My daughter brought her first serious boyfriend to our Halloween party, and I thought he was wonderful. But when he washed off his clown makeup in my bathroom, I recognized his face. I immediately told my daughter she had to break up with him. Who was he, and why did he look so familiar?
My daughter’s boyfriend was wiping clown makeup off his face when I recognized him.
He stood at my bathroom sink, dragging a cotton pad across his cheek.
As the white paint disappeared, I noticed his dark eyebrows, the shape of his eyes, and a small scar near his chin.
I’d seen that face before, although the last time had been 15 years earlier.
“Tyler,” I asked, “what’s your mother’s name?”
He glanced at me through the mirror.
“Rebecca. Why?”
I repeated her full name.
His hand stopped.
“How do you know my mom?”
I stepped into the hallway and called my daughter.
“Emma, sweetheart, come here.”
She appeared wearing pajamas.
“Mom? What’s wrong?”
I caught her hands.
“You need to break up with him. Tonight.”
“What? Why?”
“Because I know who he is.”
Just hours earlier, I’d been telling everyone how wonderful Tyler seemed.
Emma was 23, finishing her final year of college, and dating her first serious boyfriend.
I’d worried about her relationships for years. She made friends easily, but whenever someone showed romantic interest, she usually pulled away.
I sometimes wondered whether watching my marriage collapse had made trusting someone difficult.
Then Tyler came along.
They’d met during a campus volunteer event and had been dating for four months. Emma talked about him constantly.
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