Diane!

The Truth

The next day , Emily revisited. But this time she wasnt alone. Two people followed her in.

"No! If you bring them in here i will not tell you anything Emily!" yelled Dr. Sequera.

"Dr. please! If you tell us everything we just might let you out!" Jean spoke." Tell us why you killed Avril"

"Only if you promise to get me out!"

"Yes we promise!"

So Jean, Craig and Emily sat down beside her as she began.

"We already know what you told Emily yesterday. We were the ones who sent her to you"

"Very well then. If you've made up your mind to free me I'll spill."

"So like i was saying i wasnt keeping her sick. Avril knew everything! I met her at school one day! As soon as i had tracked you guys down and found that you were in this very city i decided to take a step forward. I visited Avril's school one day. Soon i got to know her and when i could be assured that i had earned her trust i told here everything. I blackmailed her into behaving sick. I told her that if she was to open her mouth I'd start targeting her family. And i would start with Mark! I knew Avril had a soft corner for Mark and hence i used him to keep her mouth shut."

"But- Avril kinda hated Mark!"

"No Jean the only reason Avril was bitter about Mark was because he was the reason she was keeping quite. She loved him too much. I had a beautiful daughter like her"

"Wait! The girl Avril was talking about! The question she asked her brother 'if a girl had died up on that hill'... that girl! She was your daughter! And that car crash! The family who died! That- That family.. wa- was yours! Wasnt it? "

"Yes Craig! That family was mine! That baby you stole from the hospital that day! That son was mine! You lost me my family! "

"I-Im SORRY Dr. I really am very so-"

"Hush now! There's no use in apologizing. Is there?

So as i was saying. I threatened Avril to play along with me. It was true.. she tore her clothes, the wallpaper, she killed her cat, she broke her leg. All this, because she was the perfect puppet in my hands. She knew each one of your lives was in danger. She was only protecting her family.

Soon my power began scaring her. She thought that maybe if she killed herself, I'd let go of her family. he began searching for different ways to kill herself. I knew it had to be stopped for if she died the whole plan would go wrong.

She started leaving me notes, messages and poems saying how I was gonna meet the bitter end. She knew she was gonna die. She knew i was gonna do it slowly and painfully. I guess she chose the easier way out. "

"Oh! so all those weird notes and messages, she was writing them to you? "

"Yes Craig,she was writing them to me."

"Were they these?"

"Could you read them to me Emily? I don't have the perfect vision right now."

"Sure! This ones a poem!

When darkness falls

The truth will unfold

The guilt will reside in your heart

And you will bear it, till you are old

Victory shall favor the dead

For the truth will now prevail

But the vengeance will not die

So the revenge will not fail

A soul will leave the body

Iron bars will block your sight

Your past will come crashing back

Because we are the victims of the nights

You will stand among cold people

Your innocence you will justify

But fate deceives you today

You lose, no matter how much you try

You will lose all will to live

But fate confronts you

Making you live in a most brutal way

When to die , is all you wanna do

As you regain the will to live

Thinking life it shall be

Fate will pull you down and watch you struggle

Until you perish into the sea

"Its like Avril could see my future! Every line is filled with truth. Read the next one Emily"

"These are letters.

And the darkness will surround you, drowning out all your screams , snatching away all your attempts to be free. It will haunt you down no matter wherever you run or hide. It will hang over you like death . It will tear apart every last memory and all you will do in order to make it go away is 'close your eyes and give up.' You will stand among the dead , charged with murder and nothing you do will be able to save you from the cold iron bars , for now, the dead will bear witness to themselves. The dead themselves will be the proof of your fatal mistake. You will bear it all in silence for you know that when you return , you will have an story to share. It is then that the people will pity the dead.

And then there's another letter saying -

The story you tell will not be believed at first. You are a criminal. You are famous in the media because you murdered me. My grave bears witness to the fact that you were careless and hence you come up with another story. This time you will be believed. Your past will come crashing back into your life. It will sting you all the time. You will realize that the only person who could've been able to help you now lies dead. People will finally know that there was only one mental patients in this case. And that was you!

That's all"

Thank you Emily! "

"So why did you Kill Avril?"

"I? You think I killed Avril?? How dare you! How dare you even ask me that! I just told you everything that has been haunting me for 7 years and your blaming me?"

"No Dr, We are not blaming you! We just wanted to know the truth! And as for your family , Im really sorry about that Doctor. "

"What happened to my family, cannot be undone! Can you give me my family back? Tell me, can you ? You can't right? That's right!"

"Dr. Sequera that-"

"I think we should leave her alone now. She's had enough for one day."

"That's right Emily! Come Craig! We're leaving now!"

"Jean! We will return soon with your release papers! Goodbye!"