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Chapter Eleven

Seto called the shelter in New York and talked to the Psychologist that were treating the young men and asked if "he could talk to them about what Joey had asked and see if they would agree to meet with him." His name is Thomas Rutledge and he told me that "he would speak to all of them and get back to me as soon as possible." I thanked him and told Joey what he said.

Joey as been putting on some weight and looks better. He still has nightmares sometimes and when he does, either his mother or I are with him and we talk to him till he wakes up. Joey has good days and then he has really terrible days and on those days we keep Serenity and Mokuba away because they would be frightened by the way Joey acts. There are days when he will get really down and start talking about how he's no good and that we should stop trying to help him that he isn't worth our efforts and all Mary and I can do is to let him vent his anger and hope that we can make him see how wrong he is. When Joey really gets bad we call Kenneth and he will talk to Joey, it seems that they have a something in common and Kenneth can get him out of his depression by just talking with him. I've never asked Joey what they have in common because I don't feel it is my business.

Mary and Serenity are staying at the Manor till Joey gets better and when we talk "she will tell me things about how if she could she would turn back the clock and when she left she would of taken both of her children instead of her just taking Serenity." I know that there are times when she blames herself for what has happened, but as I have told her before "you couldn't of known what your husband was going to do and how could you of stopped it even if you tried, hell Joey and I were getting close and I never knew that his father was taking drugs Joey never told me." We can only hope and pray that Kenneth can get Joey to really understand that what happened wasn't his fault and by the grace of God he will begin to believe that.

Joey had talked to Kenneth about wanting to go see the other young men and he thought that it might be a good idea. When I got a call from Thomas Rutledge telling me that the young men would really like to talk to Joey, I called Kenneth and said "I know that taking Joey back to New York would be a very bad idea, so why don't I have all the other young men and their psychologist come here to Domino and they can stay at the Manor?" Kenneth thought "that it was a very good idea, I will contact Dr. Rutledge and let him know what you want to do and I will let you know what he says and if he also agrees, then you can get things going."

One day while Serenity was visiting her brother when his dark side started coming out and he yelled at his sister "get the hell out of here before things start getting really bad, and she looked at him and she said "Joey, I love you and want to help you and how can I if everyone keeps me in the dark about what happened to you." Joey then smiled at her in a very sinister way and he started telling her what he went through. As he was telling his sister, Kenneth opened the door and stood there listening and when Joey was through, Kenneth wasn't ready for what his sister said next. With tears running down her face Serenity said "Joey, I love you so and what happened was to you was the worse thing that could happen to anyone, but you have me and mom and Seto that love you and we aren't going anywhere so you can do your best to try to scare me away, but it isn't going to work."

Joey started crying and begging her to forgive him when she ran to him and together they held onto each other and Kenneth knew right then and there that Joey was nearly ready to leave here and go into the real world. With the people who loved him they could handle anything that came their way. Kenneth quietly opened the door and left them to heal each other.

Serenity left after Joey fell asleep and she met Seto and she completely fell apart and as he held her as she cried she told him about what happened and he whispered "you were the best sister any one could ask for because you care what happens to your brother and I'm so proud of how you handled the situation and I know that Joey is going to be a lot better now that he knows that we all love him and are standing beside him know matter what comes down the road." Seto called Roland and asked him to come to the hosptial and take Serenity home. He then kissed her cheek and said "I love you and I'm so glad that I got to know you." Seto walked her to the elevator and waited till Roland got there and then he told them good-bye and as he walked back to Joey's room he had a tear run down his face as he thought how brave she was to confront her brother the way that she did.

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