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the lady. Daddy says it’s the bad lady. I don’t like the bad lady, Mummy. I want her to go away.”
“Sebastian loves the bad lady, darling. That’s why Mummy is going to come to the cool place.”
“Daddy says it’s the lady. He says it isn’t Sebastian.”
“I know, Joe, but grownups are confusing. Know that I miss you so very much. I’m so happy you’ve come to see me. Thank you, darling.”
“That’s okay. I have to go now, Mummy, but I’ll come back and see you again soon. I liked the picnic you had, by the way. You didn’t have my favourite brownies, though.”
“It was a lovely picnic. Next time I’ll make sure there are a dozen brownies just for you.”
“Yummy, thank you. Oh and I’m cool with people going in my old bedroom, Mummy. Bella can have my console.”
“Are you sure, Joe? It’s still your room.”
“No, Mummy. I’ve got an even more amazing room now. One day you’ll see it.”
“I’d like that, Joe. I’m glad you’re happy.”
“I’m really happy, but it makes me sad to see you poorly. Get away from the bad lady, please, Mummy.”
“I will, darling. I will. Try not to worry, Mummy’s a big girl.”
“Bye, Mummy. ” He brushes my cheek with a feather light kiss.
“Don’t go, Joe. Please don’t go.”
“I have to, Mummy. Daddy’s come to get me.”
“Oh. Okay. Joe…”
“Yes, Mummy?”
“Tell Daddy I’m sorry. Tell him I did love him, I just didn’t realise it at the time.”
“Daddy says he loved you too and try not to worry, just be safe.”
The fog lifts sufficiently for my eyes to focus on Sebastian perched on the side of the bed.
“Go away, ” I plead, pulling the duvet over my head. He tugs it down and peers at me.
“Elizabeth. Darling, I’ve been so worried. Thank God you’re awake, you’ve been having nightmares and hallucinations. ” He’s tenderly laying a cool flannel on my forehead. I have a pounding headache.
“You disturbed Joe. How dare you.”
“Joe’s gone, darling. You’re sick but I’m going to get you the help you need.”
“Joe. Was. Here.”
“Okay, Elizabeth. Joe was here.”
“You don’t believe me, you think I’m insane.”
“No. I think you are missing Joe very much.”
“Of course I’m bloody missing him, but he was here. I don’t care if you believe me or not.”
“If you say Joe was here, then Joe was here. ” He wipes my brow, his eyes clouded with pity.
“You all think I’m mad but I saw the two of you. You and…her. All these months, you’ve lied to me. ” My voice is laced with hysteria as hot tears tumble down my cheeks.
He looks crestfallen. He leaves the flannel on my head and runs a finger down my cheek, tracing the watery tracks.
“Don’t touch me.”
“You silly girl. ” He sighs. “It wasn’t me, Elizabeth. You saw Marcus with Scarlett.”
Marcus? Do you think I’m stupid? I know what I saw . “It was you, ” I say emphatically.
“No, darling. It was Marcus. He and Scarlett have been play partners for a long time. Since shortly after Scarlett moved here, actually.”
“But I saw you.”
“No. What you saw was Marcus and…I have to say, he’s no longer my friend. I understand it’s all blurry to you, but you were hallucinating, Elizabeth. Ruth came and found me and together we tracked you down to the chamber. Thank God I got there in time. He was about to force you into a session knowing that you are mine. Knowing that you were sick. ” He runs his hands through his dishevelled hair. He looks unkempt, still in his black suit trousers and white dress shirt, open necked, cuffs undone. He looks so forlorn and lost that my heart breaks all over again. “I’m afraid I punched him hard, he spent the rest of the night in hospital with a broken nose. Serves the fucker right. ”
Marcus? This can’t be true. I saw them with my own eyes.
“I saw you, Sebastian.”
“The man you saw was Marcus. Not me. You trust Ruth, don’t you?”
“With
“Sebastian loves the bad lady, darling. That’s why Mummy is going to come to the cool place.”
“Daddy says it’s the lady. He says it isn’t Sebastian.”
“I know, Joe, but grownups are confusing. Know that I miss you so very much. I’m so happy you’ve come to see me. Thank you, darling.”
“That’s okay. I have to go now, Mummy, but I’ll come back and see you again soon. I liked the picnic you had, by the way. You didn’t have my favourite brownies, though.”
“It was a lovely picnic. Next time I’ll make sure there are a dozen brownies just for you.”
“Yummy, thank you. Oh and I’m cool with people going in my old bedroom, Mummy. Bella can have my console.”
“Are you sure, Joe? It’s still your room.”
“No, Mummy. I’ve got an even more amazing room now. One day you’ll see it.”
“I’d like that, Joe. I’m glad you’re happy.”
“I’m really happy, but it makes me sad to see you poorly. Get away from the bad lady, please, Mummy.”
“I will, darling. I will. Try not to worry, Mummy’s a big girl.”
“Bye, Mummy. ” He brushes my cheek with a feather light kiss.
“Don’t go, Joe. Please don’t go.”
“I have to, Mummy. Daddy’s come to get me.”
“Oh. Okay. Joe…”
“Yes, Mummy?”
“Tell Daddy I’m sorry. Tell him I did love him, I just didn’t realise it at the time.”
“Daddy says he loved you too and try not to worry, just be safe.”
The fog lifts sufficiently for my eyes to focus on Sebastian perched on the side of the bed.
“Go away, ” I plead, pulling the duvet over my head. He tugs it down and peers at me.
“Elizabeth. Darling, I’ve been so worried. Thank God you’re awake, you’ve been having nightmares and hallucinations. ” He’s tenderly laying a cool flannel on my forehead. I have a pounding headache.
“You disturbed Joe. How dare you.”
“Joe’s gone, darling. You’re sick but I’m going to get you the help you need.”
“Joe. Was. Here.”
“Okay, Elizabeth. Joe was here.”
“You don’t believe me, you think I’m insane.”
“No. I think you are missing Joe very much.”
“Of course I’m bloody missing him, but he was here. I don’t care if you believe me or not.”
“If you say Joe was here, then Joe was here. ” He wipes my brow, his eyes clouded with pity.
“You all think I’m mad but I saw the two of you. You and…her. All these months, you’ve lied to me. ” My voice is laced with hysteria as hot tears tumble down my cheeks.
He looks crestfallen. He leaves the flannel on my head and runs a finger down my cheek, tracing the watery tracks.
“Don’t touch me.”
“You silly girl. ” He sighs. “It wasn’t me, Elizabeth. You saw Marcus with Scarlett.”
Marcus? Do you think I’m stupid? I know what I saw . “It was you, ” I say emphatically.
“No, darling. It was Marcus. He and Scarlett have been play partners for a long time. Since shortly after Scarlett moved here, actually.”
“But I saw you.”
“No. What you saw was Marcus and…I have to say, he’s no longer my friend. I understand it’s all blurry to you, but you were hallucinating, Elizabeth. Ruth came and found me and together we tracked you down to the chamber. Thank God I got there in time. He was about to force you into a session knowing that you are mine. Knowing that you were sick. ” He runs his hands through his dishevelled hair. He looks unkempt, still in his black suit trousers and white dress shirt, open necked, cuffs undone. He looks so forlorn and lost that my heart breaks all over again. “I’m afraid I punched him hard, he spent the rest of the night in hospital with a broken nose. Serves the fucker right. ”
Marcus? This can’t be true. I saw them with my own eyes.
“I saw you, Sebastian.”
“The man you saw was Marcus. Not me. You trust Ruth, don’t you?”
“With
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