Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

Dr. Gilbert Keller oversaw Ashley's treatment.His specialty is treating multiple personality disorder, and he has had his share of failures, though his success rate is high.Dealing with a case like this is not an easy task.His first priority is to make the patient trust him and feel comfortable with him, and then call the alter ego out one by one so that they can finally talk to each other and understand why they exist and how to finally get rid of them and make multiple personalities States are fused together into a single entity. We're still a long way from that, Dr. Keller thought.

※※※ The next morning, Dr. Keller had Ashley taken to his office. "Good morning, Ashley." "Good morning, Dr. Keller." "I want you to call me Gilbert. We'll be friends. How do you feel?" She looked at him and said, "They told me I killed five people. How should I feel?" "Do you remember killing one of them?" "No." "I read your trial file, Ashley. You didn't kill them. One of you did it to me. We'll get to know your other, and eventually, with your help, we'll make them disappear." "I...I hope you can do..."

"I can help you. I'm here to help you, and that's what I'm going to do. We were created in your mind to save you from an unbearable pain. We Had to find out what was causing that pain. I needed to find out when and why those other beings were born." "You... what are you going to do?" "We'll talk. Things will just come to your mind. From time to time, we'll use hypnotics or sedative hypnotics. You've been hypnotized before, haven't you?" "yes." "No one is putting pressure on you. We don't have to rush," he added reassuringly. "When we get through this, you'll be fine."

They talked for nearly an hour.When the time was up, Ashley felt much more relaxed.Back in her room, she thought: I really think he can do it.She prays for herself. ※※※ Dr. Keller meets with Otto Luisen. "We talked this morning," Dr. Keller said, "and the good news is that Ashley admits that something is wrong with her, and she's open to help." "This is a start. Keep me informed." "I will, Otto." Dr. Keller is looking forward to the challenges he will face.There's something very special about Ashley Paterson.He was determined to help her.

※※※ They talk every day.A week after Ashley arrived, Dr. Keller approached her and said, "I want you to get comfortable and relax. I'm going to hypnotize you." "No! Wait!" He looked at her in surprise. "what happened?" A dozen terrifying thoughts flashed through Ashley's mind.He's going to call her other us out.She was terrified just thinking about it. "Please," she said, "I... I don't want to see them." "You won't," Dr. Keller assured her. "Not yet." "Okay," she stammered. "are you ready?"

She nodded. "yes." "Okay. Here we go." It took fifteen minutes to hypnotize her.While she was asleep, Gilbert Keller glanced at the paper on the desk.Toni Prescott and Aliette Peters, It's time to switch, from one dominant personality state to another. He looked at Ashley, who was sleeping soundly in the chair, and leaned closer. "Good morning, Toni. Can you hear me?" He saw Ashley's face deformed by a completely different personality taking over.A lively expression suddenly appeared on her face.She begins to sing: "Half pound and twopence rice,

½ pound syrup, Mix it well and make it tasty, Puchi!The weasel ran away. " "That sounds good, Toni. I'm Gilbert Keller." "I know who you are," Toni said. "Nice to meet you. Has anyone ever told you that you have a beautiful voice?" "Screw you." "I mean it. Have you ever taken vocal lessons? I bet you have." "No, I didn't. Actually, I thought about it, but my..." For God's sake, can you stop that horrible voice?Who told you you could sing well? "Leave it alone." "Toni, I want to help you."

"No, you don't want to, doctor. You want to sleep with me." "Why do you think that, Toni?" "That's what all you fucking men want to do. Thanks." "Toni... Toni..." silence. Gilbert Keller saw Ashley's face again.It is solemn.Dr. Keller leaned forward. "Alette?" Ashley's expression didn't change a bit. "Alette..." Nothing at all. "I want to talk to you, Elliott." Ashley began to writhe uncomfortably. "Come out, Elliott." Ashley took a deep breath, and then suddenly there was a series of words spoken in Italian.

"Does anyone speak Italian?" "Alette..." "Don't push me like that." "Alette, listen to me. You are safe. I want you to relax." "I'm so tired...I'm so tired." "You had a bad time, but that's over. Your future is going to be very peaceful. Do you know where you are now?" His voice is white. "Yes. It's some kind of place for crazy people." That's why you're here, doctor.You are crazy people. "This is a place where you will be healed. Elliott, what comes to mind when you close your eyes and imagine this place?"

