Chapter 96 - Her Illness

Madeline's POV

"I will leave you with Rebecca, Madeline, so you can talk with her, and you don't need to worry because she is harmless and please, don't be scared if she suddenly raises her voice and will become hysterical." Mindy said the moment we arrived at Rebecca's room.

"Rebecca, are you awake?" Mindy asked after we get inside her room, but she didn't answer.

"Rebecca, please answer me." Mindy called out again.

"You have a visitor, you know, and if you are not going to come out here in the living room, we are going to go near your bed." Mindy added as we looked at her bed, and I can tell she is sleeping.

"I think she is still sleeping, Mindy, but don't worry I can stay here and wait for Rebecca to get up from her bed." I declared.

"No, it is better that I will accompany you, Madeline, and I realized maybe in your next visit you can be alone with her, but not today." Mindy replied, and I nodded, and as I wait for Rebecca to wake up, and I can't stop myself from feeling so anxious.

"I don't want to see anyone today except Hunter." Rebecca unexpectedly talked, and I suddenly feel the fang on my chest as I hear my husband's name.

"Well, Madeline wanted to see you." Mindy replied, and Rebecca got up from the bed quickly, and she combed her hair using her fingers, and she folded her blanket neatly and put it on top of her bed, and she wears her slippers, then, she walked towards us, and then her face lit up the moment she saw me.

"You came back?" She asked, and I can tell she has a normal mind. Maybe because of Clark's Divenson, her sanity was affected because he imprisoned Rebecca in this medical care home instead of allowing her to get out from this place, and I realized he couldn't enable Rebecca to roam around the city because of the big possibility that my husband would see her.

"You remember me?" I asked, and I try to control myself since I can feel my hands are trembling once again, and she smiled sweetly at me. I realized she looked so adorable and beautiful, and there is no doubt why my husband fell in love with her, but she looked so thin. Maybe she doesn't eat her food on time, and that is why Rebecca looked so skinny, and I realized she only needs to eat more so she will regain her old self like the Rebecca I saw in the pictures.

"Of course, you came last week, and I wished for you to come back, and I was waiting for you the entire week." She declared while she looked at me intently, and I was shocked that she remembered me.

"I am sorry, I got so busy lately with my studies, and that is why I just came back today." I replied to her, and Rebecca smiled at me, and she sat beside me.

"Oh, are you studying what?" She asked.

"Madeline is planning to pursue her dreams of becoming a doctor someday; that is why she studied Doctor of Medicine." Mindy answered for me, and I almost forgot that I need to pretend I am a nurse in front of Rebecca.

"Wow! Can you be my doctor, Madeline?" She asked, and I hate that I need to lie with her.

"I am still studying, Rebecca. Maybe someday I can, but I still need to specialize if I want to become a psychiatrist." I replied.

"Are you not police, Maddie?" She asked, and I became confused with her question, but I know I should have answered her politely, and avoid offending her.

"No, I am not, Rebecca." I replied.

"Why do you ask?" I asked Rebecca, and her face was saddened.

"Well, I want to report a case, Clark Divenson held me prisoner in this place, and he was talking that I am out of my mind, maybe I forgot some details about my life, and I don't remember how many years I have been here. Still, I know that he took my son away from me, and he also poisoned Hunter's mind." She said.

"Because Hunter stopped seeing me, but I am not sure if it was because I became ugly, because I now have scars on my face and even on my legs." She declared as she showed me her scars, and her tears are starting to fall on her lovely face, and I never think about her physical defects when I looked at her beautiful face.

"You are not ugly, Rebecca. You looked like an angel, and you are so beautiful." I replied.

"You think. Madeline?" She asked me, and I nodded.

"Who is Hunter, again?" I pretended to ask her.

"He is my husband, Maddie, and he is tall, handsome, and smells so good, and it is funny that I can't remember our wedding day. And the doctors said maybe there is some part of my memories that were gone after the accident that happened to me." She said, and I don't know what I feel at the moment.

"But you know, Madeline, I remember my beautiful gown during our wedding; it was a light blue Cinderella-inspired dress." She declared, and I can't stop myself from having goosebumps all over my skin because the dress that she was talking about was the gown she wore on the night before her supposed wedding day. Still, it didn't happen because of the accident, the same dress I wore during the Pre-Wedding Ball organized by Leticia.

"Wow! Why you didn't wear a white dress during your wedding, Rebecca?" I asked.

"I don't know, and that is what makes me so confused, and I can't remember myself walking down the aisle, and all I can think is Hunter's face." She said.

"Madeline, I miss Hunter so much, and I hope he will come and get me soon." She said, and I felt so guilty that no one told her about what happened to her child.

"Please! Madeline, bring me back, my husband!! Please, have mercy on me!" She shouted, and she became hysterical at this time, and Rebecca continues to cry, then, she walked near the bed, and I thought at first, she will sit on her bed, but instead, she went to the far end corner of her room, and she sat down and put her head on her knees as she continued to sob. Mindy walked towards her, and before she came to her, Rebecca shouted and she asked Mindy to leave her alone.

"You need to get out, Mindy, you didn't bring Hunter to me, and you promised me so many times, all of you are liars, no one is telling the truth, and I know even you, Madeline, you are my new nurse but I know you will not also help me find my husband and child. And I am sure Clark Divenson pay you a good amount of money that is why you imprison me here. You won't allow me to get out from this stupid place where all I want is see Hunter, and my son." Rebecca said.

"Please, leave!!! All of you, get out, and don't ever come back unless you bring Hunter Divenson to me, he is the man I love and adore, and I know he loves me too, but he was afraid of his father." She continued. She stood up from the floor, and faced the bed.

"Son, shihhhh!! Mindy, please keep quiet my son is sleeping." She said, and my heart sank when I realized she is far from okay. I thought she has an excellent health, and I realized all the bad things she experienced at the Divenson mansion made her mad. Rebecca became crazy because of what Clark had done to her. And I wonder why Hunter's father didn't tell her about what happened to her child.

He could have tell Rebecca everything so she will not become like this.

"Mindy, you must leave now, you better come back next time. My boy is sleeping, and I don't want anyone to disturb him on his sleep. And Hunter will come at any moment." She said softly.

"Mindy, please go out quietly, okay?" She said and smiled at us. And Mindy motioned me to follow her outside.

"I think Rebecca didn't take her medicine again, she started to feel better, I should have known. I will tell the nurse to monitor her medicines, she is so wise she will drink the medicine with water, but she will spit it out on the comfort room." Mindy said.

"So, Rebecca is mentally ill? Am I correct?" I asked and she nodded.

"Can you tell me honestly, Mindy, did she arrive here in that condition?" I asked, and she shook her head.

"Worst, we secure her legs and hands because she was violent, and years of medications she started to live normal, and I am afraid she will go back to her old self where she doesn't even know who she was. Her recollections returned when Clark Divenson started visiting her, how much more if your husband will visit her, I guess her illness will be gone right away. Even though I can tell her memories with Clark Divenson were not good, still, he was able to help her recover. And I think your husband can help her cope up with her mental illness sooner, and there is a big chance she will fully recover.." Mindy said, and I realized, Rebecca will recover from her illness if I will tell Hunter all about her, and I am going to prepare for my own heartaches and anguish, and I hope I will be strong enough to keep my sanity intact, because everything is uncertain, I don't know what would be Hunter's decision once he finds out about her.