[British and American Drama] Mental Correction

[Chapter 38]

"What's the matter?" Claire asked confused.

The two police officers glanced at each other quickly: "Maybe you have heard the name of the host Ricky Johnson? This vicious case was finally solved a year after the incident, and we successfully found the place where Ricky Johnson was kidnapped and imprisoned." where and successfully rescued her, and at the same time, "

"In fact, according to the news from the media, this case was not solved by the police." Claire couldn't help questioning, and Harris quickly followed her words and said, "Yes, I heard it was Because the police received double reminders from the suspect's letter and phone call, they found out Ruiqi's location."

Police officer A's face was not very good when he heard the words. Obviously, he has been questioned more than once or twice recently.But he calmed down quickly: "However, no matter what you think, the police are not ready to release the suspect's image to the public, which may make him lose his mind and do more dangerous things, and we I came to you this time for another reason—”

He wisely chose to change the subject: "Ricky Johnson sent us to find you."

Claire's eyes widened in surprise, but the two police officers didn't care: "She is in a very bad physical condition now, and she refuses to talk about what happened during her detention. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, she raised The first request after being rescued—" They looked at Claire with serious expressions: "That's you."

No one knows exactly what reason Ricky Johnson proposed to meet Claire, but Claire, as the person involved, inevitably became curious about it.After saying goodbye to Harris, she went to the hospital. All the questions she asked about Rachel's current situation were not answered. No matter it was the policeman AB, there was only one answer to her questions: you will know when you see her.

Then Claire met Ricky Johnson.

Claire had never imagined that they would meet in this way.After the incident a few years ago, not only did Ricky not ruin her career, but she stood out among a kind of passer-by on-site reporter, making everyone remember Ricky Johnson.Then she kept climbing with her own means, and got the host of two shows successively. While maintaining the freshness, she developed her own sideline business, and started to cooperate with beauty makeup and trendy brands while being active in front of the screen... This is very important for many in Hollywood. It is inevitable for people to not do their jobs properly, but Ricky Johnson knew what she wanted from the beginning.So to a certain extent, she can completely overlook all the people struggling in the third line during the same period.

And Claire's impression of her also stays at the point of having exquisite makeup and a glamorous and sexy figure.

But at this time, Ruiqi completely overturned her image in her memory.

Her complexion was even darker supported by the unique cold tone of the hospital ward.Ruiqi's face was covered with an oxygen mask, and when she heard someone walking in, she reluctantly raised her heavy eyelids and looked at the person opposite.In this stare at each other, Claire can vaguely see the shadow of her past—but everything has changed beyond recognition.

Ricky looks like she's 40+ years old!Her once elastic skin was gone, like dead tree bark stretched over her body, her eyes were lifeless, the sunken eye sockets and cheekbones made her look like a drug addict for many years, or there was some disease on her body, exuding Showing a kind of gray defeat and decadence unique to people on the verge of death.

They stared at each other, then Ricky raised her hand tremblingly, and immediately a police officer leaned close to her lips to listen: "She told us to go out, she wants to be alone with Claire Vido."

After a while, finally only the two of them were left in the ward, Ricky's fingers twitched, beckoning Claire to approach her.

"..."

"What did you say?"

"Are you guys together?" Claire heard Ricky ask.

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

When Claire's ear was close to Ricky's lips again, she heard Ricky's dry and hoarse voice asking: "Are you satisfied with what you see?"

"What," Claire wanted to raise her face in bewilderment to observe Ricky's expression, this weak and powerless woman suddenly clenched her wrist, her voice was full of hatred: "You are satisfied with what you see ?!!!"

Screams came through the oxygen mask, almost hysterical, policeman A quickly pushed the door in, Ricky had already fallen into madness, nurses poured in, and Claire was pushed out of the wall without knowing it.Her expression was inexplicable.In the ensuing interrogation by policeman A, he impatiently revealed all the things that happened to him in a short period of time...

She saw Richie crying.

This made her feel like she was in an inexplicable fog.Especially for Ricky Johnson, she seems to be with the suspect, or even an accomplice?God, this is simply inexplicable!

So Claire asked policeman A Richie's condition again.Got an answer so she didn't know what to say.

"We only know that she hasn't eaten anything for a year, and mainly lives on nutrient solution glucose. There are not many signs of abuse on her body, and there are no signs of sexual assault, but her mental state is extremely bad .She kept silent about what happened during this year. And there were signs of committing suicide...or it should be said that she didn't want to live."

