SECRET LIFE SECRETS REVEALED

My Last Resort

October 21, 2021
Office of Dr. Fields Therapist 11:00 AM

Leo sits on the couch trying to seem calm, but last night's nightmare disturbed him. He now sit's and waits to talk with Dr. Fields hoping to find some meaning, explanation, or even a little understanding to what it meant.

Dr. Fields: So, Leo what is it I can help you with this early in the morning?

Leo: I was hoping you could give me some advice, or even a little wisdom to help me sort some things out.

Dr. Fields: Well Leo I can't really give you any advice, or wisdom until you tell me what is that's troubling you.

Leo: I want to say that it's Chloe, but it's not just Chloe. I want to say it's Ricky, but it's not just Ricky either. I want to say it's my company, and my family, but it's not exactly them either. Its'...

Dr. Fields: Let me guess it's the company, Chloe, Ricky, your family, and it's also Ben.

Leo: That's it.

Dr. Fields: So what is troubling you about all of them, and tell me how it leads to Ben.

Leo: Well, it's been almost nine years since he left, and things just seem to be getting worse. When he left I started to have trouble sleeping now, I'm having nightmares about things.

Dr. Fields: Well tell me about these dreams that are keeping you awake.

Leo: It's not just dreams, it one dream in particular.

Dr. Fields: Okay tell me about this dream.

Leo: It starts out at this picnic, and everyone is there. Everybody is young and everything is fine, we're all having a good time. Then there is a race, a kids bike race. Ben, Ricky, Adrian, Amy, Henry, and Alice, are all signed up an to race, and ride. Everything seems' to be going fine until Ricky knocks Amy off her bike, Amy is on the ground and starts crying and Ben rides his bike next to hers. He helps her up dust's off her bike and they both start riding together for a while. But, Amy after the shock of the fall wears off I guess decides Ben is to slow so she rides faster, and leaves him behind. Then Ricky and Adrian are riding their bikes together when Amy rides past them, and Ricky knocks Adrian off of her bike and follows Amy. Ben hits his bike against Adrian and he falls too. Ben helps her up they dust each other off, and they start riding together. Amy and Ricky are close to winning, but Ben and Adrian are catching up to them then, they pass them. But Henry and Alice are ahead of them and Ben and Adrian crash into them. Amy and Ricky ride past all of them and laugh at them since they see they're going to win. Ben gets up and realizes their bikes are damaged, so he starts taking parts off of his own bike to fix theirs. Soon Alice, Henry are riding a duplex bike, and Adrian is back in the race, but Ben's bike is broken and he can't fix it so he just walks it the rest of the way, while carrying the rest of his bike with him. At the end of the race Adrian meet's Omar and she just throws down her bike and gets on with him. Ricky and Amy win the race, and everyone is cheering for them. I'm there, I guess I'm the judge so I give Ricky a big gold trophy. I give Adrian and Omar a silver trophy, and Adrian kisses Ricky on the cheek, and everyone is congratulating him. Henry and Alice win this bronze trophy and everyone is having a good time, and Chloe and Camille are there with me. Chloe yell's that Ben has finally made it to the finish line, but no one cares. We're all still congratulating Ricky, and Ben just walks his bike past the finish line. I try and go up to him, and let him know how proud I am of him, but Ricky grabs me and say's Daddy where are you going. I just look at him, and try to pull away but I can't. He keeps tugging at me, soon everyone is pulling at me, calling me Dad, and I look at them and say I'm not your father let me go. I finally see Ben, he's walking away into these woods, and I yell for him to come back, but he keeps going. I look through the crowd to get help so someone anyone will go after him, but they don't. They don't care what happens to him, or where he's going. I look back and I see Sarah, looking as Ben leaves, and she looks at me. She looks at me like I've never seen her look before.