KILL THIS LOVE | JENLISA

Chapter 31

Jennie

It hit me like a bolt to the head, "Lisa blocked her past." I murmured to myself.

"Precisely." Doctor Han smiled."Say, has Lisa happened to ever mention anything about Liam?"

"Liam?" The name didn't pull any discernible connections in my mind. "No,I don't think so. Who's Liam?" I blinked in sheer confusion.

"He's the killer."

I peered at Doctor Han dumbfounded. For a good minute, my brain, seemingly, had lost the capability to comprehend three simple words. "Wh...what?"

Doctor Han sat tranquil, wordless, looking plainly at my perplexed state.

"I'm...I'm sorry, I don't understand.."A nervous chuckle left my mouth.

He pursed his thin lips, "Well, you were, yourself, implying that there is another killer, weren't you?"

"Yes- but I..I.." I trailed off, positively dazed. My head still reeled with the alarming information that Doctor Han had revealed calmly, as if it were a simple morning greeting. Unnerving seconds rolled by, as the predicament was finally apprehended in my brain.

"Does that mean Lisa Manoban is not completely guilty?" That she is not completely insane. I breathed harshly, "That Liam guy, does that mean he's the second murderer?"

"Yes." The doctor answered. In a manner that was too collected.

I could merely hold my breath any longer,"Then where is he? Shouldn't he be locked up in here too?"

The doctor studied me placidly. "He is."

I furrowed my eyebrows in uncertainty. "I don't get it."

"Why don't you go through Lisa Manoban's diagnosis again, carefully, Miss Kim?" He leaned back in his chair, face too serene for my comprehending. I glimpsed down into the file, gauging the words on the page once again.

Bipolar Affective Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

I worked my way down the now familiar list.

That's when I saw it. My heart halted for a second.

The first time my eyes had overlooked it in haste. But now, it was as if, what was on the page had commanded the world to stop spinning. The sudden shallowness of my breaths nearly set a fire in my chest.

I flickered my gaze to Doctor Han's, eyes wide.He understood that I had indeed seen what he wanted me to see.

"Dissociative Identity Disorder."

Doctor Han's voice spelt out the phrase that my mind had been fixated on.

"Lisa Manoban's body is a vessel for two different identities. Lisa herself, and," He paused for a quick second,"Liam Manoban."

I was instantaneously brought back to our previous encounter.

'Why did you burn those girls? What was different with them?'

'I didn't.'