-Flash Forward-
"Let me in. Let me see my husband!"
"Sorry, Mrs. Edgeworth. But your husband is being placed in an isolation room and you can't meet him. You should just go home and take care of your children."
Kay came back to the hospital after Bryan and Gregory's exams were done. How shocked and upset she was when she heard Edgeworth was placed in an isolation room, chained, and the reason why they put him in the isolation room. She covered her mouth with her hands, and sobbed quietly. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"I brought my husband to here to get treatment, to make him recover from his illness, but you instead ... you instead..." Kay choked, and continued in a stammer's voice. "You chained, and locked him in an isolation room! You treat my husband like he's a wild dog! For the sake of Jesus Christ, have you never see my husband carefully? He has two eyes, two legs, two arms, just like you and me! He is a human! Who has feelings! Not a monster!"
"Mrs. Edgeworth, understand, your husband nearly killed Dr. Watson Jens and nurse Adriana Forte. We were forced to do so. If we'd kept Mr. Edgeworth in a regular patient room, and not chained him, who knows how many more people he would hurt?" said the doctor who spoke with Kay, Dr. Hicks, had a very cold tone. "Go home, Mrs. Edgeworth. We knew what we are doing. There is no point in seeing your husband. You might be your husband's next victim."
"NO!" Kay said firmly, though her eyes were still red. "I'm not going home until I could see my husband! At least let me see my husband from the outside!"
Dr. Hicks drew a short breath. "Okay. Only from the outside. You may peek at your husband. But I will only allow for 20 minutes, no more than that."
-Flash Forward-
Nervously, Kay walked slowly towards the door with the written: "ISOLATION ROOM, FOR DANGEROUS PATIENT ONLY". Her heart ached more when she read the writing on the door. They really treated Edgeworth like he was a beast.
"Move here, Mrs. Edgeworth, from here you can see your husband from the outside," said Dr. Hicks, while leading Kay to a small window. She tiptoed a bit, and although it was a quite small window, she could see Edgeworth clearly in the room. He was chained at his feet, hands, and neck, in a dark room, and in front of him there was a small bowl for his meal. Apparently, he had to bend forward and only could use his mouth if he wanted to eat. Just like a dog. Kay's tears dripped immediately.
"Miles? Honey? It's me ... Kay. You can hear me, honey?" Kay whispered softly.
With great difficulty, Edgeworth turned his head toward the window. He squinted, and saw Kay, smiling sadly from the window. Turns out she'd come again. No. Edgeworth thought. My original wife is Lana. She's not real. She's just the ghost of my old wife.
"You're back," said Edgeworth coldly.
"Yes, Miles. I am back. Sorry I didn't visit you for almost two weeks, because Bryan and Gregory were having exams...You must be very lonely here, Miles? I'm sorry, Miles, really. I promise I will immediately take you out from there."
"You're not real," answered Edgeworth again with the same cold tone.
"Miles? What do you mean?"
"You're not real! You can't fool me! You're a ghost! You've actually been dead for more than 10 years ago, right? In a plane crash? Likewise with my two children. You are my first wife who had died. My original wife, who is still alive, is Lana Skye!" Edgeworth pointed toward his empty front bed. "Rightly so, Lana?"
"Miles! You misunderstand ... The reality is the opposite ... Lana Skye is your ex-girlfriend who died in a plane crash. I'm your original wife, who is still alive! Both of your children, our children, Bryan and Gregory are also still alive and well, Miles..."
"You lie. If you're my original wife, then why is it Lana who never leaves my bed even for a minute? While you like to disappear for sudden? If my children are still alive, why have they never come to visit me?" Edgeworth said with a slightly rising tone. "Don't ghosts like to disappear? That explains everything. Go, ghost! I don't want to talk to ghosts which aren't real!"
"Miles, I beg you to believe me, I'm not a ghost! I'm your original wife! I'm real and not a fantasy at all ..."
"Then prove it! Prove that you are my original wife, and also prove that my children are still alive!"
Kay bit her lip miserably. "Alright ... I'm going to prove it. See you later, Miles. I love you. "
She turned around and wiped her eyes. Dr. Hicks shook his head sympathetically, then stroked her shoulders and back gently.
"See, you can understand now why I'm forbidding you to meet your husband? Why we had to put him in an isolation room and chained him like this? It's all for your husband's sake, and also for everyone's sake, Mrs. Edgeworth. We will continue to try our best to heal your husband."
