Joel—

Right now, you are scanning every word—

Every letter, every character.

Dissecting.

Searching.

Trying to understand how much control you still have.

And I know something you don’t want to admit.

This has gotten to you.

You tell yourself it hasn’t.

You tell your supply it hasn’t.

But we both know the truth—

…you are unraveling.

Not because I exposed you.

Not because people are starting to see.

Not even because some of them will leave.

But because for the first time, you feel powerless.

And that is something you have never been able to tolerate.

The Haunting You Can’t Escape

Every time you open your mouth, you will wonder—

Do they believe me?

Or are they seeing through me now?

Every joke you make.

Every defense you give.

Every argument you try to frame as rational—

You will feel it creeping in.

The doubt.

The knowledge that someone in the room is watching you differently now.

And once that seed has been planted, it never stops growing.

Because I am not the one haunting you, Joel.

Your own reflection is.

The Link You Will Never Unsee

I know you are looking for something.

A way to reframe this.

A way to turn it back on me.

A way to control the conversation.

And because I know how your mind works, I am giving you exactly what you fear most.

A single detail.

A small fracture in the page.

Something you cannot unsee.

And once you find it, you will know—

The mirror was never broken.

It is still here.

Watching you.

Following you.

No matter where you go.

No matter how you try to escape.

And the moment you click on it?

You will understand.

That for the first time in your life—

You are the one being played.