Lil's Way by Colleen Baxter Sullivan

Author:Colleen Baxter Sullivan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Waldorf Publishing
Published: 2017-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

I hated the idea of missing work, even for a few hours, but Sister Superior had informed me that a Dr. Miller could see me only in the daytime.

Why did I promise the sister I’d go to this stupid appointment? At the time, I would have done anything, said anything to her, to leave the House and return back to my normal routine. That night after my meeting with Margaret, I must have appeared like a raving lunatic, but who wouldn’t have? The good sister thought I was crazy and made me promise to go and try to get help. What was I in for?

It was a good thing that the sister did not see me after the night that I spoke with my mother in the restaurant. It was enough to make anyone go nuts. My father was really my grandfather, making my mother my sister. Who am I and what is my identity in this so-called world of mine? This was so damn ludicrous. And now this doctor, in psychiatry, was going to try to dissect my mind. Good luck to him! The world was crazy, not me.

Well Lil, here we go again. I promised to make this the best performance of my young life. I would never be locked up again. This had to work.

Lil almost fell over as if she’d been hit with a lightning bolt. “Oh my God, Dr. Miller, you are one and the same. You were the one I met years ago. What the hell is going on?” said Lil, getting up to leave. I quickly tried to convince her to stay. She called for the guards.

“Help me, get this imposter out of my room,” she started to panic.

I had to think quickly and distract her. I knew her weakness. It was a lack of self-esteem. I began to flatter her, and it seemed to work.

“Yes, you are absolutely correct. I remembered you many years ago and how intrigued I was with your high level of intelligence. I knew then that I wanted to write about you, write about your life,” I said, trying to stop her rage.

I had learned long ago that Lil was very insecure, and the only way to gain entrance into her world was through compassion and adulation. It was her way of healing.

“I tried very hard to find you Lil, and when I realized you were here, I had to see you. Please don’t be angry with me,” I pleaded.

“Oh, alright then, I will continue, but I must be wholeheartedly honest about how I felt at the time, especially how I felt about you,” said Lil, controlling the situation.

“Please, continue, Lil,” and I started to record, wiping my brow and thinking what a close call that was.

“Dr. Miller, or should I now say you were one of those overachievers. Very young, and I could not help but wonder while looking at you, all pompous and arrogant, if you ever had to worry a day in your life.

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