Chapter 111. Guilty

DEAN

The only thing I could think of was embracing Lena for all eternity. Seeing her sad eyes drowned my heart in the sea of her tears. I wanted to take Lena's pain and make it mine so that she wouldn't have to suffer the injustices of the cruel world. I still couldn't understand how someone could do what Lena's psychiatrist did to her. It made no sense. For what? Why? Why did she need to harm Lena? Why did she hurt her?

What happened was a consequence of my actions. I will never forgive myself for calling that woman and locking her up in a mental health center. Lena needed help, but not the help of a crazy person. Because of me, Lena was traumatized by what was done to her. I wanted to erase the memories from her mind, but it was impossible. Lena's vacant gaze confirmed it.

I felt so afraid that Lena wouldn't recover from what happened. The doctors kept insisting that Lena needed to be calm, but external circumstances didn't allo