Ryan Reynolds here for, I guess, my hundredth mint commercial. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no That today, your weekly series of live plays, classic drama and comedy, and a variety of audio drama from the Mutual Audio Network. The following audio drama is rated PG-13, suggesting that children under the age of 13 should listen accompanied with an adult. My colleagues say that it's unethical for me to share a patient's sessions, but in my heart, I know that Alicia would want her story to be heard. She was so desperate for anyone to believe her. I didn't at the time. Now, in a twisted fate, she's the only person that can lend credence to my story, because I'm not even certain that I believe it myself. In the first half of my life, I accumulated things, an education, money, a career, a partner, a place to call home, and now in the last half of my life, some of these have slipped away. Things I couldn't hold on to. Some losses we have to accept. Even if they are failing health and loneliness, but there are things that I refuse to accept. Like lies and the destruction of innocence, I have to help. I have to try. Your nurses tell me you've stopped eating. Yes. This is a hospital. We have ways of making you eat. I don't want to put you through that. Yes. I know you're upset about Alex, but I promise you, it is not your fault. His safety is our top priority, but this isn't a prison. If someone is determined to leave, they can find a way out. No. It was a very selfish thing for him to do. People who care about him are worried sick, like you and his parents. They don't care. I'm sure they still love him. No, they don't. He'll turn up. No. He won't. What do you think happened to him? This place. This place? What? It is him. It's just a building. It can't hurt you. We discussed this. The medication is just a crotch. You have to realize that these thoughts aren't real or the voices and are they seem real. You have to have the insight to see that they are not. They can't be. I'm tired. Can I have a glass of water? I'm reluctant to increase your medication. Your lucidity has decreased since last week. How have you been sleeping? I just lay there and forget I'm awake. I know it's difficult here but you should try to do some activity during the day. I'm active all day. Activity that isn't smoking? Yes, doctor. What about Boda? Have you had any contacts with Boda? Yes. The camera hasn't seen him. We can't see him. He lives in the shadow behind the mirror. Only I can. Why only you? He says I'm special. How so? He wants to be inside me. Do you even want to get out of here? Do you want to get better? More than anything. My sister said she'd take me out windsurfing out west or all you can see is the ocean. And there's so much salt in the air you can taste it. She promised to take me to windsurf when I get better and this time I'll stay better. I miss her. You don't have a sister. What? You're an only child. You don't have an older sister or brother who died when you were a child. Liar? Listen to me. Liar. Liar. Pumps on fire. Reality is here. It's right in front of you. You just have to reach out and grab it. We would like to go back to our room now. She is very tired. Who am I speaking to? No one. Boda? Yes. Listen to me, Boda. I need to ask a question. It's very important that I speak to her. She is afraid. There is no need for her to be afraid. Yes, there is. She needs to go to the bathroom. Answer my question. I warned you. At this point I saw that Alicia had soiled herself. I called for a female nurse to take her to the bathroom. I'm not too sure how it happened, but I failed to notice that she had slipped the empty glass of water into the pocket of her dressing gown and took it with her. She attacked the nurse, slashing her face. The poor woman needed 19 stitches. She locked herself into one of the stalls and opened her wrists and thighs. She had almost surgical accuracy, but fortunately for her, the nurse was able to raise the alarm and Alicia's life was spared that day. She was moved to St. Kevin's, a more secure hospital for the violently disturbed. Today after this incident I began drinking. I never let it affect my work until it did. My inner analyst told me I was drinking to wash away my guilt for failing my patient. But the unfortunate reality is that over the years I've had many patients whose treatment was unsuccessful. I drank to drown out the dreams. I've been sober for 361 days and every night I've dreamt of the same thing. Raven scored, it's been calling to me. And then this mysterious letter shows up. To end this story, and finally get answers, I'm going to return to where all this started. Back to the beginning. Raven's Court stars Mark Daughton and Irene Kelleher, produced and edited by Epic Productions, distributed by Cornucopia Radial. a.m. .
In the first half of my life I accumulated many things. An education, money, a career, a partner, a place to call home, but in the last half of my life most of these things have slipped away. I know that some losses will always happen, however there are still things I refuse to accept; such as lies and the destruction of innocence.
My colleagues say it’s unethical to share these sessions with you. But in my heart I know Alisha would want her story to be heard. She was so desperate for anyone to believe her. I didn’t at the time and now in a twist of fate, she’s the only person who can lend credence to this story...
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