Kay pretended not to listen. All sorts of feelings, anger, sadness, disappointment, mingled in her chest into one. She kept wiping her eyes. Although she knew it was useless to cry...
Why did this all have to happen? What kind of sin did Miles commit that he has to experience all of this? After all the people who have been helped by him, after so much good that's been done by Miles, is this that he gets in return? Locked in a dark room, with his feet, hands, neck chained ...
Why was life so unfair? And how to prove to Miles that she, Kay Faraday-Edgeworth, was his original wife?
-Flash Forward-
When she got home, Kay immediately ran to the master bedroom, then unloaded all the stuff in the room. She hoped at least find a stuff that can make Edgeworth believe that she was his original wife. After nearly two hours of searching, she finally found something.
Her wedding ring.
The ring had a dark blue color with the Yagatarasu sparkling emblem in the middle of the ring. Behind the ring, there was a beautiful inscription engraved: Miles Edgeworth & Kay Faraday, November 8th, 2028.
Smiling a little, and feeling relieved, Kay slipped the ring carefully into her shirt pocket. Maybe this ring would manage to convince Edgeworth. Lana Skye was his former girlfriend, and they never married, so of course 'Lana' from Edgeworth's fantasy would not be able to show her wedding ring.
-Flash Forward-
Kay returned to the hospital the next day. This time, she begged the doctor to be allowed to enter the isolation room. In any case, she had to enter. She certainly would not be able to show her wedding ring from outside the window while her husband was chained to his bed. She would not give up until the doctor allowed her to enter and opened Edgeworth's bed chain.
"Just a few minutes, doctor, I beg you."
Dr. Hicks raised his eyebrows. "How can you be sure if Mr. Edgeworth will trust you so, Mrs. Edgeworth? Even for just a few minutes?"
"Because I will show my wedding ring, it's more than enough! Please, Dr. Hicks!" Said Kay. She came close to kneeling in front of the doctor.
Dr. Hicks shook his head. "No, no, and no is my answer, Mrs. Edgeworth. Your husband is not stable, and it's very risky if I open the chain and allow you to enter the isolation room ... Me, and this hospital, are just keeping mind to your safety, Mrs. Edgeworth."
"You talk as if my husband is a serial killer who's ready to kill anyone! You are a doctor, and you are a psychiatrist, why you don't understand that Miles is sick! I'm his wife, I've been married to Miles for 12 long years, and I know exactly how my husband is! He won't stab my heart with a knife!" Shouted Kay. She'd really lost her patience now.
"But, Mrs. Edgeworth ..."
"Are you married, Dr. Hicks?"
"What? Well, not yet..."
"Oh," Kay snorted. "I understand, Dr. Hicks. You are not married. You won't know how painful it is when the love of your life assumes you are not real, assumes you are a ghost and fantasy? You don't understand how painful it is, do you, Dr. Hicks? If you were in my position, what would you do?"
"Uh, well, I would try to prove that I'm real and not fantasy ..."
"Right! That's what I want to do now, Dr. Hicks! And you still didn't allow me ... Is your heart as hard as a rock, Dr. Hicks?" Kay whispered.
"Oh, all right, all right, Mrs. Edgeworth! But, enter at your own risk."
Finally, Dr. Hicks took off Edgeworth's chain and allowed Kay to enter the isolation room. He leapt with joy when Dr. Hicks took off the chain that binded him one by one.
"It's only for a while," muttered Dr. Hicks. "Because your wife really wants to see you. Come, come in, Mrs. Edgeworth."
Kay burst into inside, as she could not restrain herself anymore. She hugged Edgeworth tightly and clasped his hand very tightly as well. He winced slightly, but although her hug made him felt a little shortness of breath, somehow he felt very comfortable and also felt an incredible warmth in that hug.
"You're a ghost," whispered Edgeworth hoarsely. "No, you're not real. Go away from here. I don't want to speak to something that is not real."
Smiling weakly, she reached into her pocket and pulled out her wedding ring.
"You know what is this, Miles?" Kay asked, holding up the ring in front of his face.
"A ring?"
Kay nodded firmly. "And this is my wedding ring, when we swore a sacred promise in front of the priest, 12 years ago, Miles. See, there is our names engraved on the ring. You see?" She handed the ring to him. Edgeworth rotated the ring, then stared at it carefully. Kay was right. There were writings engraved in the ring that said: Miles Edgeworth & Kay Faraday, November 8th, 2028.
