"Wait, so you spoke with Esther? Or Leena? Whatever her real name is..." Kate asked.
"Yes, I did Mrs. Coleman, there was something she wanted to tell you?"
"Oh my god," Kate gasped, "We're..."
"She wanted you to know that you did not have to be afraid of her, and that she isn't coming after you." Dr. Varava stated." And, in my opinion, I believe her, I don't think Leena is a danger to you and your family anymore."
"Wait, what?" Kate asked in disbelief.
"I know, I was completely skeptical at first when she called, but after the hour-long conversation we had, I truly think she isn't a danger to you." Dr. Varava said attempting to reassure Kate.
"What do you mean, how can you be so sure?"
"She's seeming to have had a change of heart," Dr. Varava explained. "When you had kicked her and she had sunk into your pond, that's when it hit her. When faced with the prospect of death, she reflected on her life, reflecting on everything that lead her up to that moment. She feels terrible about all of the horrific things she's done in her life, and she only wants to make things better."
"So, the psychopath feels bad now?" Kate sarcastically asks. "I'm sorry, I know I'm not a doctor, but I find that hard to believe."
"She is genuinely sorry what she has done to you Kate. I have a recorded message from her, from when we had our phone call."
"Ok"
Dr. Varava plays Leena's recording.
"My name is Leena Klammer. Some of you know me as Leena, some of you knew me as Saskia, some of you knew me as Polina, some of you knew me as Esther. I know I will never be able to right the wrong that I have done. I know that I have destroyed many lives. I have no excuse for all of the horrific things that I have done. I am so sorry. I'm sorry for the lives that I have ended. I'm sorry for all the lives that I have destroyed. I promise to spend the rest of my life attempting to make things right."
Kate pauses for a second, digesting what she had just heard.
"I don't know what to say," Kate says in shock.
"I understand it is a lot to digest, especially it's been less than 24 hours since everything had happened. She's told me she wants to talk to you Kate, at some point in the future."
"She does?" Kate asked.
"She wants to apologize to you personally. For what she did to your husband, and for what she had done to your children."
"I do not want to hear her voice right now." Kate responded.
"She understands that" Dr. Varava clarifies. "It's something that will happen on a future date."
Dr. Varava sighs.
"I'm sorry Kate, this whole thing is my fault" Dr Varava says with tears in his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Kate asks in confusion.
"Leena Klammer has been molested and abused by her father, Jakob Klammer, ever since she was a toddler. Jakob Klammer would abuse Leena and her twin sister Eliise, their mother had passed away when Leena was an infant. Leena, being subjected to extreme sexual abuse from such a young age, saw it as love. Jakob would also batter both Leena and her sister, however, Leena believed her father loved her romantically. When she was 14, Eliise, who couldn't take the abuse anymore ran away. Leena in her mind had her father to herself. Her life worsened at age 15 when she found out about her gland disorder. Her father, disgusted by this began treating her like a freak, beating her, raping her, telling her she wasn't a 'real woman'. And then… Oh my god"
"What happened," Kate asked.
"Well Jakob found a new lover Sofia, and well we had originally thought she violently murdered them in jealousy. But she told me about these tapes that were hidden at her childhood home. I had police go out to find these tapes, and well, I've been watching them."
"What were on these tapes?" Kate asks with tears in her eyes.
"She had tried to win her farther back, she had on a provocative dress, you get the picture. That was the night Jakob brought home Sofia. Well, Leena's attempts were unsuccessful. Leena was held captive by these sick fucks for six solid months. There were at least 300 tapes, they filmed almost all of it, I've been watching some of it. They beat her, dressed her up in various outfits, raped her, they urinated on her, made her vomit; oh my god it was the worst thing I have ever seen. Throughout everything, they both constantly berated her about how much of a freak she was, that she wasn't even a human being, and that she wasn't a real woman. Oh my god if only I have known if anybody have known."
"Jesus Christ," Kate said crying. "What kind of monster could bring themselves to so something like that to anyone, let alone their own daughter?"
"When she managed to free herself, she killed Sofia, then killed Jakob when he had gotten home from work. They were brutal murders, blood, and body parts everywhere. Everyone thought she was psychotic, my god if only we had known the torment before all of this. While she was on the run, before Saarne, she basically did whatever she could to survive. As much as she hates passing herself as a child, she began using it to her advantage. She did this so people would pity her, give her food. She worked as a prostitute, catering to pedophiles that saw her as a loophole. Then she worked her way into the Leppik family, I'll spare you the details but that was her first familicide."
"That's what got her into Saarne?" Kate asked.
"Yes," Dr. Varava is struggling to keep his composure.
"Well," Dr. Varava continued. "As I have told you she was our most violent patients, fighting to get out of her restraints. Well today everything I knew about her time here at Saarne had been completely flipped on its head. In addition to the tapes that were recovered from Leena's childhood house, I've been scouring over archived security footage. My god, I am firing the majority of my staff, and looking to levy criminal charges on some of them."
"What happened to Leena?"
"She was quiet and reserved at first. But a handful of orderlies would verbally abuse her. One day, a comment made her cap boil, and she attacked an orderly. That's what landed her in the straitjacket. While she was in her straitjacket, the orderlies would rape her multiple times a day. The scars around her neck and wrist, were my fault. I have failed her as a doctor, all I wanted to do was to help her, but I was blind to what she was going through." Dr. Varava said crying.
"Jesus Christ, that poor girl," Kate said.
"Understand this, Leena did not use this abuse as a means to justify her actions. She told me everything that she has done is on her." Dr. Varava explained.
"Her actions are not your fault doctor."
"If I had known what was happening to her, or if I could have prevented the abuse she endured under my care, I don't think she would have done what she had done to your family. I failed her as a doctor."
"I have to go, sorry to cut you off Dr. Varava; Daniel is waking up. He's going to be okay. I do not blame you for what happened. If you haven't had called me, and told me about Leena, Max would be dead too. As for Leena, honestly, as painful as it is for me to say this, especially right now, I sincerely hope Leena finds peace with herself."
"Goodbye Kate".
"Goodbye Doctor".
Meanwhile Leena was coming up on New York City
I was just about to enter New York City via I-95. It has been a dream of mine to visit, a minor dream that is. Honestly, seeing it in real life is nothing like the glamours pictures I'd see at home. I was just passing through though. I was planning on stopping to get myself some clothes; I still had plenty of money. I wanted out of this red dress.
I smiled, thinking of what my new 'look' was going to be.
