The atmosphere within the room became heavy. It was too quiet that even their breath couldn't be heard. They still have memories of when they went there. Memories of how Deneza breaks down and keeps saying "I'm sorry." " I killed him." " Forgive me." Over and over again. She continues to cry while repeating these words over and over while kneeling in front of Shawn's body lay lifeless in the floor with a puddle of blood.
"How's Deneza's mental health?" Inah asked, hee voice is tinged with worry.
"According to Cain her mental health is fine. Her emotion won't have any effect even if you mention Shawn's or Daryl's name." Liam replied.
"Is she really mentally ill?" Alexa inquired.
"Cain couldn't tell." Liam responds. Nobody can say how he felt at the moment since he took all his emotion off his face. He was quiet for some time before continuing: "But then again he told us, she does." He sighed, "Even he became doubtful of his profession."
Cain is one of them. He is part of their 'family' as well. Cain was the 3rd Elder. A psychiatrist or a psychologist in their family. He is also the one who diagnosed Deneza and the one who proclaimed that Deneza had mental breakdown, but because of the way Deneza act they become doubtful.
They thought, Deneza will lose his head and went mad. They remember the way Deneza shut herself in the room. She didn't eat nor drink anything. All she did was cry and keep saying "I'm sorry." " I killed her." " Forgive me." Again and again. By the time she leaves, she acts as if nothing has happened and she can speak normally.
They thought things were going well, but it wasn't. As the time went by, they noticed something odd about her. They discovered that Deneza had completely forgotten about Daryl. She doesn't remember anything about Daryl, but she remembers everything about Shawn. It's just that Shawn was still alive.
When Cain made inquiries about her, they discovered that Deneza had a voluntary memory loss which she voluntarily forget about a certain memory in her brain that could hurt and break her. The memory related only to Daryl. But when they told Deneza that Shawn had died. Deneza suddenly had a severe headache that made her remember what happened that day and continues to say that she did it, but her mental state has become unstable. But she still doesn't have any recollection of Daryl. However, it didn't last because less than a year later, she recalls everything. She recalls a memory that might break her. She recalls everything she had with Daryl.
That time, they saw how scared Deneza was. She feared the idea of forgetting everything about Daryl. They thought Deneza might go insane, but she didn't. Instead, she overcomes it. She had to accept it all. She had to get strong and accept that Shawn was dead. She forced herself because she was scared of forgetting Daryl completely and that was the last thing she wanted.
Cain said Deneza has a mental disorder, but because of how Deneza acted, he became suspicious and even questioned his own professional.
Deneza behaved as though nothing had happened. In fact, she told them she killed Shawn. She acted as though she was overcoming her guilty conscience over the fact that she killed Shawn.
They even asked what had happened that day, but Deneza didn't say anything. She told them indifferently: I know I was wrong, but there is nothing I can do other than accept the fact that it was me. I killed him to protect myself."
"Protect yourself? Did Shawn try to harm you?" They asked her suspiciously.
Deneza shook her head and said: "He didn't." she pondered for a moment before she continued: "I killed Shawn. I wronged Daryl. But it's fine. When I meet him in the future, I'll do whatever it takes to ask for forgiveness. If he wants my life, then I shall give it to him just to forgive me for killing his twin brother."
Believe it or not, the fact that she keeps admitting it, they can't do anything about it. They were just happy that the hearing was made when she had a voluntary memory loss or Sam won't be able to win the case.
There was a complete silence in the room and Elijah broke it by saying: "Deneza is in the hospital."
"Hospital?!" They said in unison.
"Well, yeah. I've checked her records and she's not in critical condition. In fact, she's healthy and ready for the upcoming war. I'm worried that when she opens her eyes, she'll go crazy." Elijah said with a shrug. He wasn't worried about Deneza being in the hospital, he was worried about the hospital staff.
"Why is she suddenly admitted to hospital?" Jayce asked as she frowned. She was worried.
"Leilanie knocked her down with her car, but she's also the one who called the hospital. Funny right?" Elijah said it out of jest. He just wants to cheer them up when he says it.
"Leilanie really....!!! She!!" Jayce said loudly. It could be said that she was in a bad mood.
Liam looked sharply at Elijah. Elijah sighed and said: "I shouldn't have checked and said that."
"If you know nothing then what will happen to our creepy stalker?" Eric jested.
Elijah squinted his eyes as he looked at Eric. He then said. "Yeah. Sometimes it's better if you don't know anything because once you discover it, it's very hard to forget it."
Eric suddenly felt a chill, but before he could said anything, Elijah cut him off and said: "I wasn't expecting Eric to have such fun habit while looking at a certain picture."
"You--" Eric's face went red when he suddenly lifted his fist to hit Elijah, but since Elijah knows him best he dodges it easily while carrying his laptop.
"Fun habit?" Inah asked out of curiousity.
"What's fun habit?" Alexa also asked.
Elijah just laughed while avoiding Eric's attack.
On the other hand, Jayce and Liam were silent because they easily knew what 'fun habit' meant. Liam was a male, whereas Jayce was already married.
Jayce looked at Liam and asked worriedly: "Can you really bring Deneza here?"
Liam stared at her and said: "Yeah."
She looked at him with distrust because she knew him well, worried that he would give in and let Deneza remain alone in this country. As Liam could readily say what's on her mind, he chuckled and said: "Not this time."
Liam kissed her forehead and said, "Be good Jayce." Then he turned his head in front of him and said, "Elijah, Alexa, Eric if you want to go with me, make your preparation. We will leave tonight."