Is this destiny?

After watching videos of Marcus and Lukas during their manic episodes, Oscar could not see anything wrong with it (other than the peculiar behavior by Marcus and Oscar).

One video showed Marcus sitting on the bed and then suddenly snapping to the side and screaming at their grandfather how he is not useless while throwing things in one corner. Video clearly shows that Marcus is the only person in the room. 

The second video is Marcus staring into the television and then his sight moved to the side and he started talking to their father. Again, no one else is in the room.

They watched a video showing Lukas: suddenly he would shrink into a corner and cover himself with a bedsheet while saying weakly: "Take whatever you want and leave, just don't kill me…"

After they went through a number of videos, Oscar pursed his lips while thinking about what he saw. Oscar could not find anything suspicious in the videos, but he believes that they are somehow Jeff's doing. Oscar is curious if this doctor is in this deal (whatever the deal is) or is he being fooled as well. It's not that Oscar wants to get Marcus out, but he wants to know the truth. And since Jeff refuses to provide details, Oscar is forced to do his own investigation.

"Don't you find it strange that both father and son started suffering from similar symptoms at the same time?", Oscar asked Dr. Siltanen.

"It is not uncommon that family members suffer similar mental damage under stress. Your niece, Miss Samara, explained that Lukas is the one who started seeing Gods and developed fear of open windows, and days later Marcus snapped under pressure. There is a possibility that in his mind he remembered Lukas' symptoms and they were manifested with a difference that Lukas fears punishment from Gods while Marcus from family members… I don't know if you are aware, but Marcus abused his assistant. Her physical injuries are almost healed, but I am not optimistic about her mind. She is not responding to treatments and even after all this time, she is practically non-responsive."

"Jasmine?", Elanor asked. "Can I see her?"

Originally, they agreed that Elanor will see Lukas and Oscar will visit Marcus. But after hearing about Jasmine's condition, Elanor decided to go and see Jasmine instead of Lukas.

Oscar wanted to visit Marcus and see the state of his older brother with his own eyes. Part of Oscar felt guilty for everything that happened and part of him needed closure.

…

"Hi Marcus…", Oscar greeted when he got inside the room.

Marcus didn't show any sign that he noticed Oscar's presence.

Oscar glanced at the television mounted high on the wall and saw that it's on the business channel, showing information related to the White corp. There was no volume, but the subtitles were on.

"Come join me…", Marcus patted a spot on the bed next to him. "This is the best part."

Oscar reluctantly took a seat and glanced at the TV.

"Here… look at your boy, aren't you proud?", Marcus asked.

Oscar observed that TV showed Jeff shaking hands and read in the subtitles that this is Jeff acquiring a company and how people are optimistic about this move.

"You knew that this will be on next?", Oscar asked Marcus when he realized that Marcus announced 'the best part' before the segment about the acquisition was aired.

"Of course, it's on repeat. Next will be Jeff attending the funeral for that Fredrickson boy. Pity… the boy agreed to work with me against Jeff, but we didn't get a chance to make a move. Your boy works fast. Much faster than you..."

Oscar didn't understand. "What do you mean?"

"I was stupid to think that I can take him down because he is inexperienced. My chances of getting what belongs to me would be higher if I attacked while you were at the top."

Oscar was confused. It's not that he was on good terms with Marcus, but Marcus never spoke this openly about wanting to take over the position of the Master. And why is he acting so familiar with him?

"Aren't you surprised to see me here?", Oscar asked.

Marcus snorted. "Why would I be surprised? You come to visit me almost every day. You were not here yesterday, were you busy?" Marcus sighed. "I guess you are busy. You have a whole empire to run and me… I can stay here and watch the news. Father says that it's better if I stay away because I am useless."

Marcus' gaze moved to the television and he didn't speak more.

Oscar sat in the room for another few minutes before standing up and walking away.

Oscar and Elanor met in the hallway. Dr. Siltanen was there as well.

"Do you want to see your nephew?", Dr. Siltanen asked.

"No, thanks.", Oscar responded. He was never close to Lukas. The boy was full of himself and a troublemaker and his reputation of a lecher was well known.

Elanor remembered Dr. Siltanen's comment about Samara, and she wanted to know more: "You said that Samara told you about their condition before you admitted them here?"

"Yes.", Dr. Siltanen smiled. "Miss Samara is very helpful. She told us about their routine and if not for her, we would not know about Marcus' assistant. She is the one who called your son, Jeff for help when she noticed her father's abnormal behavior…"

…

Elanor and Oscar were back in the car which moved away from the mental institution owned by Dr. Siltanen.

"I saw Jasmine. She is messed up.", Elanor said after some time. "Dr. Siltanen showed me photos when they found her, and… Marcus was ruthless. I remember that she had a fierce gaze, ready to bite, but now her eyes are empty. There is no will to live. Considering that Jasmine was Marcus' right hand and she ended up in such a sorry state, I can't imagine how he would punish his enemies."

"The reports said that he suspected her of working against him.", Oscar remembered.

Elanor confirmed. "True. But there are different types of torture and punishments. Here, it's like he would bring her to the brink of death and then allow her to heal so that the next day he can do it again."

Oscar was not sure how to respond to this. "I saw Marcus he is… strange."

Elanor could see that Oscar is troubled. "What do you want to do?"

"I want to talk go Jeff. Let's go to Los Angeles…" Oscar knows that Jeff did something, but he needs to know what. "If my inaction caused Jeff to be ruthless, I will not forgive myself."

Elanor sighed and leaned on Oscar. "You need to stop blaming yourself for things that happened. You can't fix them."

"What do you suggest?"

"Reflect on things and don't repeat mistakes. What happened can't be erased, but there is a chance that the outcome can be fixed, at least partially.", Elanor advised Oscar.

"Do you think that Samara is part of this?", Oscar asked.

"Definitely.", Elanor voiced her thoughts.

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