The Man Who Looked Like Dad

Your child seeing you before you arrive is not déjà vu. Mark was shopping with his wife and

six year old son when Tommy started acting strange. The boy kept waving at someone across

the food court. Mark turned but saw nothing. Just crowds. Tommy insisted daddy

was waving back. Three stores later, his son froze outside the toy shop. He was staring at

a man browsing the action figure aisle. Same build. Same jacket. Same face.

The man turned toward them and smiled. Mark felt ice flood his veins. His wife grabbed

Tommy and they moved quickly toward the exit. In the parking garage, Tommy started crying.

He pointed up to the third level. There, standing at the railing,