I flip through the magazine in front of me, not really paying much attention to it. I finally toss it aside and look around the waiting room. Trey is sitting next to me twiddling his thumbs and you can tell he feels as out of place as he looks.

"How much longer do you think it will take?"

"I don't know."

With that cue, Donna and Sandy walked out of the doctor's office. Sandy stops to shake the doctor's hand but Donna walks straight past them and is already at the door. After shaking the doctor's hand, he looks around and surveys the room. He looks at Trey and I and says,

"Its time to go."

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The whole car ride home was silent. No one dared to talk or ask about what had happened in Dr. Teslow's office. I really didn't care; I wasn't going to talk about it even if they did ask.

I looked out the window and watched the scenery pass by. We stop at a red light and I see a little girl holding her what I think is her dad's hand. She looks up at him and laughs at something he had just said. By the shimmer in her eye, you can tell she thought that the man next to her was Superman. I had that same shimmer in my eye about my dad, until I found out that he was just a wolf in sheep's clothing.

The light changed and we continued our journey to the Cohen manor.

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We all sat at the dinner table about to discuss what had happened earlier that day. Sandy sat at the head of the table with Kirsten at the chair next to him. Seth sat right next to his mom with Trey and me opposite of them and of course Donna sitting opposite from Sandy.

"I know you all what to know what happened today at Dr. Teslow's office and that is why we are having this little meeting right now."

"Oh, I thought we were in the board room because you were going to fire one of us."

Kirsten looked at her son and lightly punched him on the arm. Sandy disregarded Seth's statement and continued.

"After Donna's session, Dr. Teslow has concluded that she has Schizophrenia."

Sandy pauses and allows everyone to comprehend what he had just said. I looked at Donna and she had a dejected expression, like she wasn't even in the same room with us.

"She told me that Donna has positive symptoms…"

"So, it's like the bright yet dim side?"

Kirsten was about to punch Seth again but stopped when Donna just busted out laughing. We all just stared at her and she eventually just faded into her dejected expression once again. Sandy wouldn't break his gaze with Donna, not even when he spoke.

"Ryan, can you take her to her room."

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"I love you mommy, I love you daddy."

The visibly happy couple tucked in their 5 year old daughter into bed.

"We love you Donna."

The couple replied in a sing-song voice. The little girl smiled until the couple in front of her changed. The happy mother changed into a scared and worn women and the joy filled father turned into a hate ridden and scared man. The little girl changes into present Donna and fear is written on her face. The hate ridden and scared man starts beating on the scared and worn women and calls her hateful names. The now older girl hides under the covers but it's pulled from her and she tumbles onto the floor.

The older girl screams but it is a silent scream that tears at her heart. She scrunches up into a tiny ball and covers her eyes and eventually the yells fade. A hand pulls her hands away from her face but they are kind hands, not hateful ones. The older girl looks up and sees a silhouette of a man but she cannot see his face. He picks her up onto her feet and spins her around as if they're dancing. The older girl stumbles but the man catches her before she falls.

"I will always catch you."

The older girl smiles and the sun begins to shine. The sun beams light onto the man and the older girl can see his face, the face that has comforted her at least one before.

The face of…

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I guide Donna to her room and she follows as if she is a zombie. I open her door and she twitches like she was just snapped out of a trance.

"Ryan?"

"Yeah…"

"I think I might be going crazy…"

"No your not."

"Yes, I am and thank you."

"For what?"

"For catching me."