They had walked past some patient before the corner of his eyes caught a figure of a scraggly bearded man who’s leaning on one sculpture and fiddling with a shiny thing in his hand. Robert Michael Phoenix, juggling his painting palette. Trey managed to throw a smile at him. But that’s before he saw more clearly the contour of the sparkling thing which reflected the sunlight in his hand, “He’s fiddling a knife,” corrected Trey. The staff must have thought he was playing with a painting palette instead of a knife. Good play, Robert, thought Trey, who’s suddenly anxious when Robert Phoenix followed his every move like an eagle prowling his prey. Robert juggled with the sharp pointy thing like a professional clown and Trey was now full of anticipation the knife might be thrown at him at any moment. Her Mom’s young secretary who Trey assumed had never dealt with anything she saw right now looked …show more content…
“Because they're lost and wandering through a long hollow journey they alone could understand, doesn't mean they’re dangerous.” But probably she shouldn't say it as second later, Robert, the tall and well-built man with a tousled beard, shrieked and cursed toward Trey. “You're the monster!! I know it’s you!” He walked across the garden, pushed the staff who tried to block him, and then dashed toward Trey and two women who shuddered at the sight of him approaching. Instinctively, Trey moved in front of his mother and the assistant, using his body as a shield for the two women behind him. Second later, Robert bumped his body on Trey’s body, pushing his weight on his chest until his body lost balance and hit the ground with a loud bang. Trey instantly caught Robert’s wrist when the man’s body still plummeting him. He heard his Mom screamed in horror, but soon her shaky voice was fading, drawn into the chaos when all patients huddled around, stomping their feet on the