Chapter 14: Secret Disorder

Chapter 14: Secret Disorder
An exorbitantly dressed figure of an aged woman appeared to be pacing around in a medium sized office. The woman seemed to be partially in a dazed condition, as she roamed in front of the psychiatrist who had just spilled the beans about her youngest son’s secret disorder. A woman who never had the time to focus on her son until he had messed up with her friend’s youngest daughter. She has come to find out the reasons why her son was acting like someone else, and not the innocent child she knew. But after meeting with his doctor, she was told something she had never expected to hear. She was told that her son lived with a dissociative identity disorder; a psychological condition characterized by the presence of two or more different personality identities, living inside a single person.
“What was the cause of his DID?” she stopped pacing and gripped the edges of her fingers tightly, trying to suppress the nervousness building inside her mind.
“Childhood trauma. More of a coping strategy which the mind develops, to avoid the awful memories. Now I’d like you come back and take your seat please. I have a personal question, if you don’t mind”
“Yes. Sure” She made her way to the front furnished desk opposite the psychiatrist, and sat down on the soft elevated chair, which was initially meant for patients. Her heartbeat increased rapidly as she waited for the psychiatric doctor to shed more lights on her son’s disorder.
“I never intended to break this news to you, but as his personal doctor, I suggest its best for you to know some issues about your son” He opened the drawer by the left side of his desk and brought out a transparent file. He picked his eyeglasses from the table and fixed them to his eyes.
“You see… I was the first doctor who diagnosed your son, years ago when he was much younger. Back then, it was quite disturbing to see a young boy fighting a trauma on his own without the support of his parents or any family member. When I picked up on his case, I tried to persuade him to let me do something about it but he was so scared to the point that he threatened to take away his own life if I make any attempt to expose his perpetrator…” He paused for a minute to examine the older woman’s reactions. “Nineteen years ago, where did you take your son to?” he questioned her cautiously, still fixed on her reactions.
She sighed heavily before she began with her long narration “There was this time… I went through a major family crisis which almost led to my separation with Nate’s Father. Nate was just around six to seven years old, when I took him to his grandfather, very far away in a place where his Dad cannot find him. He complained a lot that he didn’t like staying there with my Father, but I didn’t do anything about it. And now that I remember, I never asked him the reason why he…” She stopped immediately, like she was scared of her own thoughts.
“Your son, Nate…. He silently went through a childhood trauma. He was subjected to a continuous physical and sexual assault, without anybody’s knowledge. And his perpetrator, as you should know by now… was your own trusted Father”
Like a customized robot, her eyes kept staring at the doctor without blinking. It roughly took two minutes before a heavy downpour of bitter tears began to mess up her mascara. She could not believe what she had just heard from the doctor. No, actually, she felt all the hints but never wanted to believe it. Her innocent child, mistreated and molested by her own Father. For all the years she had left her child there, he was suffering under the same roof which she had put in all her sweat to build from a mere scrap to a massive furnished palace?
She had happily lived in that same roof as a child before she grew up and found her way to the outside world, where she met with Nate’s father and luckily got married into a multi billionaire royal family. She had done a lot to satisfy her Father, but how can he do that to his own grandchild even as a miserable drunkard?
“This file here…” He brought back her attention… “It has everything you would want to know about your son’s case” He pushed the file forward.
“But lets keep this between us. At least for now because he will be mad if he finds out that I have shared his deepest secrets with you” He explained further.
“You don’t have to say that. I am so ashamed of myself how can I summon the courage to talk to him about this” She picked the file up and slipped it through her handbag… “All I can do, is to curse and resent the dead soul of my own Father. If he were still alive, it would have become a different matter”
“Excuse me? His granddad passed away? When did that happened?”
“He died last year”
“Nate should have told me”
“Does he come for therapy?”
“Not very often. He came to understand his personalities better than his therapist. If you don’t focus too much on him, you will never notice how he switches identities. Your son is quite impressive.”
“What is with that mind control thing? He does that very often”
“Oh yes. Be careful with the one who tries to control other people. He can be very violent. And he is the second dominant identity”
“I don’t understand much about this DID, but my son acts very strange whenever he plays that mind control game. He tend to have this horrible and scary expression… And his eyes… Not that of my child…”
“I gave you his file. You will get to know about the attitudes of his three identities. Don’t hesitate to return it back to me before the end of this week. I will need to revise the documents”
Time Skipped
Inside the giant Rogue Mansion on Exo Island, Nate sauntered into his sitting room. His blonde hair perfectly matched with his inner shirt while he wore a pair of multi colored knee length trouser along with a yellow leather jacket. In short, he looked like a rock-star as he proceeded towards the pretty woman who was sitting on his couch, and engrossed with taking selfies.
“Sweetheart. Have you thought about our proposal?”
“What proposal you majesty?” Anna turned her head slowly.
Nate paused for some seconds. He took off his eyes away from the pretty woman’s figure but she on the other hand, was totally focused on him. She was sure they have not talked about any proposal so what was he trying to say? Is it some kind of a surprise? She thought for a minute. And considering the combination of his tone when he called her sweetheart, he sounded somehow sweet, yet a little bit more strange.
“Umm… So do you wanna have a drink?” He swiftly changed the topic.
“Hey, come here” She opened her arms widely, intending to give him a warm hug. She thought something was wrong with his head for asking her to have a drink with him for the second time in just a few hours. With the weird look in his eyes, he totally deserved a warm hug to reactivate back his brain cells.
“Come on. The offer wont last long” She tried to sound humorous.
Nate moved closer. But instead of hugging her, he swiftly dropped on the couch and placed his head on her laps. He quietly rubbed his eyes with the surface of his palm. He was actually trying to switch his personality without making it obvious. He didn’t know he was using the wrong identity until a while ago when he had talked about the proposal which she seemed clueless about. Even though he’d mastered the art of creating a balanced relationship with all his three identities, he tends to forget a few things whenever they clashed in opinions. Lately, its becoming harder for him to tame the mischievous identity who tends to dominate.
“Are you really okay? I am worried about you” She softly halted his thoughts as she cuddled his blonde hair. “What proposal were you talking about earlier?”
He kept silence. After some seconds, he just rose up from her lap and straightened his back on the couch “I want to take you on a date in my private jet” He switched into a serious expression as he looked into her eyes. His tone was also different than the soft one he had used earlier.
“Say yes Dove”
“Yes your majesty” She replied with full enthusiasm.
He threw his arm around her neck and pulled her closer in a way that his lips could easily touch her earlobe “We’re going to have so much fun together” his flirty voice slowly crept into her eardrum as she felt a rush of adrenaline flowing inside her. Her heart rate increased.
Why is she being shameless? Her heart beat faster whenever he speaks in that manner. She knows that it is totally wrong for her to feel the same way with two different men. But what now? Her heart has already crossed the point of no return. Her heart is now stuck with an evil desire for two good looking billionaires.
“Good girl. So what are you thinking bout?” he touched her left jawbone and flipped her face to the right side in such a way that he could read through her expression. He watched as she lowered her gaze immediately after they held eye contact.
“Look at me”
“I cant! I don’t want to!”
“Look at me Dove” he spoke again in a whisper
She hesitated for a while, and then she raised her eyelashes and slowly meet up to his lustful gaze. Her belly danced with nervousness while she tried to keep a hold of the eye contact. Suddenly, his hot, alcoholic breath blew off the thin hairs on her forehead as he uses the tip of his index finger to push the rest aside.
“We are leaving tomorrow at dawn. Am sure you don’t want some nasty rumors spreading about you so you better be discrete on this” He released her jawbone and relaxed his back again. “You are my woman now... And you will obey me”