"You must to remember Maximum you must!"
"I know I know I know! Whatever's left of my sanity is hanging by a small thread that could snap at any given moment. You ordering me to remember how the hell I got this way isn't going to make me remember!" I shouted at the moron who's been my therapist since I was ten years old.
Confused? I am too.
Well, let me just tell you what I've learned over the years. Which isn't that much really, but hey it's all I've got.
When I was ten years old, my family died in a house fire. No one knows exactly how it started, but they've all got theories. I have one too.
My theory is that the fire was my fault.
All the evidence points to me. The fire started in the library. I was the last there, making sure the fire in the fireplace and the candles were completely out. When I was satisfied that they were, I picked up my favorite book, Alice in Wonderland, and went my up the stairs and to my small room. Setting the leather-bound book on the nightstand, I laid down on my small bed and fell asleep.
The next thing I knew, I was inhaling smoke. It's all pieces from then on, my memories. I remember hearing screaming. Crying. Shouting. I remember thinking "What on earth is going on?" Then, nothing.
My sister is dead.
My parents are dead.
And it's all my fault.
"Maximum? Maximum! Did you hear a word I just said?"
"Hm?" I turned to face the moron. I never call him by his name. He doesn't deserve my respect.
Glancing up I saw the clock hanging on the rather depressingly plain wall. It read 5:30pm, which meant the session was over.
Jumping up from the lumpy chair he always insists I sit in, I stretched my arms then begin to walk away.
"Where do you think you are going Miss Ride?" he called after me.
"Time's up doc! I am leaving this dreadful place before you start serving tea again," I called back as I walked down the stairs, almost tripping a few times
Oh I'm sorry! I haven't introduced myself. My name is Maximum "Alice" Ride, and I've lost my mind.
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Ember out!