The Psychology of Love

Chapter 55 Tides

Still YU's outgoing words cause a tense amazement in those around him.

The clarity of his sentences opens closed doors.

And the depth of his semantics loosens the knots of the oppressive places of the unconscious.

"Sam's condition will not break me. Nothing about Sam could break me.

I have starved him.

I have condemned him to silence.

I left him alone.

And he put up with that so I could finally find myself.

And now I can finally see him again.

And show him my free love.

And lead him out of silence again.

And I will never let him go away again.

Manfred, thank you so much for helping us.

Without you, Sam wouldn't have had the strength to let me fall.

Without you, I wouldn't have had the courage to move.

Please, don't worry. I'll take care of Sam. He'll get better.

It's finally time.

Please, take me to him.", YU's soothing sound resounds in the car.

Laying on top of the old friends, they both exhale deeply.

They turn into the parking port at the wild dunes and rush to the house.

It's 5:32 and Dieckmann opens the front door.

With quiet steps they walk up the stairs to the attic.

Manfred sees the open door of Sam's room and is surprised.

He rushes in and is shocked to find no Sam in bed.

He was asleep when he left for the airport.

A biting fear grabs Dieckmann by the back of the neck. He leaves Sam's room and gestures to YU and Österreich to wait here.

A soft knock and directly opening the door leads Manfred to his sister's bedroom.

"Jenny, Jenny, wake up!" he whispers in Jenny's ear, "Where's Sam? He's not in bed. Where is he? Did you hear something?"

Jenny opens her eyes and looks into her brother's worried eyes.

"What time is it?" she asks.

"Jenny, tell me if you know what's wrong with Sam," Manfred answers impatiently, glad that his brother-in-law could sleep soundly even at a construction site.

"Manfred, tell me what time it is," Jenny demands.

"It's just after half past five," Dieckmann looks at his watch.

"Then Sam is in the beach chair by the dunes.

The tide is coming in, Manfred.

At 5:40, we have high tide.

His internal clock is based on the tides.

He always sits in the beach chair and stares at the water bending to the forces of the tides," Jenny replies, "Want me to take you there?"

Manfred smiles at his enchanting little sister and lovingly tucks her in.

"Go back to sleep. We'll figure out the rest.", he whispers and gives Jenny a kiss on the forehead.