“Mental breakdown?” Natalie was stumped as her eyes widened in bewilderment.

“Yes.” Shane recounted Dr. Zeplin's diagnosis to Natalie.

Her jaw dropped after listening to him. “Stanley... is mentally unstable...”

He's too good at concealing his true self. I've never noticed that he's mentally deranged.

Does Joyce know about this?

Noticing that she was in a daze, Shane asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Natalie shook her head to snap out of her thoughts. She made her thoughts vocal and said, “I'm just thinking maybe Joyce is not aware of Stanley's condition.”

“That is her problem. Have you thought about how to deal with Stanley?” Shane looked at her and asked again.

The woman bit down on her lip and appeared lost. “I don't know... I really don't. Mr. Shane, can we talk about this tomorrow? I'm tired.”

with the problem. Despite feeling irked, he could understand

years after all, and judging by how she valued her friendships, it would not be hard to imagine that she would need to take

nodded his

time Natalie had not seen him to the door. Instead, she closed the door

against the door and closed her eyes to recollect herself. After regaining her

made her way toward her twins' bedroom and turned the doorknob softly. At the sight of her twins fast asleep, she finally

way to her own bedroom. The woman lay in the

dawn. She was roused awake by Joyce's phone call at eight o'clock in

that he wasn't at home. I called the hospital and they said that he did not go in for work either.” Joyce sounded exasperated

leaned against the headboard. Her face turned grim as she asked, “Joyce, how did you get

answer her question, Joyce cocked her head to one side in

bar

eyes. “Then, did you

out of my wits since I was the one who drunk the most,” Joyce answered with a

hand, had a stern face on as she breathed in deeply and shut her eyes. “Joyce, I was hypnotized by

mat outside of

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