"Hogarth. ① (Note: Hogarth [1697～1764], British oil painter, printmaker, and art theorist. His works satirize the nobility and sympathize with the lower class people. His representative works include copper engravings "Fashionable Marriage" and "The Life of a Whore", Theoretical works include "Analysis of Beauty". - Annotation) He painted madhouses and those horrible scenes." You must be ignorant, and you haven't even heard of him. "I don't want you to think of this as a scary place. Tell me about yourself, Elliott. What do you like to do? What would you like to do while you're here?"

"I like drawing." "We'll give you some paint." "No!" "why?" "I don't want to." What do you call that, kid?To me it looks like an ugly monster. leave me alone. "Alette?" Gilbert Keller saw Ashley's face change again. Elliott is gone.Dr. Keller wakes Ashley up. She opened her eyes and blinked. "Have you started yet?" "We're done." "How am I doing?" "Toni and Elliott talked to me. We're off to a good start, Ashley." ※※※ David Singer's letter reads: ※※※ The next morning, after Ashley was hypnotized, Dr. Keller was talking to Toni. "What's the matter now, doctor?" "I just want to talk to you. I want to help you." "I don't need your fucking help. I'm fine." "So, I need your help, Toni. I want to ask you a question. What do you think of Ashley?" "Miss Shenwei? Don't let me start this chatterbox." "You don't like her?" "Very dislike." "What don't you like about her?" Pause, "She's trying not to entertain anyone. If I didn't take over her occasionally, our lives would be boring! Boring! She doesn't like parties, travel, anything fun." "But you like it?" "Of course I do. That's what life is for, isn't it, dear?" "You were born in London, weren't you, Toni? You want to tell me about London?" "I'll tell you something. I wish I was there right now." silence. "Toni... Toni..." She is no longer here. Gilbert Keller said to Ashley, "I want to talk to Aliette." He watched the change in Ashley's face.He leaned forward and said softly, "Alette." "Ok." "Did you hear my conversation with Toni?" "yes." "Do you and Toni know each other?" "Yeah." Of course we know each other, idiot. "But Ashley doesn't know either of you?" "do not know." "Do you like Ashley?" "She's okay." Why do you keep asking me stupid questions? "Why don't you talk to her?" "Tony won't let me tell." "Does Toni always tell you what to do?" "Toni is my friend." This has nothing to do with you. "I want to be your friend, Elliott. Tell me about yourself. Where were you born?" "I was born in Rome." "Do you like Rome?" Gilbert Keller watched the expression on Ashley's face change, and then she began to cry. Why?Dr. Keller leaned forward and said comfortingly, "It's okay. You're going to wake up now, Ashley..." She opened her eyes. "I talked to Toni and Alette. They're friends. I want you all to be friends." While Ashley was having lunch, a male nurse walked into her room and saw a landscape painting on the floor.He studied it for a moment, then took it to Dr. Keller's office. ※※※ There's a meeting in Dr. Louison's office. "How's the situation, Gilbert?" Dr. Keller said thoughtfully: "I've talked to the other two. The dominant one is Toni. She has a British background, but she doesn't want to talk about it. The other, Elle Te, was born in Rome, but she didn't want to talk about it either. So I was going to focus on those places where the trauma happened. Toni was the more aggressive one. Aliette was sensitive and introverted. She was very interested in painting Interested, but she's afraid to do it. I've got to find out why." "You think Toni dominated Ashley?" "Yes. Toni dominates Aliette. Ashley is unaware of Toni's existence, and neither is Aliette. But Toni and Aliette know each other. It's interesting. Thor Annie has a beautiful voice, and Ellie is a gifted painter." He held up the painting the male nurse had brought. "I think their talent might be the key to getting to the bottom of them." ※※※ Ashley gets a letter from her father every week.After she read the letter, she would sit quietly in the room, not wanting to talk to anyone. "They were her only connection to her family," Dr. Keller told Otto Luisen. "I think it strengthened her desire to get out of here and start living a normal life. Every little thing counts." help……" ※※※ Ashley gradually got used to her surroundings.The patients seemed to be moving about, although there were guards at every door and in the corridors.The door to the playground is always locked.There's a rec room where they can gather to watch TV, a gym for sick people to work out, and a communal dining room.There were all kinds of people there: Japanese, Chinese, French, Americans...everything was done to make the hospital look as ordinary as possible, but when Ashley entered the room, the few The door still always locked behind her. "This isn't a hospital," Toni complains to Alette, "this is a fucking prison." "But Dr. Keller thinks he can cure Ashley. Then we can get out of here." "Don't be stupid, Aliette. Don't you understand? The only way he can cure Ashley is to get rid of us, make us disappear. In other words, in order to cure her, we have to die. Well, I We are not prepared to let that happen.” "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to find a way for us to escape."