Chapter 87

Conway had tried the technique a few years earlier, but his success in the method referred to less severe cases. A Psychoanalyst knows how to use hypnosis for the good of the patient, although any doctor who honors his profession prefers not to risk the high rate of memories created.

That Monday, the Psychoanalyst did not participate. I was sick, Dr. Conway had said. The session would continue without him.

"Are you ready, Abby? "He asked softly.

"Yes," she replied. His head palpitated with pain around his eyes before he even entered the room.

The doctor asked her to relax, so that she would feel like she was embarking on a deep and calm sleep, while a ticking noise echoed through the room. He repeated his commands in a gentle way. The noise of the clock became louder. She smelled a sweet cigar infiltrating through her nostrils and immediately erased it.

The doctor's commands were kind and, truth be told, extremely vague. It consisted of the opposite tre