Where are you, Samantha?

e my head, doctor! I-I know you told me not to list

n placed the pen down and looked at him. "Last time you were here, Mr. Rito, you w

sa, who lives inside the mirror of your room." He nodded again. "And th

rtly and looked at the boy's mother who's staring at her son in mixed emotions. 'Twas is the f

uffering from Schizophrenia. It's a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects th

he was talking about are just his delusions all thi

n frustration. "H-His father actually suffere

genetics. Though the exact causes are unspecified, research reveals that synthesis of genetics, phys

ered a psychotic episode inside his mind and created Dessa as

condition and has mentioned the abuse his late father h

lly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and handed it to Mrs. Lopez. She and Rito

doc," Mrs. Lopez

n't forget to take him back

at Rito who was only staring

Rito only mumbled things and started to act scared. "Sto

but he only looked at Samantha and she gasped when he grabbed both of her a

He wailed. "HE F

ntha, but he had his grasp on her arms quite tight, that all she could do is step back to avoid inflictin

doctor! He's h

patient. "It's okay, Rito. Calm down. No one's here.

ot here to for me, doctor," he muttered, shaking his head

terious man Rito has been mentioning can't be the same creature," Samantha could feel her heart pounding fr

e ground, shaking. Cold sweat started forming on her forehead. "N-No! It can't be him. H-he can't be back, not just yet," she

', kyo-to ryadom? Pritailsya za

et noch' nemaya. Za toboy kra

e open when someone plac

e looked up and saw Scott. Kaiser is behind him and

he saw scrapes on her arms out of Rito's sharp nails. It sported a number of dark bruises that

mal for me. I-I'm used to it," s

k, so she almost fell back down luckily, Scott caugh

s get you

voice, and stood back up on her own. Scott was left confused on the floor and

"Let me ask you," he muttered before standing back up. She sensed him taking few steps closer to her and winced when he held th

ight face. "Can you plea

g you from the very beginning of this

that our relationship would reach up this point and you clearly said you'd be completely fine abo

voice went softer and softer. "That's all, but all you do is push me—all of us away. You're being unreasonable and unrealistic. Your lies, yo

ing all of them," those words resounded in h

ed to be my lines as well

sed his voice against her; the

e you're not try

hat I'd understand you, but why? Why can't you do the s

nderstanding is for what exactly?" She bit her lip and drew a sobbing breath. "I-If you only

ers dropped and slowly looked down. Samantha felt his grip sl

curved on his lips. "Maybe I don't," his words felt like a shar

ce sounded weak and gravely. "But not n

If you need things to be clea

ady pushed him far enough this time and all she could do is wonder where he's gone at. She turned around to op

e one who took the bottle out and placed it on the table beside him. He car

ot-vot p

n as vivid scenes from the past keeps flashing one after another. She opened her

nly said the moment

about us," she began, he remained silent, curious of what she's gonna say next. "

he had to looked away. "I'm sorry, Scott. Y-You know how

ooked at him, meeting his brown, cl

aven't thought abo

he asked back, co

"No matter how hard it is for me, you're still the one I want to be with for the rest of my life. Every single time, all I can think about is our future together, about what's it gonna be like on

She doesn't seem to understand if what she's fe

we both such bad liars?!"

that the reason you were hiding a lot from me is

everything, Scott! I wanted to set myself free from all of my secrets which were slowly killing me, but I can't! I ca

b-but this isn't working anymore––for us! I-I think we don't quite measure up to the individuals we both

but she signaled him not to. Never in her entire life did she imagine something li

her," she sobbed, voice cracking. "We'll just k

u and I won't do anythi

g at her injured arms. "Yes, I already kno

his eyes wobbled in r

*

t's phone vibrating above their bedside tabl

to hear her, so she took the phone herself. "It might be important," she thought and swi

rson, Scott. I can't keep

d the phone down. The woman kept on talking, but Sam