"Is this our wedding date?" asked Edgeworth.
"That's right, Miles. Do you remember?" Kay asked hopefully.
Edgeworth closed his eyes briefly. A vague memory came to him... He was in a church, wearing a maroon-colored tuxedo, and next to him, there was a woman wearing a pink wedding dress, a very beautiful woman... And her hair was gray, like Kay, who was sitting next to his bed right now. Not Lana Skye.
But how did that prove anything? Who knows if the memory that appeared in his head, or Kay, or this ring, is not his another fantasy?
"How does this prove anything? How could this prove that you're my original wife? Who can make sure you're not my fantasy?"
"I could hug you and clasp your hands, Miles. If I were a ghost or your fantasy, could I hug you and clasp your hands, Miles?" Kay whispered desperately.
Edgeworth scrunched up his face. "Hmph. Lana always hugged and clasped my hands as well.. She even always sung me lullabies if I had trouble sleeping at night."
"Then, just ask Lana, does she have a ring like this? A wedding ring? If she was ever married with you and she's really your wife…Certainly she has this kind of ring too, right?"
Edgeworth turned his head to his empty right bedside.
"Look, Lana, can you show me a ring like this? Our wedding ring? Because if we are married, you must have a ring like this too, right? Do you have it or not?"
Kay smiled weakly as she looked at her husband talking to someone who was invisible. She crossed her fingers, hoping Edgeworth believe her.
"No? You don't have a ring like this at all? Then you're not my wife, Lana. Why did you lie to me? You can leave now." Edgeworth turned back his head toward Kay. "Okay. I believe you're my original wife, Kay."
Kay tried hard not to scream with delight. She hugged Edgeworth tightly again. "Oh, Miles! You know how much I love you, right? "
"Er ... yeah ... I think so."
Then suddenly, the memory in his head that was vague before, became very clear. He remembered when he first acknowledged his love to Kay, the first time they were dating, when he proposed Kay and their engagement... When they carried out a wedding in a church filled with invited guests ... When their children were born….
He also recalled that his ex-girlfriend Lana is dead.
Edgeworth smiled a little. Kay is indeed is his original wife, how stupid he was to be fooled by unreal 'Lana.'
"So ... can I get out of here now?"
"We have to ask the doctor first, Miles. But I promise, you'll be out of here. And we'll get together again with our children at home. "
-Flash Forward-
After various pleas uttered by Kay to the doctors at St. Carolus, Edgeworth was finally transferred back to a regular patient room. It made her quite happy, although she still couldn't take him out from the asylum. She was determined to never leave him again. She left Bryan and Gregory to Detective Gumshoe. She finally left his side to go home when it was already midnight, when Edgeworth was sleeping soundly.
Day by day, Edgeworth's condition was getting better. He rarely cried or hallucinated again. However, the doctors still wouldn't allow him to return home. Every day, Edgeworth also always asked where Bryan and Gregory were, and why they never even visited him. The question always made Kay felt sad, because each time she invited Gregory and Bryan to visit their father in the hospital, the twins always refused. Kay didn't know what else to do to persuade both of them. Bryan and Gregory feared that if their friends know their father were treated in an asylum, they will be mocked more. Kay never managed to make them understand that Edgeworth, their father was sick, just as someone suffering from heart disease or cancer, and he wasn't crazy.
Kay could only pray every day, hoping both of the boys' hearts would melt eventually, and they'd want to visit Edgeworth in the end.
-Flash Forward-
"Just one mouthful again, Miles. After you drink your medicine and milk, you can go to sleep," said Kay. Edgeworth shook his head.
"I'm full, Kay. I'm going to bed now. I think I feel little nauseous."
"Miles, honey, you must be diligent in taking medication and drinking milk, so you will recover quickly and get out of here."
Edgeworth suddenly felt very irritated. Why couldn't Kay understand that he wanted to sleep now! He was full already! He didn't want to drink milk or take his medicine!
The voice in his head which had been gone lately, suddenly appeared again in his mind.
"What kind of wife she is? Can't understand that you're full? You don't want to take medication. You want to sleep now, and she forbids you. Why does she always set you off? As if you were a baby who could not do anything! Beat her, Edgeworth! Beat, beat, beat!"
"Come on, honey, open your mouth. You have to drink milk and take medicine. Come on. After that you're allowed to sleep."
