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Chapter Four

Joey arrived at the Office of Doctor Gruber and as he was sitting there, he was getting more and more nervous and was about to run, when the door opened up and out walked a very distinguished older man. "Are you Joseph Wheeler?" he asked. Joey stood and extended his hand and the doctor shook it and then he asked Joey to come into his Office. "Please sit down and make yourself comfortable."

As Dr. Gruber sat down, Joey was shaking inside and he felt like he was going to throw up. Hans noticed how pale Joey was and he then said "listen if you don't want to talk about something then just tell me." Joey looked at him and then he started crying. "Why the hell did my father do those things to me?"

Dr. Gruber went over to where Joey was sitting and he sat down and said "son, I don't know. I've been helping people over thirty years try to understand why their family member, friends or strangers did what they did to them and I still haven't ever found out the answer to that question. All I can do is to try to help the ones hurt try to deal with what happened so that they could try to get on with their lives." "Does it always work?" Joey asked.

Dr. Gruber then said to him "I'd like to tell you that everyone that's come to see me has gotten one hundred percent better, but I'd be lying. All I can do is to try to help you to deal with what happened and if we're successful then you will be able to deal with things a whole lot better. All we can do is to figure out a way for you to deal with what your father did to you and maybe we will even be able to understand why he hurt you. All anyone can do is to try."

"What do I have to tell you?" Joey asked the doctor.

Dr. Gruber then said "listen, all you have to do is to start with the beginning and if something is to hard for you to talk about then don't say it. Just give it a try and we'll see where we get. All you have to do is start talking."

Joey then closed his eyes and he said "when my parents started having trouble in their marriage, things became very tense around the house, and then one day when I came home from school, my mom and little sister was gone. She left a note for my dad and I read it. Mom told him that she couldn't take his temper anymore and if she didn't get away she'd end up being beaten or worse. She took my sister to protect her, but she left me there. I was ten years old and that's the first time that my father ever laid a hand on me. He beat me till I couldn't take the pain and passed out on the floor. When I came to he was gone to work and I was a bloody mess. I called the school and pretended to be my father and told them that I was sick and wouldn't be in school for a few days, then I ran away and hid out in an abandoned house till my black eyes went away and the swelling went down around my face. When my father found me, he cried and promised that he would never hurt me again and I believed him and for a month he kept his word.

Joey started crying and couldn't go on, so Dr. Gruber gave him some tissues and a glass of water and said "lets stop for now and we can do this again next week, if that's alright with you?"

Joey thanked him and started to leave when he turned around and Joey said "what if I still can't talk about the other things?" Dr. Gruber then said "don't worry, I'm sure that we will find a way for you to let it all out, now go home and try to get some peace knowing that you are on your way to getting better." He shook Joey's hand and as he closed the door, Hans sat down and started crying. He was so much like Seto and he knew wanted to find that so called man and kill him.

Joey called and told Seto that his meeting was over and Seto said "stay there, I'm on my way." As Joey was waiting for Seto he started reliving what hell his father had put him through and he wanted to get it out but it hurt so damn much knowing that he couldn't stop his father from doing what he did to him. Seto walked into the building and as he watched Joey, he knew that he was probably trying to come to grips with what was said in the meeting with Dr. Gruber and he knew the feeling. Seto walked over and said his name and Joey wiped his eyes and stood up and they walked out to the limo and the driver took them back home.

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