Perhaps it was because Rosalynn knew Ayden's fate, although the words were filled with Ayden's happiness, tears fell from Rosalynn's eyes.
The records of happiness were short-lived.
What followed was a series of dates and corresponding weather updates, with nothing else in between. After documenting the weather for over three months, Ayden's words started to become chaotic.
"Today, the talking mushrooms came again. They said Betsy sent them. I wanted to go with them, I wanted to see Betsy so much. But I failed, I broke my leg... Mother cried, but why did she cry? Shouldn't I be the one crying?"
"I failed again. Why do I always fail? Mother is too powerful. She filled my room with seawater. I can't cross it, I can't escape her cage, and I can't see Betsy."
"I met some new friends, the animals in the garden. I made a deal with them, they would help me find Betsy, and I would feed them. But mother didn't agree, she cried again, saying the animals didn't exist. I climbed up a tree to call down Squirrel McGill to talk to mother. McGill is persuasive, maybe mother would listen, and let me see Betsy."d2
"Miss you miss you miss you..." There were several pages of 'miss you'.
Ayden's handwriting was beautiful, but these 'miss you' were crooked, with dried tear stains.
"Mother is crazy, but she says I'm crazy. I saw Osmond Lange, I know they're going to lock me up. I need to hide this diary, I hope I can come back alive."
"No, I won't come back alive. Natalie doesn't love me, I'm just her tool, her trophy to show off. I'll die, to punish her, I'll die."
"I hate you, Natalie."
This was the last sentence in the diary.
Wayne sat on the black leather couch, hands covering his face, as if trying to hide himself.
"Did you finish reading the diary?" Penn asked.
Wayne nodded.
"Then what? Did you show the diary to your grandmother?"
Wayne looked up, "No, grandma can't see it. She'll lose her mind."
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