Episode 4 Script: The Picture that knew her.

Episode 4: The Picture that knew her. 

By Grace Antiedu. 

From that day on, Ama could no longer look in mirrors.

She tried. She really did. But the reflection unnerved her.

It moved -but not always in sync.

Sometimes, her reflection smiled a second too late. Or blinked when she didn’t.

Once, it tilted its head and watched her with quiet amusement, as though it knew something she didn’t.

It wasn’t her anymore.

It wasn't Ama.

Yet she was met with the tired concern from her mother, and she stopped talking about it, although she didn’t stop seeing it.

One night, on her way to the bathroom, she caught a glimpse in the hallway mirror -and froze.

In the reflection, she was still standing at her bedroom door. Still. Breathless and wide-eyed.

But Ama was already halfway down the hall. Then, her reflection smiled.Slow. Twisted. Wrong.

She screamed. Her father ran in and saw nothing but her own pale face staring back, trembling.

“There's no one there, Ama”.

But she was always there.

Later that night, she found a photograph tucked into a hollow behind her dresser.

An old school portrait. The paper was water-stained, curled at the edges.

It was a girl.

Wet hair. Sad eyes. The name scribbled on the back:Ama Bediako – Class 1B....

Her school. Her class. But the photo was dated 40 years ago.

Late each night, when no one’s around, she still hears someone humming in her room ....

A girl’s voice, soft and wet,

singing the river’s lullaby.

End of Story 6 – “The Photo That Knew Her”

Next: A child’s imaginary friend who knows secrets the family never told anyone.