Brenner’s eyebrows twitch when he hears the word trust.
“Guess even, someone like you could understand the meaning of the word trust. Even though you are known as the ice queen in the facility, not just by your colleagues but also some of your patients.”
Jessica’s hand twitched slightly as though she was affected by the word, but she slowly move her hand again to type out her report.
“Well there is nothing much i could do if people do think that I’m the ice queen”
[As long as I am with you i do not mind..]
“Seriously. Jessica, how are you so comfortable with people bad-mouthing you?’
“I don’t get comfortable with gossip. I just let them talk cause, there is no point in entertaining idiots who are being swayed by rumour.”
Brenner sips on the coffee, hiding his smile from Jessica. Noticing how Brenner was keeping quiet to himself. Jessica’s eyes wander toward Brenner.
“You’re smirking aren’t you Brenner,” Jessica shouted at Brenner with a pout on her face
Brenner did not reply as he was trying to hide his expression, the silence didn’t really help him as Jessica went up towards him to pinch his ear.
Brenner felt a vice claw grabbing onto his ear. With an insane amount of strength that could put a gorilla to shame, Jessica twisted his ear.
“Ah ah. Jessica, you’re tearing my ear off. Have some mercy on me.”
“You were making fun.”
Seeing how Jessica was reacting, Brenner could not stop his laughter.
“And here I thought you don’t mind what others think of you,” Brenner speaks in a teasing manner.
“Yea, I don’t mind if it is other people. But you are different as you tend to make annoying remarks.” Jessica tightens her grip to torture Brenner
‘BAM”
The door of the office went wide open hitting the cupboard behind the door, startling both Jessica and Brenner. Their attention was immediately directed to the person on the door.
It was a middle age woman who was wearing a nurse outfit, the only problem which cause a panic to Brenner and Jessica was the blood stain on her uniform.
“What happens to you.”
The nurse tried to catch her breath before answering Brenner
“Doctor Brenner, Juke is having a fit again.”
Without a Moment’s notice, Brenner took his coat and rushed to Juke’s room. Only to be greeted by a bloody wall, the person standing in front of the bloody wall was Juke.
“Nice to meet you Juke, it seems you have woken from your slumber.”
“How do you know which personality is which?”
Juke asks in a suspicious voice filled with cautiousness.
Brenner slows down his speech and the pitch becomes more welcoming, to calm Juke down.
“I have been looking after you for a while so i know your behavior, you would rather hurt yourself than harm other people when you recall your painful memory.”
Juke felt a warm feeling in his chest, for it was the first time somebody in this cold facility actually listened to him. Instead of treating him like an insane person. He slowly hides his bloody knuckle from the sight of Brenner.
Juke slowly walks toward Brenner as his vision gets blurry, he kneels down to Brenner
“How am I able to kill my other personality? Doctor how do i get rid of him.”
Brenner took a knee and patted him on his back to calm him down.
“Leave it to me, I just need you to trust me fully for the process for it to work. Is that ok?”
Juke just kept silent as he just continue nodding non-stop with tears falling.
“Instead of just staying here let’s have a chat for now.”
Brenner guided Juke to an isolated room, the room itself was pure white. From the four walls, floor, and the door knob it was like a heaven that was not tainted.
“Juke you can rest easy now, is just the two of us here.”
Juke tried to voice his worries and sadness but it was the tip of his tongue yet the burden in his chest was so heavy from killing Selene, that it was stopping him from saying it.
[Do I have the right to voice my worries, do I have the right to get rid of this burden after I kill Selene with my own hands.]
“Juke is ok, there is nothing to worry about.”
Juke’s train of thought was stopped by Brenner before it started spiraling down even further. He took a deep breath before letting everything go.
“I understand you are worried about your other personality but Juke to control your other personality you must get to understand it by letting it switch with you often.”
Juke clenches his fist after hearing what Brenner suggests.
“YOU WANT ME TO LET THAT KILLER LOOSE?”
Brenner was not shocked by Juke being against it, in fact, he found it more amusing than anything.
“I understand why you say that but if you don’t do it, In the long run, you are unable to control it making it more dangerous.”
Juke look at Brenner with disbelief.
“Doctor Brenner, You expect me to believe you? Even though there is no evidence that it may work?”
Brenner calmly took out a stack of research paper and placed it in front of Juke for him to see.
“I agree i do not have evidence to show you the result and in fact, this solution is only by theory but the result shown in this entire theory shows hundred percent that this will succeed in controlling your other personality.”
Juke slowly took up the research paper in front of him, even making it bloody due to his injured knuckle, as he continue reading through till the end he noticed that the research paper make sense and was even broken down into layman’s terms for him to understand. He slowly gulps his saliva and lowers the paper.
“Doctor Brenner, is there any side effect if it works or when it fails.”
“Of course, even the paper has shown you hundred percent, in the real world that’s not how it works it. I would say it has a ninety-nine percent rate of success and the worst case scenario is just living with your other existing personality.”
Juke perk up and brace himself as he asks Brenner how does he need to start getting better.
“Juke, you would need to find the emotion that will wake your other personality. Seeing how you would about to face him i will tell you more about your other personality. His name or what he calls himself is Joke, He lives with the emotion of torturing you and seeing you break down. So you would need to remember the time you spend with Selene even if it is painful to make him switch places with you.”
Juke nodded to Brenner. Juke did not hesitate as he close his eyes and remember the Moment he spend with Selene, tears started flowing down his cheek. He opens his eyes and looks at Brenner again.
“Doc the method you told me did not work.”
As he looks down, fearing that he might have been a disappointment to Brenner.
“You can cut the act, Joke,” Brenner speak in a stern manner.
