"Patrick's still alive? You're not just messing with me?" I asked too afraid to believe in hope.
Todd let out a sigh of frustration. "I'm not messing with your emotions Marty. I would never do that. Patrick's still alive. I have proof," Todd said as he lifted a silver chain from around his neck and handed it to me.
I traced the ring that was on the chain and I knew that Todd was telling the truth. He had to be. "This is Patrick's ring. I gave it to him when we got married. Why do you have it?"
"I promised Patrick that I would look out for you until he got home. He wanted me to give you this ring so that you would know that he was still alive and doing everything he can to make it back to you."
"Where is Patrick?" I asked.
"I know that you have a lot of questions and I promise you that I will answer them, but we have to get you out of here."
"How are you going to do that? Are you going to help me escape?" I whispered.
"No, I don't want you to live your life on the run always looking over your shoulder. This time we're going to do things the legal way so that you will be free to be with the man that you love."
"I did a lot of horrible things. I stabbed Kelly. I threw Natalie off of a roof. They're not just going to let me go."
"They will with Tea's help. She's helped me out of worse situations and I know that she will help you too. Besides Marty, I've tracked down proof that you were being drugged by Doctor Buhari. She switched out your medication for your depression with Ant-psychotics. You weren't in your right mind when you hurt Kelly and Natalie and I promise you that your name will be cleared of all wrong-doing."
"I was being drugged? Why would Dr Buhari drug me?"
"The agency was drugging you to keep Patrick and I in line. When we found out what they were doing we knew that we had to escape. Tea will be here any minute to discuss your case so I'm going to get going, but I promise that the next time I see you - you'll be free from all this mess," Todd said and then left.
Todd had changed everything for me. Before I had no future, no hope, nothing to look forward to, but now I had the possibility of getting my life back.