Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-4843510-20171001165151/@comment-4843510-20171001195924

Revision #1

My dad isn’t himself anymore, and I appear to be the only one to notice this.

The physical changes were all too sudden. He shaved his facial hair entirely, despite being against the clean shaven look for years and only really trimming it. My mum was thrilled and my sister didn’t really care, but if he was happy then I was too. He also stopped wearing glasses despite being extremely short-sighted. For some reason, he’s able to see clearly now, despite never telling us about any sort of surgery or contacts, yet my family seems to brush past this fact. The one change that really got to me was his height. Despite being only slightly taller than me, he’s now around two inches smaller. My parents claim it’s a growth spurt, but I’m still the same size compared to literally everyone else I know - so that’s that out of the equation.

Then there are his behavioral changes. For instance, he quit his very successful job at an engineering firm out of the blue, despite being on good terms with everyone and being well paid. He says he now has a job at another successful company but doesn’t disclose anything they do. They’re called “Harvest Dev”, but despite their so-called global structure, they don’t have a contact number nor a website, and I’ve never seen my dad leave for work either. These are some details that everyone’s missing for some reason. He also threw away his walking stick despite having a bad leg for what seemed like forever.

I feel like I need to tell my family, but why would they believe me? I know I wouldn’t in their shoes. But then again, unlike me, they haven’t seen ‘dad’ take off his skin.