Suddenly, there was the sound of soft sobbing.
Julien stopped thinking about it and opened the door of the consultation room.
Lyra seemed to have suffered a shock. She first froze and then immediately turned around and went inside.
"Lyra," Julien called out to her.
Lyra stopped and raised her hand to wipe her tears before she turned around again with a forced smile on her face. "Julien, you're done talking to Finn?"
Julien hummed and stared at her for two seconds before asking, "Did you hear everything?"
Lyra nodded, and her eyes which had stopped tearing up once again overflowed with moisture. "Julien, do I... do I really have a dissociative personality disorder?"
Julien's thin lips moved. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing and only hummed in agreement.
Lyra covered her face and sobbed. "I'm sorry, Julien. I didn't know. I really didn't know..."
"It's okay." Julien held her in his arms, feeling heartbroken. "It's not your fault. You don't need to apologize." "But I heard Finn say that that other personality of mine is bad and hostile to Ms. Raines. Did I do something to Ms. Raines in that memory that I lost?" Lyra pulled on Julien's lapel and asked with red eyes.
Julien lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "That personality pushed Sydney down the stairs..."
"Hiss..." Lyra drew a breath of cold air. "How could that be? I... I tried to kill Ms. Raines?"
"It wasn't you. It was the other personality." Julien stroked her hair and corrected her.
Lyra bit her lip, her voice choking. "Even if it was the other personality, she's still me. It's no wonder I kept targeting Ms. Raines several times. I knew that it was wrong to do that, but I couldn't control it. It's all because I'm mentally ill!"
She slapped her head spitefully.
"Lyra, stop that." Julien hurriedly pulled her hand down. "I told you, it's not your fault."
"It's my fault. Not only did I frame Ms. Raines for hitting me with her car, but I also caused her to fall, and now I pushed Ms. Raines down the stairs. I... I..." Lyra sobbed uncontrollably.
Julien kissed her forehead. "The previous two times were because you were influenced by the soon-to-be-born alternate personality. That's why you did it. And the one who pushed Sydney down the stairs was completely done by the alternate personality. It has nothing to do with you. That's why you have no memory of it. You don't have to blame yourself."
"But Ms. Raines doesn't know." Lyra sniffled. Then, she thought of something and pushed the man away, asking, "By the way, how’s Ms. Raines? Is she okay?"
"She's fine," Julien replied.
Lyra patted her chest and sighed in relief. "Great.
Thank goodness she's alright. However, Ms. Raines won't let me off."
Julien pursed his lips. "She'll call the police."
"The police?" Lyra first exclaimed, and then smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, she will. I pushed Ms.
Raines down the stairs, so it's only natural that she'll call the police. I should go to jail for my actions. I heard that jail is very scary and those female prisoners are very good at torturing people. I wonder if it's true."
She looked at him seemingly unintentionally.
Julien did not notice it. Finn's words emerged in his mind again.
For Lyra's alternate personality to fuse with the core personality, she could not go to prison.
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