“Mental breakdown?” Natalie was stumped as her eyes widened in bewilderment.

“Yes.” Shane recounted Dr. Zeplin’s diagnosis to Natalie.

Her jaw dropped after listening to him. “Stanley… is mentally unstable…”

He’s too good at concealing his true self. I’ve never noticed that he’s mentally deranged.

Does Joyce know about this?

Noticing that she was in a daze, Shane asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Natalie shook her head to snap out of her thoughts. She made her thoughts vocal and said, “I’m just thinking maybe Joyce is not aware of Stanley’s condition.”

“That is her problem. Have you thought about how to deal with Stanley?” Shane looked at her and asked again.

The woman bit down on her lip and appeared lost. “I don’t know… I really don’t. Mr. Shane, can we talk about this tomorrow? I’m tired.”

Shane knew Natalie was merely avoiding to deal with the problem. Despite feeling irked, he could understand how she felt.

 

all, and judging by how she valued her friendships, it would not be hard to imagine that she would need to take more time to

Shane nodded his head slightly and

 

seen him to the door.

woman leaned against the door and closed her eyes to recollect herself. After regaining her composure only did she

her way toward her twins’ bedroom and turned the doorknob softly. At the sight of her twins fast

her and made her way to her own bedroom. The woman lay in

only fallen asleep near dawn. She was roused awake

do you know where had Stanley gone to? I went to his place to send him some medicine, but turned out that he wasn’t at home. I called the hospital and they said that he did not go in for work either.”

Her face turned grim as she asked, “Joyce, how did you

answer her question, Joyce cocked her head to one

at the bar sent me

you know how I got back

since I was the one

breathed in deeply and shut her eyes. “Joyce, I was hypnotized by Stanley into

of Stanley’s room. “That’s impossible. Why would

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