Chapter 64 Have you noticed anything wrong with our son?

Alex gets speechless and he truly doesn't know how to refute. The original owner is indeed an example.

His father does not continue this topic and starts talking about Sofia.

"I need time and I am not sure how long it will take, because this mental illness is very special and I can't even be sure if it is a real mental illness.

In my opinion, it is more like the instinct of a creature. If it is the truth, then I can't do anything because I can't make a carnivore change its habits to eat grass."

Alex nods to show his understanding. If it is really instinctive, he would have to start with genes to change it, which means it is incurable.

He carefully recalls Sofia's situation, then shakes his head and denies it.

"I don't think it is instinctive, in terms of my observation. If it is really instinctive, why could she endure it for so long? We can indeed restrain our instincts, but from what I observe, she does not restrain her instinctive performance.

She wants to kill people, but she has never killed anyone. If she was restrained before, she should have been very painful, but you also see that she is just thinking about it. It actually doesn't matter if she didn't kill people. This is too contradictory."

His father nods, "that's why I say that I'm not sure yet. After all, she is not you."

Alex gets speechless. Why does his father bring it up again?

He knows that this matter could not be rushed. As his father says, it would take time. In this case, he would put it aside for the time being. He hesitates for a moment and asks cautiously,

"Dad, do you know about Tom's murder?"

His father does not deny it.

"Is Tom the same as Sofia?"

"No, Tom was formed after birth. His childhood was so unfortunate, which led to his current state."

Seeing his father's somewhat painful expression, he continues to ask,

"So you have been treating him well, and it is actually one special treatment, right ?"

The father nods.

Alex thinks for a while and asks,

"Why is there no effect? ​​As a well-known psychologist, you can't cure this, seriously?"

The father does not speak immediately, and Alex does not urge him. He knows that if his father has really continued to treat Tom in these past years, but Tom still remained the same in the end without any change, he would indeed be sad.

After a long time, his father finally speaks,

"Originally, he had the hope of being completely cured, but something unexpected happened, which led it to failure."

"What accident?"

"It was when you killed someone that year, I went to deal with the body and he accidentally found it. In fact, he had improved a lot before that and I believe that it won't be long before he could return to a normal life.

But after he found out my action, everything changed. He thought I was the one who killed that person. At that moment, I knew I failed, and everything I had done before was in vain.

I know I am special in his heart and Tom regards me as a father and a role model. It turns out that such a person is the same as him, then the result is imaginable.

I couldn't explain to him that it is you who actually killed the person, so I could only let him misunderstand like this, but I didn't give up on his idea. I continued to treat him, but with little effect, until he discovered the truth and left there."

"Then why did you tell him that he and I are not on the same level?"

"I said this because I don't want him to learn from you and I did want him to give up the idea of ​​killing. I thought what I said would hit him. Although it won't change his heart, it's fine as long as he doesn't kill."

"Then have you ever thought that this would backfire? The fact is that he was not only not hit, but he has become even more crazy for the so-called level."

After Alex finishes speaking, he sees a painful look on his father's face and he doesn't continue. He knows that it was not his father's fault. In the final analysis, everything was caused by the original owner. If the original owner hadn't killed people, things would not have turned out like this.

Alex doesn't comfort his father like how he comforted his mother before. First, he believes that his father, as a psychologist, would adjust himself well. Second, he knows that his father might hate himself very much right now.

After a long time, when he sees that his father calms down, he wants to ask about his childhood. Where did all the small animals he ever rescued go? And why was he beaten?

He truly wants to clarify all the questions, but he knows that he couldn't ask directly, because his father is certainly not like his mother and is more perceptive than his mother. If he asked, his father would definitely notice something was wrong. At that time, he couldn't simply evade the question like he did to his mother. These questions could only be remembered slowly by himself.

Now there is only one question left, which is about the nightmare he had last night. Alex hesitates for one moment and asks,

"By the way, I had a nightmare last night, which made me very concerned because I haven't had a nightmare for a long time. Do you know what it means?"

"What did you dream about?"

"I don't remember it very clearly and I just remember that someone asked me to escape quickly. Why did I escape and what I was avoiding? I don't know anything, but it was very real. After waking up, I still felt a lingering fear."

The father thinks for a while and says,

"Psychologically, nightmares actually reflect your inner thoughts, which means that you are very anxious now, and you are running away in the dream, which means that you are truly afraid."

Alex is puzzled,

"I know all you said, but I just don't understand, I am obviously not afraid, why do I have such a dream?"

"If you are really sure that you are not afraid, then maybe it is a kind of pressure, or maybe you want to kill someone again."

Hearing his father's words, Alex nods. In fact, he thinks so too. It is supposed to be that the original owner wanted to go out and kill again, which makes him very tired right now because this problem has no solution.

"It's time to eat dinner!"

Hearing the mother's call, the two return to the house. Anyway, he has almost finished asking all the questions he should ask. The remaining questions could not be asked directly, and they could only rely on Alex himself.

After dinner, Alex drives car and returns to his apartment.

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 Alex's mother asks her husband suddenly while applying a facial mask on the bed,

"Have you ever noticed anything wrong with our son?"

His father is lying on the bed reading a book. When he hears her say that, he raises his head and asks,

"What's wrong?"

"I can't explain it and it's just a feeling. I really feel something has changed, but I don't know what has changed specifically."

His father puts down the book with a serious expression,

"Why do you feel that he has changed? What made you feel this way?"

His mother turns around and tells her husband about Alex's search for the utility room during the day. She doesn't say anything else because she thinks the other things are not important.

"Utility room?" His father murmurs.

He suddenly stands up, and Alex's mother sees his movements and asks hurriedly, "It's so late, what are you doing?"

"Go to the basement, isn't he looking for something? You said he didn't find it, I guess it's too messy there, I'll tidy it up for him."

"What time is it now? Can't you tidy it up tomorrow?"

The father waves his hand,

"If I tidy it up tomorrow, won't it be a day late? I tidy it up now, and he can find it directly when he comes tomorrow, which saves time. You go to bed first, don't worry about me, and I'll be back after I'm done."

The mother laughs at his appearance and complains in a low voice,

"You are really sick. You care about your son so much, but every time when he comes back, you put on a bad face and treats him coldly. You are a psychologist and you really should see yourself first."

The father doesn't hear her complaints, and goes to the basement to turn on the light. He sees the things that Alex has taken at that time at a glance, walks up, looks at the things that Alex has moved, and then he finds a storage box in the basement and puts all the things that Alex used when he was a child in it.

After finishing everything, the father takes a breath and the corners of his mouth curls up.

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