Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           There’snowayyoucouldhavetheanswers,becauseIjustranthetestoffonthemimeographthismorningandtheonlyanswersareinmypurse."

           "DidIpass?"Billyasked.

           Shegavehimbackhispaperreluctantly."Yougotaperfectscore."

           Billy’steacherscalledhimtruant,troublemaker,liar.Fromfourthtoeighthgrade,hewasinandoutofofficesofadvisers,theprincipal,theschoolpsychologist.Growingupwasaconstantbattleofmakingupstories,bendingthetruth,manipulatingexplanationstoavoidadmittingthatmostofthetimehedidn’tknowwhathadhappenedtohimdays,hours,evenjustminutesago.Everyonenoticedhistrances.Everyonesaidhewasstrange.

           Whenhecametounderstandthathewasdifferentfromotherpeople,thatnoteveryonelosttime,thateveryonearoundhimagreedhehaddoneandsaidthingshe,andhealone,couldn’trecall,heassumedhewasinsane.Hehidit.

           Somehowhekeptthesecret.

           Itwasinthespringof1969,theTeacherrecalled,whenBillywasfourteenandineighthgrade,thatChalmertookhimtothefarm,outbeyondthecornfield,handedhimashovelandtoldhimtostartdigging...

           Dr.StellaKarolinwaslatertodescribethisallegedeventinherstatementreadintothecourtrecord:"(Hisstepfather)abusedBillysexuallyandthreatenedtoburyhimaliveifhetoldhismother.Heevenburiedthechild,leavingapipeoverhisfaceforair...