Lora and Stanley were left at the house. Lora gathered all the other things from the house she wanted: jewelry, paintings, and pictures: and put them in the trunk of the car. She also picked up all the papers they needed to find Ramon. With one more look back, she left the past behind. She only kept the parts of the past that she had left to resolve, her feelings about the rape and knowing Doc Lin's part in it. Ralph did the act of hurting her, but it was Doc Lin's advice to him that caused it.
Tracy was fine at the hospital and so was little Carlito. Carlos was so happy. They did a paternity test and the results pointed out that Carlos was the father of the child. She ended up being already pregnant before Lora's birthday party. When Lora was sure Tracy was O.K., she left with Stanley to continue her own healing. To answer her questions.
Everyone had to stay in Barbados for a while. Tracy and Carlos stayed to make sure Tracy and the baby were going to be alright for the flight back to America. Lora and Stanley stayed to clear Lora's court ordered counseling, attend Doc. Lin's case and be witnesses, and to finish going through all of Ralph's things. They wanted to make sure they knew everything and try to find Ramon.
Every once in a while, Lora still had nightmares and would wake up screaming. Stanley would be there by her side each and every time. Ralph had written everything in his journals that was needed to convict Doc. Lin. She was sentenced to 20 years for aiding and abetting. Lora wanted peace of mind and she knew the rest of her answers were in the journals.
A few days after Doc. Lin's sentencing, Lora had her appointment with Tom Scott, the director of the asylum. Stanley drove her to his office and was allowed to sit in the meeting with Lora. "Hello. I am so sorry you have had to go through all this. Four years of torture is a lot to go handle. I don't need you to tell me your story. I read the journals. I can probably fill in some of the holes you might have so that you can get closure by letting you finish reading them if you would like. I don't know if that would be a good thing but you have been through too much to let secrets hurt you now. What would you like to happen, me tell you, or you read it?"
Lora thought for a minute. "You can tell me."
"Ok. Good choice. If you had said, read it, I would have had to keep you in care for a few more months." Lora looked shocked. Dr. Scott signed a form he had on his desk and came around to sit with Lora and Stanley. He handed the form to Lora. "Now, You, young man, must promise to keep an eye out for her. And Lora, please continue to get help."
"I will." They both replied.
"As for the rest of the story. Ralph had talked to Doc Lin about Lora and Marshall. He told her of his jealousy and anger. He told her he wanted to get revenge. Doc Lin told him how to get the best revenge ever. She said it would punish Lora and pleasure her at the same time. Dr. Scott began.
"Don't worry, she might get mad for a while but she will come to realize that you did it because you love her." Doc Lin reassured him.
"It was all Doc Lin's ideal. She poisoned Ralph's mind. Why did she hate Lora so much? It wasn't Lora's fault that Ralph fell in love with her. What was she supposed to do about it?" Dr. Scott said.
Ralph continued to write: "My Madam Lin doesn't want my ward to get away with her transgression. She gave her love to another and should be punished. I will use Lin's plan. Besides it sounds like fun, I will stuff Lora so full of love that she will want no one else but me. I will let everyone have her, leave the door open to all comers. I can write down all who help me in my special book and put it in my privacy chest."
"That's what he did. He wrote all the names down. Doc Lin was first on the list. He put her down as Mistress of Ceremony. She orchestrated the whole evening. It was terrible that someone could hate another person that much." Dr. Scott paused and looked Lora and Stanley straight in their eyes, "Doc Lin was the first one to have Lora that night and the last one to have her also. Doc Lin must have needed to satisfy her jealousy. I believe that if she had her way, she would have killed you long ago."
With that they left the doctor's office. Lora decided she wanted to ask her personally why she became Ralph's obsession. She went to see her at the prison. Stanley went with her. She was happy about that. Lora liked having him near her. She hoped she could settle down and start loving again. Maybe she can start loving him.
Doc Lin couldn't tell her anything. She wouldn't tell anyone anything ever. Doc Lin hung herself during the night. She had sat quietly on her bed all day until that bewitching midnight hour. Her bed was wet from her bringing herself to orgasm so much. She had taken the curtain tie-backs and hung herself on the cell bars. No one could believe it.
Doc Lin had left a letter to Lora. She had sealed it with a kiss and shoved it in her vagina. The police gave Lora a pair of gloves and handed her the letter. It read as follows:
Dear Sweet Lora,
Ralph wanted a play toy, I gave him you. You made him lose control and I lost my control of him. I hate you because of that. I wanted Ralph to hurt you. I am so happy he asked me to make you love him. Ralph asked my advice on how to get you to marry him and be only his. The fool.
I told him, the only way to make you all his is to share you with others. If you would do anything for him, you were his. For the most part you did everything he wanted. You surrendered to his games. You let him share you at the parties. The only thing was that you enjoyed another man's love more than Ralph's. I knew I could get rid of you then.
I told him to punish you. You will never know who all had you that night. Make that two nights. Over 300 people had you and many more saw you. I made a spectacle of you and I am proud of it.
I might beat you there, but you can go to hell. That's the only way you will ever know who had you and saw your naked ass. I hope you caught some fatal disease and gave it to Stanley. By the way he is a good boy also. You just know that I have had everything you wanted before you had it.
So as I die I say to you Fuck You! Suck my pussy! And Ha Ha to you. Slut.
Goodbye to you
"Miss never will know the truth"
Madam Lin Williams
The Controller
Lora was shocked but relieved. It was over. She could put it behind her. Lora decided never to think about it again. Doc Lin didn't know that Ralph made a list. Lora took the list and the rest of the contents of the chest and went to the beach. Stanley was right with her. She placed it on the sand, lit a match and threw it on the papers inside. She burned everything. She decided that she didn't need to be involved in this mess anymore. The police could handle the rest. She took in a cleansing breath and looked up into the sun. She smiled because she knew she would be okay. The fire burned and as it did she started to live again.