Re: [Poltergeist - The Legacy] Derek, Alex, Philip, Alyssa

[Kim Rickmon]

> Derek nodded absently at her comment, only to sigh and rub his face before
> asking "How can a mother do this to a child? My mother.... she never did
> this to me, ever."
>
> And why wasn't he told he had a daughter? All this time, and living as she
> had to - in pain and ignorance.
>
> No matter what or when or how they found Alyssa's mother, one thing was
> certain: Derek was angry by what she had done and not done.  And the woman
> would have another thing coming if she thought to keep him out of Alyssa's
> life or to continue this nonsense about keeping Alyssa in pain and drugged
> up just because she didn't want to acknowledge the Gift.
>
"I don't know," Alex said.  She couldn't think of any reason why.  "Unless
she thinks Alyssa is mentally ill, but...."  even then why would she be on
Valium?  Shouldn't she have been on sometime for halucinations?  She sighed,
"I guess some people have different ways of dealing with things.
"But...Derek, if this can't be worked out with her, I'm not sure Alyssa
should be allowed to live with her again."  This was thinking way ahead, but
it was necessary.

Alex