Seconds later, Tori has taken about all she can stand, she walks over to Tina’s bedside….. “Tina, I am Tori, your younger sister, please, please say that you remember me…..” she cried……as she looked at Tina….

“I…….I am sorry……” said Tina. “But, no….I don’t …..”

“God, you have to.” she yelled at Tina….. “Don’t you remember all of the late night talks, all the times that you gave me advice, all the times we ate chocolate, and threw it at each other?” she cried………

Tina sat there with a blank stare on her face……. I stood up as the yelling started, walking around to put my hands on Tori’s shoulders……… I leaned in to whisper to her, “She cannot help it…..and this yelling is not going to help either. You have to get a hold of yourself.”

Tori cried and turned around, and as I tried to take a step back, she fell into my arms, needing support, needing caring, and most of all, needing just a shoulder to lean on at this moment…..I held my arms out, not wanting to wrap them around her even though the situation had turned badly, but I found myself not being able to help myself. This young lady needed my arms around her at this time, so I obliged. I wrapped them around her tightly, and whispered, “She will come around Tori. It may take a while, but she will. I am going to make sure of that.”

“I am the victim here.” said Tina. “Why the fuck is everyone getting upset?? HUH? I AM THE GODDAMMED VICTIM….I SHOULD BE THE ONE ALL UPSET AND SHIT..” yelling the last words.

Everyone including myself, stopped what they were doing or whispering to each other and looked at Tina….

“As your father, you will not use words such as those around me. I don’t care what is going on…..You have never talked like that, and you aren’t about to start now….”

“You know what, all I want…..Is my memory back….That is it…….nothing more…..nothing less…..I don’t give a shit about the bruises, or the broken ribs, I FUCKIN WANT MY LIFE BACK….PLEASE..EVERYONE JUST LEAVE……I CANT HANDLE THIS RIGHT NOW…..GET OUT……EVERYONE…”

Everyone began to file out of the room, one by one……..wondering why the sudden outburst of anger from their sweet, innocent Tina…