Joshua sighed helplessly at her words. He reached out a hand and tidied her messy hair. "You're spouting nonsense again."
The words that were about to leave her throat remained stuck there when she heard him. She wanted to tell him that the boy who accused her of domestic violence, of having an unstable mind, was actually Neil. 1
She also wanted to tell him, that night at the fireworks celebration that the man she hugged whilst hidden behind the rocks on the beach was actually Theo.
But his words 'spouting nonsense' made her swallow the truth down into her stomach again. What was the point in talking to him any further? To him, she was only 'spouting nonsense'. So she chose to shut her mouth, no longer wasting energy to explain herself to him.
However, to Joshua, Luna's actions looked like obedience gained after her little secrets were exposed.
He sighed deeply. It was all his fault. When Luna just woke up, he was busy with Nigel’s bone marrow transport and taking care of Fiona who provided the bone marrow that he had forgotten to care for Luna.
It was only normal for her to react this way, she had lived with Neil for six years, and an accident blew him
to bits...
Maybe she was indeed having difficulty leaving her pain and sadness behind her. When her pain was the greatest, Nigel was critically ill while Nellie suffered from autism and he was busy caring for Fiona... This was what caused her mental disorder right?
Sighing, Joshua could not help but reach out to stroke her hair. "I will make sure you're cured, don't worry."
Luna scoffed, not even bothering to raise her head to look at him.
Soon, an ambulance’s siren was heard wailing outside. Luna knew it was the ambulance from the mental asylum that was here for her.
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