Таинственная история Билли Миллигана
Chapter 21
SomeofBilly’senemiesonthehospitalstaff,outragedthathewasmakingmoneybysellinghispaintings,leakedstoriestotheColumbusDispatch,theColumbusCitizen-JournalandtheDaytonDailyNewsaboutthelargesumsofmoneyhehadathisdisposal.Whenheusedsomeofthemoneyfromthesaleof"TheGraceofCathleen"tobuyacompactMazdatohelpcarryhispaintings,ithittheheadlines.
RepresentativesStinzianoandBalldemandedaninvestigativehearingattheAthenshospital.Mountingattacksandcriticismstirredupbyalmostdailyarticlesandfront-pageheadlinesforcedDr.CaulandSuperintendentSueFostertoaskMilligantogiveuphisfurloughsandhisprivilegeofleavingthegroundsunattendeduntilthefurordieddown.
Billywasunpreparedforthis.Hehadobeyedthehospitalrules,kepthiswordandbrokennolawssincehisillnesshadbeendiagnosedandtreated.Yetnowhisprivilegeshadbeentakenaway.
Saddened,theTeachergaveupandleftthespot.
WhenMikeRupecameondutyateleveno’clock,Milliganwassittinginabrownvinylchair,huddledandrubbinghishandsasiffrightened.Mikewonderedifheshouldapproachhim.HehadbeenwarnedofMilligan’sfearofmales,heknewaboutRagen,andhehadseenDr.Caul’strainingtapesaboutmultiplepersonalities.Uptonow,hehadjustlaidbackandletthepatientbe.UnlikealotofothersonthestaffwhothoughtMilliganwasfaking,MikeRupebelievedthediagnosis.
