The person in the mirror watches you do it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMaquH2jV1
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White foam gathers at the corner of your mouth. You wipe it away with your thumb.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX5LZDjOuS
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Your reflection does the same.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw4yTabQGy
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A little late.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi2e97kMuN
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You stop.
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It stops.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkyHDMRCi0
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You stand there with your thumb on your lip, and you tell yourself what anyone would. You are tired. Your eyes are tired. It was nothing.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNLugSJgvw
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Then you do something you have never done before.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATPUtRHGxV
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You decide to prove it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqExGG94Fov
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You turn around. You turn your back on the mirror, slowly, on purpose, and you stand facing the bathroom door.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WJHSUF8ry
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One.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1anrfHy8mB
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Two.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGyQ066nT6
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Three.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKM9lZ35lQ
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The back of your neck goes cold. You have the feeling you get on a crowded train, when you know without looking that someone is staring at you.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLxJZDyOZz
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You look over your shoulder.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghLX0RpvO1
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In the mirror, the person with your face has not turned around.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQALPpzNi9x
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It is still facing the glass. Facing you. Its eyes are wide and fixed on your back, and its hands are gripping the edge of the sink.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClxQDzudkT
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For one long second, neither of you moves.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6S49LJlla
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Then it turns its back too. Quickly. Clumsily. As if it has only just remembered what it is supposed to do.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykNUw9HZkC
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You face the mirror again. So does it. Your faces match. Your hands match.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslHl5Q0w4o
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You are both breathing hard.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpBnLX2zQH
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Somewhere behind you, the light switch clicks.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6UiE2b3hF
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The bathroom goes dark.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4T97eAqrE
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Your hand was nowhere near the switch.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3PREHlfVK
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You stand in the dark and you do not move, because you cannot remember how. You wait.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PhUXiaX4j
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Then the light comes back on, and it is morning.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4jq4HVKuQ
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You tell yourself you must have gone to bed. There should be a memory of the corridor, of pulling back the covers. You search for one.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx41qRFPPye
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There is only the light going out, and the light coming on.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGMlNRAqON
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Your phone is still propped against the tap. Under her voice message is your reply.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV8nGslPzB
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Haven't been ignoring her. Just tired.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLFS9yky0G
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Sent at 11:52.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tuL4oyg3N
You do not remember sending it.
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