It isn’t going to happen to Dave Fleming. No way. He isn’t going to end up growing old. He has this aging thing beat. He works out, eats healthy, takes all the right supplements. As a result, he’s a handsome man, with a killer body, and it’s going to stay that way. But it doesn’t work. Though he’s done his best to swim upstream, Dave is swept steadily along to senior citizenship along with everyone else. In the process, he passed up chances for love. Now here he is, in his twilight years and alone, sharing his life with his faithful Labrador. One night as Dave stands before his bathroom mirror getting ready for bed, he bemoans the fact that he was so absorbed in the physical that he’d let love pass him by. He stares at his reflection in the mirror and wishes he could go back, be young again, and experience it all once more, even for just a short time. Maybe he’d even find love. If Dave gets his chance, will he take advantage of it and make his wish come true?

Mirror, Mirror

As Dave cleaned his teeth, he gazed into the mirror. “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is handsomest of all?” he recited in a mocking tone as he brushed.


Not you, you old goat,that’s for sure, he imagined the mirror replying.


He spit out the toothpaste and retorted. “At least I’ve got my own teeth! Most of them anyway!”


He stared at his reflection. “The years have gone by so fast. I never gave a thought to the future—and this.” He held out both hands to his reflection. “I never thought of what a lonely life I’d have if I never found someone to share it with. Dave turned out the bathroom light and went back into the bedroom.


Chapter 7