[British and American Drama] Mental Correction

Chapter 60

The topic was eventually dropped.Claire knew clearly that if Harris didn't want to say anything, it would be pointless how many times she asked.It's just that Claire still can't figure out why Harris keeps it so secretive every time he mentions Hannibal.

She shook her head helplessly, then bid farewell to Harris and left.

When the boy stood up straight, Claire noticed that he was much taller than herself.But perhaps because of the continuous weight gain, Harris did not give people the feeling of being tall and straight.

Claire asked hesitantly: "Have you ever thought about stopping the medicine...?" She lowered her head uncertainly, picking the tablecloth with her index finger: "I mean, maybe you have changed now..."

She took chances, but Claire really didn't want Harris to be accompanied by drugs for life, to become bloated and weak every day, with numb eyes.

Harris glanced back at her, then turned his gaze forward.After a long time, he sat back in his seat again.Seeing this, Claire immediately did the same.

Harris: "Actually, I disabled it."

After seeing Claire's eyes wide open in surprise, Harris lowered his head: "I stopped taking the drug when I found out that I started to gain weight. But during the period of stopping the drug, the fantasy that I was suppressed by the drug reappeared."

He stared at the delicate vortex stirred in the coffee cup and said, "Those fantasies are stronger and more real." He even showed an unspeakable expression because of this moment of recollection.Claire watched Haruizi's fingers holding the cup noodles even harder - Claire put her hand on the back of his hand, and said in a hesitant tone:

"You're going to stick around... aren't you...?"

Facing Claire's inquiry, Harris showed a pale smile.Then he nodded and took his hand out of Claire's hand little by little.

This time, they really said goodbye.

Claire tightly packed her bag. After hesitating, she didn't go home, but went directly to Hannibal's studio.She is determined to ask Hannibal about Harris' treatment no matter what, she is eager to know if her friend is okay...even if this approach is extremely wishful thinking, it may even bring Harris trouble , but she decided to do it anyway.

However, when Claire was almost at Hannibal's studio, she belatedly realized that her last chat with Hannibal didn't seem to go well.She might even have accidentally leaked some information.I just don't know if this clever and sensitive psychiatrist can relate to those incredible possibilities.

Claire shook her head.

She arrived downstairs.

The lady at the front desk asked about her appointment time, and Claire touched her forehead in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I forgot to make an appointment today."

The girl opposite nodded: "Okay, there are still 15 minutes until the end of this treatment, maybe you would like to wait in the rest area for a while? I will inform Dr. Lecter of your arrival after the end."

Claire nodded.

Apparently, nothing went well that day.When she finally waited until Hannibal had sent away her patient, before she had a deeper communication with Hannibal, someone interrupted them:

"I'm sorry to disturb you, is this Mr. Hannibal Lecter?" A familiar yet unfamiliar voice asked behind Claire.When she turned back with Lecter, she saw the tall boy who hadn't seen him for a while pursed his lips and asked.

He's Spencer Read.Accompanying him is the beautiful and capable blonde JJ.After Claire glanced over the two, she returned to Rhett again.

Nothing much has changed.It's just that Rhett cut his hair a lot shorter, which made his facial features clearer, and of course, made him look a lot more handsome.However, this did not make him change his temperament.In fact, Red looked as cramped and nervous as ever.Claire noticed that for the third time he was pulling the straps on his back with his hands.

When they looked at each other, Rhett straightened his back silently: "Long time no see..." he whispered.Then he was interrupted by JJ who was already concentrating on his work.She looked at Hannibal, who had been observing all this behind Claire, with a serious voice: "Mr. Lecter, long time no see, I think maybe we need to have a more serious conversation—"

JJ emphasized: "The third time."

Claire looked at Rhett inquiringly.Reid explained in a low voice: "Mr. Lecter's patient has another suspect who has been targeted by us as a recent extremely vicious case. This is already the third case from last year to this year."

Claire thought silently.Then he looked at Hannibal.The well-dressed old gentleman with a friendly smile bowed slightly to express his apology.

His eyes were full of shame.He said: "It is a pity that such a thing happened. I will fully cooperate with the police investigation. I hope to help you arrest the suspect as soon as possible."

Then Hannibal turned to Claire and apologized: "It seems our conversation is going to be delayed."

Claire nodded understandingly.She felt inexplicably at odds with what had happened to Hannibal.This isn't the first time this has been felt.And when Hannibal was taken away in the police car, and the man smiled calmly and decently at Claire who was watching him through the glass window, this inexplicable sense of disobedience was so strong for the first time.

She suddenly thought of the young Hannibal in her memory again.She couldn't connect the two images together.At that time, when Hannibal saw the dead gray rabbit being brought up in front of his father, his body would stiffen, and it didn't matter if he put on a white face and tried to be brave.

