His eyes turned dark. Don't go.
Backstory
A few years back I worked at a small town local bar. One of the regulars, Mike, wasn't quite right ...he knew it and we all knew it. He would sit at the end of the bar and I could tell when he was dark. I could see it in his eyes. It was like a switch -- one minute he would be good then without warning his eyes would change. Some nights the owner would come out of his office and tell me he was heading out. Several nights I told him "hell no you aren't, Mike is dark right now". Boss Man said he didn't understood me, but he would reluctantly hang out longer. I want to believe Mike would never hurt me since I protected him from some of the other idiots, but being alone with Mike in an isolated small town bar wasn't an option in my head. by MO_Thoughts2 in Six-Word Memoirs on Dec 16, 2012 | 
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canadafreeze says,
This frightens me ...DynamicDbytheC says,
Good instincts.ba_miracle says,
Smart.My mother had that way about her (and other things). There was a time when I came to being wheeled into the emergency room (I was 10 or 11). She leaned in and said “You fell from the top of that tree…again.”
then went on lying, telling her story “I’ve told her not to…”on and on.
2nd time I’d been in that same ER in too short a time.
My stepfather had already taken my sister and disappeared.
When she had my brother he was her leverage against me and she would play on my fear that she would do something to him when I wasn’t there (she had done the same thing with my sister). When I made the decision for the 2 of us to go into foster care (at 13), she never forgave me and for years I didn’t forgive myself, especially since foster care did not go well. When I had my own child I knew I’d done the right thing but couldn’t imagine a parent actually killing their child. Then I started seeing news/shows about parents who killed their children and know I’d done the right thing with the thankful lessening of guilt. (but guilt’s a sneaky s.o.b.)
You never know what a person is capable of and if you have a clue the best thing is to take a cue from it…even if you think you are overreacting and no one else gets it.