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Chapter Nine

Joey is scheduled to be discharged from the hospital in three days, but he still has to talk to Dr. Lawrence. As the doctor comes into Joey's room and introduces himself to Joey, Joey asked "alright how does this go, do I start talking to you, or do you tell me how I'm suppose to be feeling?" Dr. Lawrence smiled at him and then he said "Mr. Wheeler or my I call you Joey? Well what I'm really interested in is how you're feeling today and if you have anything to tell me about how you're feeling."

Joey started laughing and then he said "well let's see, I'm in this hospital because of Seto Kaiba whom I thought was my friend who went nuts and kidnapped and then raped me and making those two goons of his rape me and then Kaiba breaks my arm and leg, well how do you think I'm suppose to feel?"

Dr. Lawrence sat there letting Joey get all of his resentment out of his system and maybe then they could talk about what really is bothering him. "I won't say that I know how you're feeling, because I've never been raped or had my arm and leg broken but I've been betrayed by friends that I thought were loyal, what I want to know is if Seto ever wanted to talk to you would you?"

Joey closed his eyes and then he said "listen what that bastard did to me and if they hadn't found me when they did I could of very easily died out there and he want in here tomorrow and wanted to talk to me, well I'd have to tell him to go to hell. Listen I can't say that I know what it is to be on medication for something like bi-polar disorder or to have some quack change my medication without telling me and then to go out of my mind and do things to someone that could of taken their lives and then to have the balls to want to talk to them well he has some nerve to even think that I'd ever want to talk to him. I'm glad that he is getting the care that he needs and is back on the right medication, but what's to prevent him from ever doing that to me or anyone else again? My god, what if he had hurt or even killed me or his brother, where would he be then? Locked up in some institution till they deem him able to be released and then not to have to face what he did because he was ruled to be mentally unstable, well that doesn't sit good with me so you need to go tell Seto and anyone else in that family that none of them needs to ever come and ever ask me to talk to him because I'll tell them to go to hell. Now are we done or is there anything else you want to hear me say?"

Dr. Lawrence knew that Joey wasn't about to even talk to him about Seto so he just said "that's all I wanted and I hope that you have a very good life with your wife and newborn son." Then he left Joey's room, and when Joey was alone, he started crying because he really did want to forgive Seto, but god, he nearly killed him and for that he could never forgive.

Seto would have to remain in the hospital's psychiatric ward for another three month till they got him back on the right dosage of medication again. And even after being discharged Seto would have to keep in touch with Dr. Lawrence for the rest of his life and if he refused to do that then he just might be locked up forever.

Mokuba went to talk to Ryou and to ask him if he would go and talk to Seto. When Bakura opened the door and found Mokuba standing there with tears running down his face he had him come in and then Bakura went to get Ryou. When Ryou entered the room and saw that Mokie was there, he went over and sat down next to him and asked "how's Seto doing?" Mokie took the tissue that Bakura gave him and wiped his face and then he said "Seto is getting better, but he still has a hard and long road ahead of him before he is able to come home, and he really wants to talk to you and I've come here to beg if I have to for you to go talk to him."

Ryou sat there quietly and then he said "Mokuba you know that I love your brother and yes I'll go talk to him. How's Joey doing?" Mokuba then told him "Joey's to be released in two days and his wife Mai gave birth to a son and Roland told me that the baby looks just like Joey."

Ryou took Mokie in his arms and the young man fell apart and said "Joey doesn't want to talk to Seto and I can't blame him. Hell if I were in his shoes I wouldn't ever forgive Seto what he did, but Seto wants to talk to Joey and I know that it will never happen."

Then Bakura spoke up and he said "hell I can't blame Joey for feeling that way, he was a mess when we got there and if we would have been a few minutes late he could of easily died. Your brother sounds like he wants Joey to forgive him so that he can forgive himself and I'm sorry to say that will never happen."

Mokie and Ryou knew that what Bakura was saying was the truth but then again it would probably help both of the in their healing if Joey just listens to what Seto has to say. Mokie then wiped his face again and thanked Ryou for talking to him and agreeing to go talk to his brother. As he got ready to leave Mokie said "I know what Seto did was terribly wrong, but he's still my brother and I love him."

Then Bakura opened the door and as Mokuba was leaving he said "if you ever want to talk you know that you're always welcome here." Mokie smiled and said "thanks" and went out to the waiting limo and it drove off. Roland looked at Mokuba and he put his arm around Mokie and he started crying and then he said "Ryou said that he would go talk to Seto and when I told him that Joey wouldn't talk to Seto, Bakura said that he knew how Joey felt and if it were him he wouldn't be able to talk to Seto either for a very long time. I only hope that someday they can talk and it will help them heal a lot quicker." Roland prayed that it would happen too, but he wouldn't ever condemn Joey if he never talked to Seto.

Frank went to see his son and his family and as Mai opened the door she was laughing and as he came into the living room he saw why. Joey was on the floor with Jacob sitting on his chest and Joey was making funny noises and Jacob was giggling and then Joey would laugh and give his son a hug and kiss. It made Frank's heart soar to see his son alive and with his family where he belonged and for that he was so very thankful to the man upstairs.

Bakura took Ryou to see Seto the next day and waited in the outer room for him as Ryou went into the room to talk to Seto. Bakura hoped that his brother would be alright.

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