Chapter 172 Chloe jerked awake. "I killed someone. I killed someone." She looked around, realizing she was lying on a comfy couch.
Chloe shot upright, staring at her hands and mumbling, "I killed someone. I killed someone." The memory of killing Linda kept bombarding her mind, making her thoughts race and her breathing quicken.
A cup of warm milk appeared in front of her, and a soothing voice followed. "You didn't kill anyone. You just had a hallucination because of your condition." Chloe held her face, sighing in relief. "I thought I'd really killed her." She took a moment to calm down, then accepted the milk from the man. "Dr. Winston, how did I get here?" Winston replied, "You calledbefore your episode, and I tracked your location. When I found you, your car was parked by the roadside, and you were semi-conscious." Chloe couldn't remember any of it.
After a pause, she said, "I'm out of meds. Could you prescribesmore?" "Of course," Winston said. "Your condition has been stable for a long time. What triggered this episode? Was it the diary?" When Winston found Chloe, she had been clutching a diary tightly.
He offered the diary to her. "Don't worry, I haven't read it." Chloe didn't take it. "You can read it. It might help with my treatment." Winston was Chloe's psychiatrist and the only person who knew everything about her-whether it was the sexual assault she suffered, the with Lucas and Linda, or the 'Trophy Boy' boyfriend she had three years ago. She had no Secrets from him. But since her condition stabilized, they hadn't been in touch for months.
Winston put the diary away. "Alright, I'll keep it for now." Chloe seemed more awake. "Where's my phone?" Winston handed her bag to her.
Chloe checked her phone. It was already four in the morning. She was shocked, "I slept that long?" Winston said, "You woke up once. Your dissociative identity disorder acted up, and you tried to kill me. I had to give you a sedative." Chloe not only had depression but also mild dissociative identity disorder. Including today, it had only flared up twice. During an episode Chloe would lose herself, lose control, and sometimes exhibit other personalities, with no memory