Crip wakes up to the smell of food. It smells so delicious.
He sits up in the bed, seeing his clothes clean and neatly folded on the dresser. He stands to his feet and pulls the clean clothes on, rubbing his nose a bit as he does so. Yesterday really hurt..

As he finds his way into the kitchen, he spots doctor Helk finishing up the cooking at the stovetop.

Helk: "Ah, good morning Everett. Hungry?"
Crip nods politely and sits at the table, where Helk brings him a plate of food. A lot of food!

Crip smiles happily. It'd been a while since he had a meal like this.

Helk: "I'd like you to tell me about everything Everett...as my patient, I cannot help you if I don't know exactly what it is you've went through."

Crip swallows a mouthful of fried egg, and suddenly gets very serious.

Crip: "Everything? From the beginning?"

Helk nods.
Helk: "I won't disclose anything you tell me, you have my word as your doctor."

Crip: "Okay..." Crip continues eating, and Helk waits patiently. Once he's done he goes into the living room, finding a place on the sofa to sit on.

Crip: "Alright. Where do I start?"

Helk: "How were your parents? Did they treat you well as a child?"

Crip swallows a bit hard.

Crip: "My uh...mother was a prostitute.."
Helk nods, narrowing his eyes a bit. That already explains a lot.

Crip: "My father begged her to not get an abortion, and paid her money to keep me alive. When I was born she wouldn't give me up, so my father had to continue paying her, while hiring a lawyer to get guardianship of me. Once my mother found out, she was so angry. I remember her saying something like, "what am I gonna do now?" I was so young...I didn't really understand."

Helk: "So you did get to live with your father? Did he treat you well?"

Crip: "Dad was great. He treated me a lot different from my mother. Dad would try and teach me things. Tried to take me out and have fun. He was a mechanic. A lot of my family members on his side were mechanics, so he wanted to teach me everything about cars."
Helk smiles a bit.

Crip: "But one day..he was under the truck working on it. I had gotten into the front seat, and I dunno. I guess I watched him so many times...I somehow put it into neutral. The truck crushed him, and I didn't know what to do. I tried to pull him out but he screamed louder, and he was saying something about a phone, so I went to get it. By the time I ran back he could barely talk. Blood started coming from his mouth as he spoke on the phone and the next thing I knew, he dropped, completely still, staring right at me."

Helks eyes are very wide now.

Crip: "So after that...I had to go back to my mother, but now my father wasn't alive to pay her anymore, so she wanted me to work. At first she tried to get people to let me clean their house, but nobody wanted a little kid cleaning up their house. So one night she comes into my room, and she says "now Everett, a nice man is gonna come in here, and he's gonna give mommy some money if you make him happy. I need you to behave for mommy."

Helks jaw gaped a bit.

Crip: "She leaves. I was so confused...then this old man comes in. He looked drunk..and as he got onto my bed, he smelled so bad. He started touching me, getting something from his pocket. I said no, and he just laughed. Said shut up boy. The next thing I knew, he was taking my pajama pants off, sticking something inside of me. I screamed, and he covered my mouth, holding me down with one hand, fingering me with the other. I fought but it didn't do any good. In the end, he raped me, and it hurt so bad."

There's silence.

Crip: "There was so much blood. After he was done, my mom met him in the doorway, and he gave her a lot of money. She just looked in my room and smiled at me. She said, "good job" and threw me a wet towel. After that night, men would come over sometimes. Some had drugs, others just held me down, but it was always the same. Finally, the neighbors called child protective services for 'beating her child too hard.' It was only after the hospital examined me that they found out I was being raped and not beaten. I was taken away from my mother after that. I don't know if she went to jail or got fined or what. I ended up in an orphanage, where I could at least go to school. I was bullied a lot, and dropped out as soon as I could. That's when I met Reuben. Reuben was apart of this gang, but he never spoke much about it. Then one day he asked me if I hated this world. I said yes. He asked if I was tired of being treated like dirt and living in the orphanage. I said yes. So I joined his gang, finding out Reuben went by Red. The leader of the gang. I met other members, including O'Riley. Stayed apart of that gang for years, letting the entire gang do they wanted with me just so I wouldn't get beaten every single day. O'Riley was the only one that treated me gently, and would respect me if I didn't want something a certain way. So I started going to him more. Red didn't like that..so he told me to never do it with anyone again, just him. I told him he was insane. That's when he ordered the gang bang. He beat me with a pipe afterwards, crippling my ankle. O'Riley came back to save me, and so I owe him my life."

Helk is still quiet, just staring.

Crip: "Anything else you need to know?"

Helk: "N-no. That's enough for today...thank you Everett. I know that must've been hard for you to talk about."

Crip shrugs.
Crip: "It's life. Now..I should really be going. O'Riley will be looking for me soon."

Helk stands up, following Crip to the door.
Helk: "Let me drive you to town..please."
Crip smiles a bit. The doctor was treating him like an injured puppy.

Crip: "Thanks Doctor Helk."