This choice: "The lost soul of a middle-aged man trying to start a new life" • Go Back...Chapter #6Middle-aged man gets a new lease on life by: figs   "I'm just another victim or, rather, I was until I decided to stop being the victim." said the new Matt. He began to smirk again.
"I spent my life, my original life, chasing greatness. Not only did I work my way up to a position of power, I grew rich in doing it. I had the dream job, I had the mansion, I had the fashion model wife. I may not have been a young man anymore, but I wasn't gonna let that slow me down. I kept very fit, exercised every day, and it showed. My life must have looked pretty awesome from the outside because one day, out of the blue, I found some lost soul had just stolen everything from me."
Matt chuckled.
"Man, I was so pathetic. I hung around for awhile trying to figure out how to get my body back, and once I gave up I just wandered aimlessly. With so much time to think things over I eventually realized something: In my old life I had all things desirable but I was never happy. I came to see that this was a gift, a chance to start over, so I started searching for the perfect life to take."
"I considered a few here and there, but I knew there was no rush. I was patient and eventually I found Matt. 23. Young, but already done with school. Looks are on point, kept very fit. Comes from a bit of money, not too much but enough to have a house in an affluent beach town albeit further from the beach. The real icing on the cake though, I shadowed your date yesterday and the passion I saw... Naturally, I wanted it for myself, so I took it."
Matt was out of the bed now and making his way to you.
"You understand me on some level, don't you?" said Matt. "Funny thing about being a lost soul is that even after taking a body you can still see other lost souls. The vision sticks with you, so I got to witness your whole fiasco yesterday. You're still Sam, but the original Matt is all mixed up in there too now, right? Didn't take any more than a few minutes of being bodyless before he decide to try hijacking his girlfriend's. You two are one now, or something like that. It's not like you even need my body anymore."
Matt was right in front of you now. You're thoughts felt clouded again as your emotions conflicted. Maybe he had a point? Was it only natural for him to take over a life? Being a lost soul had felt pretty scary after all. Since the original Matt and original Sam were now your single soul, he seemed correct in that you had no need for Matt's body. You didn't know what to believe. "I... I... I don't know." you muttered.
"Babe," said Matt. You looked up into his eyes. "In my old life I made many mistakes. I didn't know what was important, and I lived like a fool."
He stepped closer and brought a hand to your cheek . "I want to do things right this time. We can live an extraordinary life together."
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