Dissociative Identity Disorder

The news of Dr Miller's supposed affair had Been drag to oblivion. It was all Samantha could hear when Lisa watched TV.

" Shut that thing up, Lisa."

" This is good gossip, more so because I personally know who it's about, our crazy doctor and my own Samantha."

" Lisa please not today."

" I didn't tell this madam to go open her legs to a married man."

" I didn't even know he was married." Samantha said throwing herself on the couch.

" That couch didn't do anything to you my child. It was always home, where you should have been."

" I know I do go out often but the paparazzi outside make me feel like, I should be outside but I can because of them."

" They have drained poor Marcus." Lisa said laughing.

" Dr Lean Miller is apparently going to hold a press conference. What do you suppose, he is going to tell us?"

" Do I look like I know​ Lisa?"

That morning Mr and Mrs Miller went to visit Samantha.

All the reports​ had left Samantha's house on finding out that Lean Miller was going to hold a press conference.

" You are welcome Mr and Mrs Miller." Lisa had seen them come​ when Mr and Mrs Wilson were still alive.

" We will get straight to the point."

" Miss Samantha, It is my belief that you have heard the gossip."

Samantha fake cleared her throat.

" Yeah, yes I have."

" We seem to have found a temporary solution but we need your cooperation."

" You can get to the point now, Mr Miller."

" Ofcourse...We would like you to pretend to be married​ to my son."

" Why do you think am going to agree to that and why should I?"

" My son is the face of St Clara hospital, people go there because of his all successful​ operations as a neurosurgeon. My son is not entirely ok, if that gets out, the hospital is ruined, your shares too."

" Isn't your son married though? you are one confused family." Lisa said with a chuckle.

" No, he is not..." Clara Miller answered her.

" You see" she continued " my son has what we call Dissociative Identity Disorder. A trauma based mental illness. He has more than two different and distinct personality. Am sure you have met two of those personalities.

Samantha's heart froze.

" I've met three actually."she said with the heaviness of heart. She had called the man crazy so many times and he looked offended when she did.

" Sometimes he is aware of the other personalities states and memories of the times an alters is dominant dominant. Stress or a reminder of the trauma can trigger a switch of alters.

" The wife that he thinks he has is his sister, Stacey."

" Oh, he thinks, his sister is his wife? unlucky sister." Lisa whispered.

"Shhhhhhh" Samantha told Lisa.

"He has told everyone he married her at 23, but that's not true. We couldn't tell him it wasn't because of something that happened to him when he came back to us." Lean Miller continued.

" But how are you planning to do that? Am not saying that I have agreed but everyone, knows and I have heard that his wife's name is Heather Miller, Am Samantha Wilson."

" Isn't Heather your middle name?"

"Ah yeah, I had stopped acknowledging it when I was 15. Apparently when I was adopted, my parents named me Samantha but my brother told them I looked like a Heather and not a Samantha so my parents decided to give me Heather also.

" Everything is in our favour, please help us miss Wilson."

" Ok, am only doing it for my parents' shares in the hospital and this agreement has a limited time of one year, after that crazy or dying, it's non of my business and he can stay in his house and I'll stay in mine." If you agree to that then am in, I don't do much at home anyway, so playing wife once in a while will be interesting."

" Are you sure Sam?"Lisa asked worriedly.

" I'll be fine Lisa."

" Thank you, we will call you for more details, I'll announce your 'marriage at the press conference today."Mr Miller said standing up.

Mr Miller was a bit disappointed, he had hoped, Samantha could stay with his son, create some sort of bond, and then, it would be easy for her to let go of some shares. People who are in love don't think straight. Take his wife, for example, if not for he meddling parents, she would have given​ him all her shares but instead she gave him only twenty percent.

On their way out, Mr Miller saw a reddish- purple discolouration on her arm.

" Are you ok?"

" Oh this, yeah..."

" She has a lot of these, she bruises easily." Lisa told the doctor.

" Have those checked out at the hospital." He said before leaving.