A soft knock at the door renews Lucas’s fight against me as the jangling of keys unlocking the door can be heard. I can hear Angela and Patrick conversating as she opens the door. “No! Daddy please! The spankings make the nightmares come! Please! I will go to Wolfington! Please, daddy, stop hurting me.” He collapses again into sobs, completely spent from the hour-long ordeal that we’ve been dealing with. “What is that all about?” Patrick asks, his voice is hushed in awe and concern. “What’s concerning is that it has taken him nearly eleven months to reach this point but that is only something I can deal with later. Right now it’s important that both of you follow my directions. As you can see he is highly reactive and has regressed mentally. He is varying wildly between ten, when it happened, and his current age.” “Yes sir.” I hear from both of them. “Angela, I need that door shut, locked and bolted. If he tries to flee I need him slowed down from getting out the door as much as
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