But now Hannibal.After he learned that his patient had killed many people, he was still so calm that he said goodbye to others almost coldly.

[Maybe Hannibal isn't who I thought he was. ] When this thought got into her mind, Claire realized that it might be difficult for her to trust him wholeheartedly.

Hannibal was taken away.

Claire, who stayed where she was, stayed.She turned around and walked back, then smiled at the questioning eyes of the girl in charge of making appointments at the front desk: "I'm here waiting for him to come back, if there is no accident, it's just a routine question, Hannibal told you to push all the appointments to tomorrow."

She lied extremely calmly and frankly, then opened the door of Hannibal's office, and closed the door with a fake smile of distance.

Two minutes later, after confirming that the people outside the door had left, Claire quickly walked through the bedroom.Her heart was beating fast, and she opened the study with indescribable tension.

This is where she talks to Hannibal every time she talks about therapy, and she believes that all of her patients are treated here.And every time Hannibal chats with her, the recordings and notes will be included in her personal disease file. In her image, Hannibal is very taboo about others prying into his own information, and he also attaches great importance to the protection of privacy.Then, his study room is undoubtedly much safer than keeping the file tape in the bedroom where he can enter at any time.

There is no doubt that what she is looking for must be in this room!

Claire couldn't describe how nervous she was.Her inner intuition was constantly warning her, warning her not to do such outrageous things, warning her to provoke her, or to draw Hannibal's attention is not a good choice...

[click. ] Still, she pried open Hannibal's filing cabinet with a knife and pen refills.

Claire rummaged quickly.Her fingers slid over one strange name after another, and finally stopped on Harris's file.Claire quickly pulled it out, and after a moment of hesitation, she didn't stop her behavior. She continued to rummage, and quickly found her file.

She put them into her bag.But in an instant, he took it out again.Claire opened the file bag and took out the phone to take quick pictures page by page.As for the recordings that could not be taken away, she chose to put them back.

She didn't even have time to study and observe the contents of the files!Until a line of text about Harris jumped into her eyes.

[With side effects from the medication, Harris began withdrawal behavior.This kind of behavior made his rationality start to shake, and he became confused about his persistence.And fantasies related to abnormal sex/addictions gradually intensified, which tested his restraint. ]

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[Harris started to buy medicine again, according to the medicine list and purchase frequency, it is not difficult to find that he has increased the dosage of the medicine himself, his control ability is admirable, this is an extremely difficult road, I look forward to his future . ]

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[His side effects were becoming more and more apparent, weight gain and sexual/inhibited situations were not really helping him, and Harris was beginning to realize this, and he began to resist treatment. ]

[He starts avoiding, even refusing to see me.One-on-one time became a torment for him.I'm sorry, I hope I can help him get stronger faster. ]

Here again, this indescribable sense of disobedience!

She looked at [strong] on the document in her hand, even though every word was expressing Hannibal's concern for Harris as the attending doctor, her subconscious mind was warning her that everything was not that simple!

And with this indescribable doubt, Claire pulled out a new file from the cabinet again.This was no longer anyone she knew, and she wasn't even sure what the point of her unscrupulous invasion of other people's privacy was!

She quickly turned to the first page.A bloated, drugged-up woman with glassy eyes appears in the front page photo.Her eyes flicker to the left of the camera, which makes her look even more indifferent.

Her name is Samantha Orser.

After half an hour—

Claire glanced at the watch in her hand again and realized that she had to leave as soon as possible!

She heard the footsteps in the corridor that seemed to be ringing in her ears, and almost frantically put all the documents in her hand back into the bag quickly. During the process, Claire was not sure whether she restored the page numbers [-]%, but she had already I can't take care of so much!Claire had a hunch that she had wasted too much time!

The moment she closed the cabinet, she heard someone walk into the bedroom——

"You haven't gone back yet?" Hannibal tilted his head and asked the person sitting on the sofa reading a book.The other party looked up after hearing the voice: "You came back too late, I thought I could wait for you soon."

Hannibal's eyes scanned the study indiscriminately.He showed a friendly smile: "It seems that you attach great importance to today's conversation, what's the matter?" He walked into the room while talking, hung the coat in his hand on the hanger, and sat down on his own next to the desk.

The man glanced at his locked filing cabinet calmly, and he heard Claire's voice very calm: "I'm afraid I have to make another appointment with you."

Claire: "I have other plans."

After all, the two looked at each other with distant smiles.And in this smile, there is no warmth.

The author has something to say: Thank you Starry Sky for the grenade, confess your love!

Double update today!I'm writing, let's brush it up before going to bed at night, okay!