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Post 5
"Are you okay?" my mother asked.
"You sound strange."
"Just having one of those days."
"You seem to have a lot of those."
"Tell me about it."
My mother launched into a conversation about
how I needed balance in my life, how I need to change
certain things. This usually revolved around my finding
someone to marry, and she didn't disappoint there. I half-listened,
mainly because my mind was focused on more pressing issues.
In the middle of her talking, I said, "Yeah,
she always does that."
"Who?"
"Aunt Debbie."
"What are you talking about?"
"Aunt Debbie. You said she was talking
about how she thinks she needs therapy. Aunt Debbie always
says that. She just never does anything about it."
"I didn't say anything about Aunt Debbie.
I was going to, but I hadn't yet."
Strange. "Oh. Maybe you said it and
didn't realize it."
"No, I was thinking about saying it
right then. How did you do that?"
I had an idea how I did it. I didn't even
want to get into that with my mother. "We probably
just got locked on to the same thing. I guess it happens
every once in a while."
"It's never happened before, Darren.
Maybe you are psychic. Uncle Phil was psychic."
Uncle Phil, my grandfather's brother, was
not psychic, just psycho. "Oh," I said.
"This is amazing. I'll tell you what.
I'll think of something and then you try and figure out
what it is."
My mother was thinking about my nephew,
that I was sure of, but I didn't want to play this game.
The last thing I needed was to have my mother obsess about
this. She would tell everyone in the family within an
hour of my newfound ability. I needed to kill this issue
right here.
"I have no idea."
"Come on. Just try."
"I told you, it was luck. A random
coincidence."
"There are no coincidences in life,
Darren," my mother said.
I was beginning to believe that. "I
really have no idea."
"Oh, well, maybe you are right. I was
thinking of Mikey, by the way."
Mikey, so you know, was my nephew. This
was getting too strange.
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