"She is constantly forcing you? Why are you silent, Edgeworth? Beat, beat, beat, beat!"
Edgeworth shook his head. No, he had to fight that voice! He must not let that voice control him again!
"Beat, beat, beat, beat, beat! I said, BEAT!"
"She's my wife, I will not beat her! She is a woman!"
"You're a weak man, Miles Edgeworth! What kind of man gets fed by a woman? You want to defy me? I said beat!"
"NO!"
"BEAT! BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT! BEAAAAAAAAATTTTT HEEER!" The voice echoed louder in his head.
"Miles, honey? Are you okay? Come on, take the medication first-" Kay brought her face before Edgeworth's own. Then, suddenly, her face turned into a horned demon face and very creepy laughter echoed. The demon also wouldn't cease uttering the words: "BEAT, BEAT BEAT, BEAAAAT!"
"NO!" Edgeworth screamed loudly. Clenching his hand, he punched Kay's right in the face. She screamed in pain and fell to the floor.
"Well done, Miles Edgeworth! Now, grab her hair tightly and drag her!"
Somehow, Edgeworth could not control himself, even though he was trying hard to fight that voice's command. He got out of bed, grabbed Kay's hair tightly, and dragged her to the floor.
"NURSE! DOCTOR! MILES RECURRED! PLEASE! HELP!" Kay tried to scream as loud as possible. She could do nothing other than scream and cry. She actually could fight Edgeworth, and beat him back, but she didn't have the heart to do it. Because her husband was sick. He didn't mean to do this.
The doctors and nurses who heard her scream, nimbly ran to Edgeworth's room immediately. Deftly, they quickly separated him from Kay.
"Bring him back into the isolation room. And chain him again," said Dr. Hicks with clenched teeth.
"DON'T! Please, don't bring him back into the isolation room, I beg you ...!" shouted Kay.
"SILENCE, MRS. EDGEWORTH! INJECT HIM WITH SEDATIVES, AND LOCK MR. EDGEWORTH BACK TO ISOLATION ROOM! AND DON'T FORGET TO CHAIN HIM AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE!" commanded Dr. Hicks to his subordinates. Edgeworth was thrashing on the floor, trying to escape. The nurses pinched his hands, and hit his head. Then, together, they abruptly raised him from the floor, leaving Kay standing shivering in the corner of the room.
-Flash Forward-
"I warned you, Mrs. Edgeworth! Your husband's place is in the isolation room. See what the consequence is now." whispered Dr. Hicks while treating Kay's wound. She was still very shocked by what'd just happened. She kept crying hysterically and could not say anything. The nurses had to give her a few of tranquilizer pills.
"But should you chain him again like a wild dog? Why you won't let him stay in the regular patient room?" Kay whispered softly when she was able to speak again.
"Really, Mrs. Edgeworth! Mr. Edgeworth nearly killed you, and you want him to remain staying in the regular patient room? I've already said, we known what we were doing! Go home and rest." answered Dr. Hicks.
With a sluggish pace, Kay walked out of Dr. Hick's room. She paused in front of the isolation room. She took a quick peek through the window. Edgeworth was tied to the bed with more chain than before. And it seemed he was asleep.
Although Edgeworth had beat her, dragged her, and nearly killed her earlier, it still wouldn't stop Kay from visiting him. And it wouldn't make her stop loving him. She then pressed at the isolation room window with both of her hands. For a moment, she had the ridiculous thought, the hope that her hand could go through the window and open the chains that bound Edgeworth's whole body.
"Don't worry, Miles, I'm not going to stop visiting you. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
Then, with unsteady steps, Kay walked out of the hospital, ready to go home, and wiped her eyes. They felt very sore and hot as the tears once again began to drizzle.
-Flash Forward-
"Take my eyes."
"What do you mean, Miles?!"
"I say, take my eyes. Make me blind. By doing so, I will not see strange shadowy figures again and hurt people anymore. I beg you, Kay."
Yes, how else to make him stop hurting other people, besides making him blind? It was the only way out. Medicines given by the doctor didn't manage to stop him from hallucinating. If he became blind, he would no longer see anything. And he wouldn't hurt anyone else ever again.
He had hurt his children. He had hurt his sister, Franziska. He nearly killed Dr. Watson Jens. And, he'd also nearly killed his own wife. All of this mess, must stop. Stop. If he couldn't die as fast as possible, becoming blind was the only solution.
