The House of Secrets

Sarah was waiting for the train. She was on the platform waiting for the train, which was an hour late. She was sad but also terrified. She went to her parents house after ten years after she heard that Claire died in the tragic car accident. Ten years ago, she ran away from home. Back then, Sarah was fighting with the disease of psychosis. It all started after her mothers death when she was ten years old. When she was young, Sarah always described seeing her mother as if she were alive. She can touch, talk to, and hold her, but she was later diagnosed with psychosis. She got the treatment, and she was doing well, but sometimes she couldn differentiate between reality and delusion. She was staring at the light pole. In the meantime, a guy comes to her and says

I am sorry to hear that Sean told me about that devastating news. ”How you holding up? ” the guy says to Sarah while hugging her.

I am fine. I don know if I talked to her three weeks ago. Claire said she is good. She told me that she was happy in her marriage. She has three kids, and suddenly I got the news that she was gone. Ill never see her again. Its like a dream. I think its not true. ”, says Sarah. ”

Did you take your medicine? I am asking you because it is real. ”You never mentioned that you have a sister? ” Max asks Sarah.

She looks at him and then looks away.

”We were not close and I thought she had forgotten me, but Claire remembered me, ” Sarah explains.

What do you mean that you were not close? Max asks her again.

”Claire is my twin sister, ” while showing him the picture in her hand. We were never close. She was the favourite one in the house.

Claire was my twin sister, but we were not close. She was the perfect daughter. I was the loser in the house. She was popular in college, while I had dropped out. Claire got the diploma in management and I got the job in the dining room. My relationship with my father was also not warm. He hates me because I remind him of his wife. Abagail Cader was diagnosed with psychosis before her death. Going back brings those hurtful memories that I want to forget. ”, says Sarah. ”

”Your family loves you, I am certain, ” Max says to Sarah.

Sarah stands up from the bench. She looked at him with anger. Her face was turning red. I am not your patient. You are thinking because I have psychosis, I am making it up that Claire is jealous of me and my father hates me. It was all my imagination. I thought we were friends. I thought you trusted me, but I think you are like others who pretend that they understand me but later laugh at me by saying that I am crazy. ”, says Sarah. ”

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