Chapter 12
(Samantha's Point of View)
The metal doors opened with such force, it made me jump. I looked down the hall as they wheeled me in, and saw all the faces of people like me. People who just wanted to be believed. There is no such thing as crazy. There is no such thing as being insane. There is only happiness. Is it a crime to be happy?
The cold air hit my neck hard and I covered myself with my blanket on my lap. Suddenly, the chair turned into a room and there sat a man behind his desk.
"Hello Samantha..." he said.
I couldn't even bring myself to greet him back. I was mad. Anger had filled my heart. Erik had left me. Jennifer had left me. No one seemed to care anymore.
"What seems to be the problem?" he asked.
"Nothing that I can think of, other than being here."
He smiled at my retort.
"Clever child..." he whispered.
"Why am I here?" I asked.
"Do you see a man named Erik?" He asked.
'Not now."
'Have you ever seen him?"
"Why does that matter? He is real."
He leaned back into his chair.
"Samantha, no one else has ever seen this Erik. He is real only to you."
"That's not true!" I screamed, "My cousin has seen him too!"
The doctor stopped writing and looked at me.
"What is your cousin's name?"
"Jennifer Ramsey."
"Are you completely sure that your cousin has seen Erik as well?"
"We were both in my room."
'I see, well, maybe we will need to talk to her as well."
He scribbled down a few sentences on a piece of paper, then handed it over to a nurse.
"Don't worry, Samantha, we will take good care of you." he said as they wheeled me out.
My chair started towards a desk area where my nurse was given a cup of pills and forced me to take them.
As I choked them down, she gave me more water, but I couldn't hold the cup myself because my hands were restrained.
With tears in my eyes, I looked up to the heavens.
'Erik...why did you leave me?"
