Doctor's POV~

After I sent word to the Liddell residence about what had happened with Alice, Mr. Liddell rushed over immediately and without haste. I guided him over to Alice's room and let him look through her window. She was sitting on her bed, the strait (spelling?) jacket on as she stared down at the floor, expressionless. Mr. Liddell was marveled. He couldn't understand what went wrong and how it could've happened. He looked at me, his begging eyes asking me to explain what happened. I began from the top and how Alice was chasing one of the patients around outside. This patient believed that he was always late for something. She had chased him inside and ended up falling down. When she came to, she grabbed a bottle of water and a key to the garden outside left by Anita on accident. Alice found her way to the gate and unlocked it, entering the garden. Some of the patients who were outside entered the garden and went different ways. Every now and then, Alice would have conversations with herself, calling herself a Mister Cheshire Cat. I had to explain to Mr. Liddell that I followed her to survey her and the other patients as well. Then I explained how she met a group of patients who believed that they were birds. She chatted with the patients and even to stuffed mouse one of the patients carried and called it Clarissa. They ran around in a circle but she got tired and left them. After a few more chats with herself, she caught with me another patient as we were having tea. I, of course, explained to Mr. Liddell that it was good to interact with patients. The particular patient I was drinking tea with had severe turrets and it seemed to have upset poor Alice. I tried asking her some questions to examine her but it didn't help the matter. She ran off again, conversing with herself until she left the garden. She talked to a couple of patients who enjoyed painting roses until she got involved in a situation with our nurse, Anita, and another patient. This quarrel of course drew attention to all of the patients. The patient Anita was having trouble with, took something from her. He was, in fact, a kleptomaniac and she wanted it back. Alice interjected and defended the patient which infuriated my employee and she yelled at Alice. Alice started screaming and yelling, so some of the male nurses came and detained her, sedating her as well. I had told all that I had witnessed to Mr. Liddell and all the color drained from him. He still couldn't understand how his little girl could get to such a stage.

"As I was watching, every now and then Alice would call out a name...as if she were searching for them." I told her father.

"What name was it?" Mr. Liddell looked at me with curiosity and a little bit of hurt.

"She kept calling out the name Anna, sir." I explained.

Mr. Liddell's face lit up with horror and hurt. The tears he was trying to contain, now flowed out.

"Sir, you must understand that your daughter has chosen to go down a path that she can't back from..." I tried.

Mr. Liddell crumpled onto a bench nearby and covered his face with his hands.

"I can't...I've lost both of my girls..." He cried softly.

All I could do was pat him gently on his back and have some male nurses escort him back to his awaiting car. I opened the door to Alice's room, trying to see if I could get her to say something.

"Alice..." I started.

She didn't look at me. She just looked down at the floor, tears coming down her cheeks.

"How can I get home...? I want to get out of Wonderland..." She said softly, seeming to understand what was going on.

I sighed so ever softly and exited the room, closing her door behind me.

The End

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