The Red Winged Angels

Chapter 4.12 – The lie becomes the truth
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Wayne Jones – Toy Piano / Nox Arcana – Distant Memories (Legion of Shadows)
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Next morning at the hospital.. the elevator wasn't working, so Natalie had to use the stairs...

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Sara: Good morning, Natalie! Nice to see you!

Sara: Now lets get to business, how is it going with you Natalie? Have you noticed any changes since you started on the medication?
Natalie sits down, the doctor looks at Natalie, still with her kind and empathetic eyes.

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Natalie: I, uh...uhh... I don't know yet...

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Sara: What I mean is if you have seen a reduction in your, well, hallucinations?

Sara was always little reluctant to use the word 'hallucination', as she didn't want to put any stigma on her patients, but sometimes you have to call things by their proper name..

Natalie: Well, uhmm.. I... uhh...

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Natalie was clearly getting distressed.

Sara: Did something happen, Natalie?

Natalie: I.. uhh.. I took the medicine.. just like I was told and... and I went to.. and..

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Natalie: ...and suddenly there was a man there..

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Sara: Where was this man, Natalie?

Natalie: He sat in my... rocking chair.. and he said nothing.. just stared at me..

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Natalie:Then I must have.. blacked out.. all of a sudden Isaac was home from school and...

Sara: Did something happen then Natalie?

Natalie: I got a... I got a phone call...

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Sara: Who phoned you, Natalie?

Natalie: It was... uhh.. it was... Elisa phoned me... she said she was.. having a party..

Sara: Did you go, Natalie?

Natalie starts talking faster and with enthusiasm.

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Natalie: Yes, of course! I love Elisa, she is my best friend! She loves me too!

Sara: Did anything happen at the party?

Natalie: Umm.. not really. Well, she was talking to someone.. but there was nobody there! And when I tried to talk to her, she ignored me!

Sara: How did that make you feel, Natalie?

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Natalie: Confused.. and scared.. I could not understand why she would invite me up and then ignore me!

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Natalie: So I got angry and told her that her party s.ucked, but she still says she loves me!

Sara: So there wasn't anyone else at the party?

Natalie: No.. it was just me, Elisa and Alfred.

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Sara: Alfred? Who is Alfred?

Natalie gets up from her chair and walks over to Sara, being very enthustiastic about anything that has to do with Elisa and the cabin.

Natalie: Oh, Alfred... that's her butler! Yes, she has her own butler, how cool is that!?

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Sara: I.. wow, that is really something.. what does she do for a living to afford a butler?

Sara couldn't help but to think this sounded like something from a movie scene... but of course, she kept that thought to herself...

Natalie: Ummm.. I don't know.... she is just a magician... maybe she sells potions somewhere? She knows how to make them, she has made a lot of them! I am sure they are expensive!

Natalie: She even made me a potion that made Billy become real!

Sara: Billy, that's your son, right?

Natalie got a little worked up by this question...

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Natalie: No, no, Billy is not my son! He's just a kid that... lives with us! He was a plush toy, but she made him real!

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Sara: Natalie.. listen to me... Billy is not a plush toy.. he has never been a plush toy.. Billy... is your son, Natalie...!

Sara knows about Billy from reading the file from Dr. Spagliori.

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Natalie: Wha...? No, he is not my son!! The kid is not my son!!

Natalie was upset. How could she say that!? Wouldn't it be obvious that Billy wasn't her son!??

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Sara: Natalie.. if he is not your son, then whose son is he? Did you adopt him?

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Natalie: No, or well.. kind of.. he came in the mailbox as a plush toy..

Natalie: I didn't know he was a boy at first, so I just kept him in Isaac and Aaron's room..

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Natalie: But as he got older, he started to move around, but he was still a plush toy... and then we got a letter in the mail from the Philosophical Centre about some gemstones needed to make a potion, but Elisa could also make that potion. She did, and that's when he came to life...

Sara became a little speechless and didn't know how to respond at first. Natalie was just as deluded as Dr. Spagliori had written.. After seeing this for herself, Sara became concerned for the kids well being and concluded that it was necessary to do an inspection of the home situation...

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Sara: Natalie.. ok, here's the deal. Our time for today is now up I'm afraid, but I suggest until next time you continue to take your medication as prescribed. It is very important to not skip any days, and I will see you again same time next week. I will also make an appointment to have one of our nurses stop by your home once every other day to check up on you and your family. Is that ok by you, Natalie?

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Natalie: Ummm.. ummm, sure... I guess..

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Sara: Splendid, Natalie! I'll see you again same time next week. Take care of yourself and your family, please, Natalie..

Out in the hallway Natalie already suffered some kind of panic attack as if she saw something..

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Sara witnessed it through the glass door of her office, and rushed out to calm her down..

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Sara: Natalie.. I am sorry you have to go through something like this... You will get a visit from one of our nurses tomorrow already, I'll make sure of it! And please continue to take your medication, I insist, things will get better if you do!

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Sara: I'm going to have to let you go now, Natalie, but I will see you again same time next week.. in the meantime, take care, Natalie...

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After the session was over, Natalie had to go to her shift at the restaurant. The kids were at home doing.. kind of alright. They have done their homework, except for Isaac which seems to be slacking a little. They also, of course, react to their filthy surroundings.

I hope Natalie will have some sense to clean up a little before the nurse comes tomorrow to check up on her, and of course, that she remembers to take her medicine..

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Well, this evening Natalie remembered what the doctor had said, and took her pill...