Do Not Let Anyone Know

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Chapter Sixteen

At the Hospital:

When Roland parked the Hummer in the parking garage, they all got out, Paul turned to Seto, and he said. “When we get inside the room, you need to be quiet, I'm going to try to get Joseph to open up some more about what happened, if he knows that you're there, he might not talk to me at all, if anything goes wrong, Daniel will get you out of there, is that clear?”

Seto then said, “I understand, I'll be quiet.” (Seto thought to himself, what Paul was saying is true, but he knew that somehow he had to let Joey know that he was there and that he wouldn't let anything happen to him.)

Then they all got into the elevator and when it stopped, they all got off and walked to Joseph's room, when they got there, Dr. Hunter was waiting, he didn't like the idea that Seto was there, but the look from Roland, James and Daniel made him keep his thoughts to himself. Dr. Hunter then opened the door and they all walked in.

Joseph was just waking up, when he heard Paul's voice, “Joseph, do you remember me?” Joseph looked directly at him and said, “Yes, I remember you.” Then Paul said, “I'd like you to tell me about when you were around fourteen, what was your life like then?”

Joseph looked directly at Paul and he said, “I don't want to talk about it, why are you asking me about it anyway?”

Paul knew that he was in for a fight, Joseph's sub-conscience wasn't going to let him in, he had to go about it a different way. “Joseph, do you love your father?”

Joseph then started laughing and he said, “Why would I love that bastard, all he ever did was beat and rape me.” Paul then said, “If you let me I can help make all those memories go away.”

Joseph lay there for a second and then he said, “Leave me alone, and please don't make me talk about it.” Paul was about to say something else, when Seto motioned to him and Paul walked over to where Seto was and said, “What is it?”

Seto then said, “Can I talk to him, remember that he and I are a lot alike, maybe I can get him to talk about it.”

Paul looked at Roland who said, “Maybe Seto's right, hell it couldn't hurt for him to try.” Paul then said, “If he gets to agitated I want you to stop talking.” Seto then said, “Thank you for letting me try.”

Seto then walked over near the bed and he said, “Joey do you know who I am?” Joseph looked at him and he said, “Sure I do, what are you doing here?”

Seto then said, “I came to see if I can help you, you know to get rid of those memories that are hurting you.” Joseph then said, “What can you do, you don't know what hell I've been through.”

Seto then said, “Joey, I do know. You see when Mokie and I were growing up, Gozaburo would make me study for hours and if I complained he'd hit whatever he could find, or he would hit me with his fists say are you going to study? Hell what else was I going to say, I said yes.

This went on for three or four years, then one day I guess he got bored hitting and yelling at me, he started raping me, if I cried or begged him to stop it just got worse, until one day he threatened to hurt Mokie, well I snapped and I killed him with my bare hands.”

Joseph looked at him and then he said, “But you're alright, how can you know what I'm going through.” Seto then said, “Joey, when I snapped so did my mind, I was put in an institution for two years, then Roland found Paul and he agreed to try to help me, and he did. Joey please let him help you, you're the only real friend that I have and I don't want to lose you.”

Joseph then said, “Alright, but what if it gets to painful for me to go on, what do I do then?” Paul then said, “That's what I'm here for, to help make the pain go away as well as the memories.” Joseph then said, “Alright, what do you want to know.”

Seto had gone back to stand beside Daniel and as Daniel put his arm around Seto, he just lost it, Daniel took Seto out of the room and they went to the waiting room and sat down.

Daniel held Seto in his arms as he cried for what has happened to Joseph. “Let it out, it’s the only way so that you'll feel better.” Daniel said.

Seto wiped the tears from his eyes and he said, “I wish that Joey's dad was here right now, I'd kill that bastard with my bare hands, and he had no right doing that to his own son.”

Daniel said, “I agree with you, but he isn't, so just let it go. If you keep dwelling on it, it'll eat you alive.” Seto thanked him for being there, and then they waited until the others came out.

Then Paul said it again, “I'd like you to tell me about when you were around fourteen, what was your life like then?”

Joseph sat there and then he said, “It was a living hell; my dad would beat the hell out of me for no reason at all. Then the beatings got worse and worse until one day I passed out from the pain.

When I came to I was lying on the floor in my bedroom and it was all I could do just to crawl over to the bed and get up on it. When I finally did, then I had to stand up, go to the bathroom, and try to shower off all the blood.

I had to be careful when I was showering that my dad didn't come in, because if he did, I'd be thrown to the floor and he'd fuck me until either I passed out or he did.”

Paul then asked him, “How did you get to school on those days?” Joseph said “I usually called the school; I'd pretend to be my father and tell them that my son was sick and wouldn't be there. Then I'd quietly sneak out of the house and go to the Park, I'd stay there until I knew that it was time for school to be over, and then I'd go home.”

Paul asked him, “Did your father beat you everyday?” Joseph wiped the tears that were running down his face and then he said, “No, most of the time he was to damn drunk to even go to the bathroom, he'd usually piss and shit his pants right there on his bedroom floor.”

Paul noticed that Joseph was beginning to fight the hypnosis and then he said, “Joseph when I count to three, you'll be asleep and you won't remember any of what we talked about.” Then Paul would count to three and snap his fingers and Joseph would be asleep.

They all went outside, Roland looked at Dr. Hunter, and he said, “You didn't hear anything that went on in there, do I make myself clear?” Craig nodded his head yes. Paul went over to Seto and he asked him, “Are you alright?”

Seto said, “Yes, but I nearly lost it in there, how do you do it?” Paul then said, “It takes a lot of training, lots of tissues and good friends who know what you need, like Ro and the others.”

Seto then said, “Do you really think that you can reach Joey before it’s too late?” Paul then said, “I'm not giving up, but this is the last time you're going to be allowed to be in there.”

Roland walked over and put his arm around Seto and he said, “Let’s go home, I know that Greta is worried about both you and Joseph.”

At the Manor:

When they got back to the Manor, Seto was quiet and that concerned Roland, as they got out of the Hummer, Seto went inside and Roland turned to Paul and said, “I hope Seto's going to be alright.”

Daniel then spoke up and said, “He's going to be just fine, he's just so angry because parents think that they can abuse their children and that not all of them pay for what they did.”

Paul then said, “I'll talk to him if you want.” When they got inside, Roland saw Seto and Mokie sitting on the couch and they were both crying, and he said, “I think that Daniel is right, Seto's going to be just fine.”

Greta came down the stairs and when she saw them, she hurried over and said, “How is Joseph?” Seto then walked up behind her and said, “He's going to be alright, I got him to allow Paul to help him.”

Paul then said, “It'll take a couple more session before Joseph's ready to face the demons that are plaguing his mind, then he'll need all of us to help him heal.”

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