My 10-year-old daughter always rushed to the bathroom as soon as she came home from school. When I asked, “Why do you always take a bath right away?” she smiled and said, “I just like to be clean.” However, one day while cleaning the drain, I found something. The moment I saw it, my whole body started trembling, and I immediately…
One second the phone was at my ear, and the next I was staring at the dark screen in my hand as if it belonged to somebody else. My reflection in the bathroom mirror looked pale and unfamiliar, like a stranger who had wandered into my house wearing my face.
I stood up too quickly and had to brace myself against the counter.