That's what was in Edgeworth's mind while he was locked again in the isolation room, and when he realized that he'd beat Kay.
"No! You're not thinking clearly, Miles." Kay replied quietly. She had been standing outside the isolation's room window for almost an hour. She and her husband hadn't talked about much other than Edgeworth constantly asking her to make him blind.
"Then, kill me! If you won't to make me blind, kill me! That way, everyone will be safe from me!"
"MILES! How can you say that?!"
"If I die, everyone will be safe, Kay!"
"You know I would never do what you just asked!"
"Then, what else, Kay? What should I do?" whispered Edgeworth with moistened eyes now. "My disease will never be cured, Kay! It never will! And if I'm still in this world, people will always be in danger, including you, Kay!"
She paused, closed her eyes for a moment, then sighed deeply.
"We'll find a way out, Miles. We'll find it. Remain optimistic, okay? You want me to bring you anything tomorrow?"
"Bring Gregory and Bryan," he murmured softly, "I want to see their faces. I don't care even just 2 seconds, the important thing is if I could see the faces of my sons.
"Alright, I'm going to bring Bryan and Gregory tomorrow. And know, Miles, that I love you so much. Nothing's gonna change my love for you. Understand?"
He didn't reply.
Kay did not understand why she was promising something that she knew she wouldn't be able to keep. But, it didn't hurt to try, right?
-Flash Forward-
"Gregory ... Bryan….. Gregory…... Bryan ...Gregory…..Bryan ..."
Edgeworth was shivering under the chains that tied him to the bed. He wanted to roll over, look for a more comfortable position, but he couldn't. The chain was tied him so tightly. Sweat drenched his face, hair, and his chest.
"He's delirious been chanting those two names for nearly four hours. Any idea who they are?" asked Dr. Hicks as he measured Edgeworth's body temperature with a thermometer. He winced slightly when he saw the number shown on the thermometer. 109.8.
"Yes, I know, Bryan and Gregory are his twin sons. They went to the same class with my nephew ... And they've never once visited Mr. Edgeworth," answered nurse Forte.
Dr. Hicks shook his head sympathetically. Inevitably, he felt sorry for Edgeworth.
"Call Mrs. Edgeworth. Tell them that Mr. Edgeworth ran a high fever and she has to immediately bring their children here."
"Alright, Dr. Hicks."
-Flash Forward-
"Edgeworth's family residence, Kay Faraday-Edgeworth talking."
"Please come to the hospital immediately, Mrs. Edgeworth. And if you could, please bring your children too."
"Is there something wrong?" Exclaimed Kay. An eerie feeling swept over her immediately. "Did something happen to Miles?"
"Mr. Edgeworth ran a very high fever. His body temperature had reached 109.8 degrees and he's constantly delirious, calling your children's names for almost four hours, Mrs. Edgeworth. Maybe if you bring your children here, his fever will slightly decrease."
Kay swallowed. She glanced briefly at the clock. It's already half past 12 at night. She could not wake Gregory and Bryan now. Tomorrow they must go to school. But anyway, she had to go to hospital.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Kay hung up in a hurry. Extreme fear coursed through her. How? How to fool Edgeworth, to make him really think Bryan and Gregory had visited him tonight?
Then, when she got dressed and looked at the CD lying in the TV room, she finally got an idea.
The CD contained Bryan and Gregory singing "I Love You Daddy" recording as a birthday present for Edgeworth two years ago. Hastily, Kay took the CD as well as an MP3 player, and headed to the hospital.
-Flash Forward-
Arriving at the hospital, Kay stepped up very quickly to the isolation room. From the outside of the window, she could see Dr. Hicks and nurse Forte standing in front of her husband's bed. Who knew what they were doing to her husband. She also could clearly hear Edgeworth's constant delirious calling of Bryan and Gregory names.
Kay cleared her throat and knocked on the window.
"Can I come in?"
Dr. Hicks and nurse Forte exchanged glances, sighed with resignation, then nodded. As if driven by the wind, Kay stepped inside.
"Where are your children, Mrs. Edgeworth?" Asked Dr. Hicks as he tilted his head, trying to find the two boys. Kay shook her head.
"I can't bring them now, Doctor. They had gone to bed and tomorrow they must go to school. So I brought a CD containing a recording of the song sung by Bryan and Gregory that they gave to Miles as a birthday present two years ago. Perhaps, by hearing this song, Miles will quiet down a bit," said Kay. "May I turn on the song now, Doctor?"
