"Now we have two solutions. One is hypnosis, which will enable Mrs. Kirkland to reexperience what has happened; the other one is letting her be indulged in her own hallucination and waiting for her to come to her senses naturally."
Not wanting to explain those professional jargons to Horace, the psychiatrist directly told him the solutions and let him decide what they should do.
"Reexperience? What if her condition worsened after being shocked again?" Horace was worried that Clara could not stand reexperiencing what they had gone through.
If she broke down again, let alone recovery, her condition would even possibly worsen.
Although she looked mad now, she was happy in her own hallucination since her Neo was there with her, which was enough for her.
Turning over the situation, Horace exchanged a look with Logan. Logan nodded his head to show his approval. Both of them did not dare to put Clara at risk.
The stakes are too high for them to try.
"Then we'll choose the second one, just to be on the safe side," Horace told the psychiatrist his decision, exhaustion tolling on his tone.
The psychiatrist nodded. He had already guessed their decision.
"Then I'll prescribe some medication for her. I hope that it will be helpful," with Horace's approval, the psychiatrist began to write the prescription. Horace left Clara with Logan and went to get the meds according to the prescription.
The prescription was quite similar to the last one with a few changes. Horace hoped that Clara could actually get better after taking the pills.
On his way back to the psychiatrist's office, Horace was thinking about whether he should take Clara home so that he could take care of her and she could have a better place to recover, since she would feel safer and more relaxed at home.
After weighting the advantages and disadvantages, Horace decided to take Clara home.
Clara's situation made Horace sad and yet, in order to help her recover, he could do nothing but try his best to find Neo.
With the medication, Horace went back to the psychiatrist's office and found that Logan was waiting for him outside it. They entered the office together. Clara was still running around like a lunatic. Horace smilingly touched her face and then turned to look at Logan.
"Logan, I didn't keep my promise. I'm the one to blame," Horace still remembered that he had promised Logan to take care of Clara when he took her home.
Clara's current mental problem had planted a twinge of guilt in Horace's heart. Yet Logan did not show too much sadness or anger on his face. He could understand how guilty Horace was only by looking at him.
"Well, at that time, I didn't love anyone. But now, I understand that we need to exert all of our power to protect someone, which is actually quite hard. You don't need to apologize. You've done well, actually.
"Please just take care of her," then, Logan gave a slight pat on Horace's shoulder and left the hospital.
Logan knew that he was not needed now, so he should provide some private space for them.
Realizing that Clara's lips were dry, Horace got a glass of water for her in a hurry. However, instead of drinking, Clara poured the water to the ground, mumbling.
"Neo, drink it. You look thirsty," then, she directly poured out every drop of the water. Horace had no other choice but to get another glass of water for her. This time, he directly put the glass near her lips.
"Clara, you seem thirsty too," after drinking the whole glass of water, Clara turned to give Horace a hug.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister