Episode 385: Bother

A man with leathered skin and a long white beard comes into The Gallery. He looks at some of the pictures for a brief time, then sits at one of the tables and stares at Mazolli. After a few minutes of this Mazolli asks the man if he needs anything. Don’t think so, says the man. My life is beyond need now. He keeps staring. Mazolli tries to ignore him. Then the man speaks. I thought you looked like my son, he says. But I’m wrong. The man gets up and walks out the door. Mazolli misses him immediately.