Her womaniser brother, your uncle Dan

The words sounded utterly insane to you. There were fond memories of Uncle Dan buried in your childhood, he was a fun guy, who would always engage with you when you were little and seemed to delight in being an uncle. But those memories were old, replaced by the most years of turbulence that Dan had brought to your whole extended family.

The baby of the bunch, Dan was very spoiled, (or so your mom and Aunt said) and as a result tended to act carelessly, knowing full well your grandparents would bail him out. Getting drunk and starting fights at a local bar? No problem! Taking Grandpa’s old convertible out for a race? All is forgiven! But things tended to snowball with Dan the older he got, and it became particularly notable in his pursuit of women. The man was, to be blunt, an absolute womaniser.

For as long as you had known him, Dan never had less than three different girls at once, each of them unaware of the others. The resulting drama could be hectic, hearts were broken and sometimes **** was involved. Your Mom, Aunt, and your poor grandma had despaired over this horrible trait, but things grew significantly worse over time. Dan liked to brag about going after married women, drunkenly boasted about how easy it had been for him to tempt women away from their husbands and into his bed. Your own father had tried to talk to him, tell him to knock it off for his own sake, but Dan never listened.

Things came to a head one day six months ago, when your whole family had gathered at the park for a barbecue to celebrate your grandma’s birthday . Dan was there, showing off and bragging about his latest conquest when one of the men he had made into a cuckhold showed up, drunken and furious about how his marriage had been destroyed. He had attacked Dan with a baseball bat, and in the ensuing attempt to calm things down the guy had swung at both your dad, and your grandpa. Your dad got away with a cracked rib, your grandpa fell and shattered his hip. It was horrible, and everyone collectively decided after that they were done with Dan.

But the idea of him sharing your mom’s body ? What a horrible mess.

“Tim?” Dr Saunders probed, “would you like to see her….them?”

Swallowing back your unease, you braced yourself, nodded. You were put into a wheelchair and brought across the hall, to a special room. You stared at the door, took a breath, and went in.