After that experience the bathroom no longer felt quite the same.
Every time I walked in I found myself looking down at the floor.
I started checking the corners without even thinking about it.
I noticed damp areas that I had previously ignored.
The drain suddenly seemed much more interesting than it ever had before.
Even a small dark mark on the floor could make me stop and take a second look.
It was strange how quickly something so small could change the way I perceived an entire room.
The leech itself was not enormous.
It was not some terrifying creature from a horror movie.
That fact was not really the point.
What frightened me was the unexpectedness of it.
I had never considered that I might encounter something alive on my bathroom floor. I had assumed that the room was clean controlled and predictable.