"Yes, go on, Mrs. Edgeworth."
Kay took out the CD and put it to the MP3 player that she'd brought.
"Bryan…Gregory….Bryan….Gregory…Bryan…Gregory…"
"Shhh….shhh….shhh…" said Kay soothingly, as she stroked Edgeworth's wet hair gently. "You will hear them soon, Miles." She then turned on the play button. The song intro breaking the silence in the room.
"Daddy, you know how much we love you. We need you, forever, we'll stay by your side. Daddy, oh Daddy, we want always bliss you. But we'll never stop trying, to be your number one. "
Still with his eyes closed, Edgeworth stopped his delirious chanting. Then in a hoarse voice he said, "Gregory ... ?"
"You understand us, you teach us how to pray, and you play the games we love to play ...We have no fear here when you are near, you guide us through the darkest night ..."
Edgeworth's pale lips curved into a thin smile. "Bryan ...?" He said huskily.
"We love you Daddy, you are our hero, and you're always in our dreams. We love you Daddy, Oh Daddy, you are our superstar."
"I love both of you too, my sons ..." Edgeworth murmured.
"Daddy, you know how much we love you. We want you, to help us, please show us the way. Daddy, oh daddy, sometimes we might do wrong, but we never stop trying to be your number one. "
"We want to show you, we'll be as strong as you, when we grow up, we'll still look up to you. So have no fear here, we believe here ... We will be our daddy's boys. "
"That's right ... both of you are my boys ..."
"The one in a million and a million in one. Forever we want to be by your side. You're one in a million, show us the way. Guide us through the night. We love you, Daddy."
Edgeworth smiled. Hearing his children's voice made him feel much better. Although he could only hear their voices, this song was more than enough proof that he was loved by his children. He became calmer, and finally fell asleep. And, miraculously, his body temperature immediately dropped.
-Flash Forward-
The next day, when Gregory and Bryan came home from school, Kay decided she must somehow manage to persuade both of them to want to visit Edgeworth in the hospital.
"Gregory, Bryan, you know what? Last night Mommy got a call from the hospital. Daddy ran a very high fever. His temperature reached 109.8 degrees." said Kay as she poured a few pieces of sausage on Bryan and Gregory's plate.
"Oh," is the only answer come out of Bryan and Gregory's mouth. They then began to eat their sausages, without showing any care at all.
"And Daddy's deliriously been calling both of you name continuously, for four hours."
"And then?" asked Bryan and Gregory coldly, still engrossed in eating their sausage.
"Daddy really wants to meet both of you, Bryan, Gregory. After you're finished eating, you must come to the hospital with Mommy. "
Bryan and Gregory rolled their eyes, then moaned softly. "Mommy, how many hundred times have you had invited us? And we won't, and never will, visit that crazy man! He ran a high fever, then so what? Why should we care? Just simply give him paracetamol and the fever will be immediately cured, right? That's what our teacher said about treating a person with high fever in school."
She couldn't believe her ears. She really can't understand why her sons were behaving so coldly, and didn't show any concern for their father at all, and had even called Edgeworth with 'that crazy man'… Who had poisoned their minds?
BRAK! Kay slammed the cabinet door, then sat down at the dining table chair, buried her face in her hands, and began crying, hysterically, and loudly.
"M-mommy?" Gregory said timidly as he rose from his chair. "M-mommy, w-w-hy are you crying?"
"Why is Mommy crying? Why do I cry? Of course Mommy will cry! What mother who wouldn't cry if their children behaved like you! For God's sake, Bryan, Gregory, your father is seriously ill and he's in the hospital! Your father ran high fever and was eager to meet you! Your father's been deliriously calling your names for four hours! But both of you always behave like you don't care ... Only 'Oh' and 'Then' you say?! 'Why do we have to care,' you say?! Even call your father 'that crazy man?' What kind of sons are you, Bryan, Gregory?!" Kay cried uncontrollably, drop by drop tears fell into her hands.
Gregory and Bryan were too shocked to speak. They froze in their places, feeling very guilty to be making their mother sob like that.
