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The asylum was not the place of healing Garcia had hoped it might be. Instead of feeling better, her condition seemed to worsen each day. She began to exhibit signs of severe mental instability. Her once bright eyes were now empty, and her conversations, when she spoke at all, were filled with incoherent ramblings. Her parents, Mr. Michael, and Eloise visited her regularly, their hearts shattering more with each time they visited.

On one particularly grim day, they found Garcia sitting in a corner of her room, rocking back and forth, mumbling to herself. The sight of their daughter, who once had so much life and potential, reduced to this state, was too much for them to bear. "Garcia, honey, it's Mom and Dad," Eloise said gently, kneeling beside her daughter. "Can you hear us?" Garcia looked up, her eyes were not truly focusing on her mother. "Mom... Dad..." she muttered, but there was no recognition in her voice, no connection to the reality around her. Mr. Michael couldn't hold bac
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