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Dianne sat at her desk in the infirmary finishing up some tedious paperwork before joining Jeff and her 3 children for a relaxing afternoon.

She stopped writing as her mind thought back to a conversation that she, Scott and Virgil had had concerning Elise. Dianne's suspicions about Elise having Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome had been confirmed by what Virgil had told her.

"......She's totally convinced she flew into a mountain in the simulator, and like I told Scott, there was no mountain, just flat land. Add that to the state I found her in, I'd say it was definitely PTSD."

"So where do we go from here?" Scott asked. "We know she's got the skills, and I practically talked Dad into taking her on..."

"Scott, you're not the only one who's concerned, but right now, we need to get her through this," replied Dianne.

"How?" asked Virgil.

"Well, it could be extensive, depending on how severe it may be. It may involve a drug regime, behavior therapy and possibly psychotherapy."

Both boys exchanged worried glances.

"What?" Dianne asked. "Is there more? Because Ah will need to know everything." She added, with emphasis, "And Ah do mean all of it."

Virgil told Dianne as much as he remembered from the night he'd comforted Elise after her nightmare; and went on to mention Elise was confused about the crash, and kept saying something about water and helping someone. It was at that point that Scott remembered something he'd read in her Air Force records about her parents dying in a boating accident when she was about 9.What he had not learned is that Elise was there.

"Was she with her parents when this happened?" inquired Dianne.

Scott thought for a moment and then, as if a light had gone on in his head, he realized she must have been.

Virgil, ever astute, read the look that came across his brother's face. "Oh God, Scott. She lost both of her parents at the same age you were when we lost Mom," muttered Virgil.

Scott said nothing. He remembered only too well the grief and pain that he as a 9 year old had gone through.

"Boys, if this is what happened, that girl has possibly been carrying survivor's guilt all these years. This crash may have caused it to resurface."

Dianne snapped back to the present and stood up, It's time Elise and I talked. She straightened up her desk, and left, heading towards the apartment complex. On the way she called Jeff and promised she'd be there but might be a little late.

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