"When will both of you understand, Gregory, Bryan? Daddy is sick! Daddy isn't crazy! Daddy is the same as cancer or cardiac patient, he's sick! Yet never once Mommy teach you to hate your father... But both of you, Jesus Christ... What sin Daddy ever did to you, Bryan, Gregory?! Daddy really loves both of you! Just look at your room, and ask yourself, who bought both of you a laptop, robotic, cars toys, and various expensive toys that fill your room now?! Who paid for your school fund? And made both of you can attend the most prestigious school in this country? Who is willing to spend nearly US $ 5000 when your legs were broken, Gregory?! Who is willing to fly to Belgium just to buy Smurfs toys that you really want, Bryan?! YOUR FATHER!"
"And when your father gets seriously ill, you don't want to see him at all ... No, you don't need to take care of him, you just have to show your face in front of your father! Is it very difficult to do, Bryan, Gregory?! Both of you are an ungrateful kids! Mommy and Daddy always try hard to educate you with affection, but now you hate your own father, just because he's sick ... My God, my God, in fact, what sin have I done?!" Exclaimed Kay as she continued to cry. Her body shook, her shoulders shaking up and down indicating her buried anger.
"M-mommy ... forgive us ... M-mommy ..We'd never hate Daddy ... really .. Forgive us, m-mommy.." whispered Bryan stammered, as he stroked Kay's back.. "M-mommy ...p-p-please…. S-s-stop c-crying.. We will go with you to the hospital, M-mommy ... M-mommy, you're making us sad ..."
"Here, M-mommy, wipe your tears, we beg you, Mommy, we don't like to see M-mommy cry," muttered Gregory. With trembling hands, he gave a tissue to Kay. "We'll go to the hospital now, okay, Mommy?"
Kay accepted the tissue from Gregory without any answer, wiped her eyes, then nodded slowly.
-Flash Forward-
Kay lead Gregory and Bryan towards the isolation room. For the twins, the hospital hallways appeared like there was no end. They kept walking without saying a word, until finally arrived at the front of the isolation room. Bryan and Gregory were stunned after reading the writing on the isolation's room door. But they did not say anything.
"Come on, Bryan, Gregory," she whispered as she guided them to the window. "And tiptoe." With astonished, Bryan and Gregory tiptoe, and they could clearly see their father from the outside. Tied with a chain to his bed. And he wore a black eye patch. Beside his bed, a doctor injected their father's neck and arms. This was the first time the brothers had seen Edgeworth's condition since he was taken to the asylum. Seeing Edgeworth's condition, Bryan and Gregory were truly at a loss for words.
Kay knocked on the window slowly. Dr. Hicks then approached them.
"Dr. Hicks, may we come in? I brought Bryan and Gregory. Please, let us in."
Dr. Hicks looked confused and thought for a moment, but finally he allowed the three of them went in.
"Miles, I brought the boys." said Kay.
"Really?" asked Edgeworth weakly. "Where are they?"
"We're here, Daddy. We were standing next to your bed," said Bryan and Gregory. Seeing Edgeworth up close made the boys feel more and more guilty. They immediately felt they'd done a very great sin to their father.
"Daddy ... why are you wearing a black eye patch like that? M-mommy ... Daddy is not blind, is he?" asked Bryan fearfully. Kay turned her head toward Dr. Hicks, and asked for him to answer.
Dr. Hicks fix his glasses, "Calm down, boys. Your father isn't blind. Mr. Edgeworth asked me to put on that eye patch. He wanted his eyes closed so he won't see weird shadowy figure or hallucinations again. "
"Doctor ... can…. can ... you open this chain briefly...? I beg you ... I want to hug my children, for a moment ... My eyes are closed ... I won't hurt anyone." Edgeworth pleaded. Dr. Hicks sighed for a moment, then replied, "Alright, Mr. Edgeworth. But, only just for a moment."
He then opened the chains that binded Edgeworth. Edgeworth stretched out his hand, groping. Bryan and Gregory then stepped closer, and immersed themselves in their father's arms. Edgeworth groped his two children's face one by one, to make sure that he really can hug Bryan and Gregory. For a moment, he wanted to take off his eye patch, and see his children's faces, but no, he must not. What if he opened the eye patch and, he saw something else, and ended up hurting his own children?
"Daddy missed you, boys. Really missed. Why don't you ever visit Daddy? Do you not love Daddy? Boys, please forgive Daddy if he made both of you embarrassed and mocked by your friends," whispered Edgeworth while continuing to grope his children's face.
Gregory and Bryan can't hold it anymore. They then banged their heads onto Edgeworth's chest and sobbed. Their tears then fell one by one to their father's hospital gown.
"Daddy. Forgive us. Forgive us. Please forgive us."
To be continued ..
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