In the end, Claire didn't have the chance to see Rachel again, and she didn't even know what Rachel's intention was when she asked to see her, so she had to go home with such doubts.

[Boom! ] Facts have proved that if you don’t concentrate on walking, you will fall or have a car accident. Claire was severely knocked to the ground by a mountain bike, and her face wrinkled in pain.Still complaining in his heart, a hand stretched out in front of him——

"Sorry," the boy said, with a clean and pure voice: "Can you still stand up?"

Claire looked up along the hand, and saw a face wearing a black mask.He looks like a young man, who should be the same age as her or younger, with brilliant and eye-catching blond hair that is exposed, and the soft hair sways slightly in the wind.He lowered his head to look at Claire, his blue eyes were shadowed by the slender and thick eyelashes at this angle, which made Claire think of the deep sea in the dark night, and the surging blue was revealed in the floating moonlight.

Claire blinked her eyes, then waved her hands and stood up straight. The pant leg at the knee of her left leg was scratched along with the skin, slowly oozing blood.She couldn't help sighing that she thought she was unlucky, and waved her hands: "You go."

The young man remained motionless, but Claire ignored him.

It was only when Claire walked home slowly that she noticed from the corner of her eye that this tall boy with brilliant blond hair followed her all the way home.

—What a weirdo.

[If you really feel guilty, seeing her slopping home but showing indifference. ]

She slammed the door shut.Naturally, he would not know that the boy who was tens of meters away silently pulled off the black mask on his face.Showing handsome and handsome facial features as carefully carved by the Creator, the soft blond hair scattered on the cheeks is even more dazzling, as if it can absorb all the rays of the sun.However, such a perfect face, like Claire, was spoiled by sporadic scars scattered on the face.

Small circular bumps were scattered on his cheeks—anyone who had experienced that nightmare would know that these were the scars left by the needle.

The young man stood silently on the spot, and only after knowing that the sky was getting darker did he turn around and leave again.And in this long and lonely, almost guarded solitude, no one knew what he was thinking.

What is Claire doing, you ask?

The young woman in the room had just put down her phone, booking a flight to Gotham in a week's time.This indescribable anticipation has never subsided, and she had to do some exercise to squander her excess energy.Claire couldn't even clearly express why she had such ups and downs.Even deep down in her heart, she was not completely looking forward to meeting Hill.

After all, the time they fell in love was actually very short.The impression that Hill left on her was more of how they were when they were teenagers, and the long separation made their impression of each other infinitely beautified.When we met again, because of the physical pain, the frequent ideological differences did not reappear (because they seldom exchanged deeper thoughts), um, but also because of the impression left on each other by the scene before death Too heroic.

Claire, who felt more and more uneasy as she thought about it, couldn't even concentrate anymore.She finally rushed into the bathroom covered in sweat.

Amid the sound of rushing water, she raised her head and smoothed the mist off the bathroom mirror with her fingers, revealing a young face.This is the only mirror installed in the house half a year ago.She took Hannibal's advice to accept all of herself, good and bad.So she forced herself to get used to the current appearance.

And honestly, it does work.

Claire looked at the person in the mirror. Although the scars on her face were not beautiful, she could still be classified as beautiful compared to many mediocre people.The main thing is that she is still young.I don't know when, the pair of eyes that were dead, like ashes left after the flame burned, came back to life again.Full of vitality that delighted her.

She looks in the mirror.In my heart, I repeated the words that I would repeat every day over and over again:

[you are excellent. ]

[You are strong, brave, and upright.You have a fire inside of you. ]

[You never took the initiative to burn others, on the contrary you are very warm. ]

[You are fine, it doesn't matter if you have a wound on your face. ]

[You have to trust Hill, you have to trust him. ]

[Just as you don't care about the scars on his face, he will also love your scars. ]

[He will love your scars too. ]

Clare is not sure whether this almost hypnotic method can really help her, because she is not sure if Hill can't accept herself in the end, whether she will be destroyed again because of it... But she repeated, Hypnotized, alone and sincere.It seems that this can really shape myself into a warm, brave, and upright person.

Hannibal's treatment was really [good].All he has been guiding Claire is to be who she wants to be.During this process, Claire never noticed that she suppressed some realities instead.And Hannibal, who witnessed all this happening with his own eyes, never gave her any hints.

Claire lay on the bed.

At this moment, she is full of expectations for the future.

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