Psychological Control

"Dexter. Or rather, Dexter Moss. That's your real name."

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In fact, before today, before everything was revealed by the other party, Dexter was already suspicious of Brian's intentions.But he never expected that the Karl Black whom he cared about but fell in love with, turned out to be his own brother.

"How much do you remember from the past?" This is actually not the first time Dexter has been asked.The first person to ask Dexter this question was his adoptive father, Harry Morgan, who died not long ago.

Dexter still clearly remembers when he was asked this question by Harry, and the scene at that time was very similar to when he was asked this question by Cal Black, or Brian Moss.It was all on that yacht, because that was the only place where Harry and he could talk to each other.

Dexter knew from an early age that he was actually adopted by Harry Morgan.The first time I discovered it was because I tortured and killed the vicious dog in the neighbor's house, which kept arguing until the adoptive mother rested. After being discovered, it caused a quarrel at home.Dexter overheard his adoptive mother questioning Harry about his real life experience.

It was only after that that he realized that his ignorant but cruel methods were actually abnormal.It's just that after Harry found out before, he carefully helped him cover up the traces afterwards.Only he and Harry knew that there were more than one dead dog buried under the big tree in the yard.

Ever since he could remember, he had been having a nightmare. In his blurred and shaking vision, there was blood.In the dream, he was still very small, and a woman whose face could not be seen clearly was reaching out to him, crying.But there were three terrifying strong men holding her down, followed by splashing blood, his vision was dark in the dream, only vague and noisy voices remained.

And this dream full of blood and violence became the enlightenment of his killing intent.Because of his curiosity about the blood color, he dissected an old cat that died of illness on the street for the first time.The blood flowing out of the old cat's corpse seemed to bring him closer to that plausible dream.

Because of this subconscious pursuit, he gradually developed an even more uncontrollable desire to kill.When the blood came out from his hands, it seemed that he was no longer the weak and deceitful child in the dream, he controlled the life and death of others.The thought calmed his tense emotions.

Maybe Harry knew it, so he didn't severely punish Dexter for his behavior.Because he knew that no matter what he did, it was useless.There's nothing he can do to change Dexter's mind, any more than he can stop Dexter's lust for blood.

Hidden from their adoptive mother and younger sister Debra, the heart-to-heart talks and teachings while fishing have become a secret between Dexter and Harry Morgan.

After Harry's death, Dexter meets Karl Black, who came with a purpose.Out of an unknown impulse, he invited the other party to restart the leisure habit of spending time with his adoptive father.Who knew that this random stranger would surprise him even more.

Dexter was originally a very patient person, although when facing Brian, that kind of lingering patience will disappear inexplicably in the later stage, making him look frizzy irritable.But Dexter had been very patient before, waiting to give Brian a chance to get closer to him.

When the two went fishing together, Karl Black spoke out his inner fears and desires indifferently.Afterwards, he didn't care about it, and invited him to go to the house with him through casually revealing his idea of ​​moving out of the house.Dexter waited patiently, but unexpectedly, a subversive "surprise" came.

In the old house at No. 103 Bogle Street, he finally recalled the memories that had settled in the deepest part of his memory when he was a child because of Brian's various designs.It turns out that this is his background. He also has an older brother?

But knowing all this made Dexter even more puzzled.If he had an older brother named Brian Moss, and an older brother who was so similar to him even in his heart.Then why did it take so many years to find the other party only now?

Maybe it was because he knew Dexter's doubts at that time, although he was close to Dexter's goal, it was already clear at a glance.But Brian didn't immediately force Dexter to answer what he asked on the boat.Instead, they re-arranged a meeting time and left.

The original words are like this: "Although you already know the purpose of my approaching you, I think you must have more doubts. Then I will leave you time, and you can check for yourself what happened that year. Things. How much your adoptive father Harry Morgan has hidden from you, as long as you follow a date, everything will be clear..."

"July 1994rd, 7. I'll give you another week, and next time we'll meet you at that closed port to the west that I told you about. Maybe then, you'll know why I chose to be there We met."

After speaking, Brian Moss turned and left.

On the second day after Dexter left, the first thing he did was not to investigate the cause of the nightmare that had plagued him for more than ten years based on the time given by the other party.Instead, he sneaked into the police system through the convenient door left by Harry, and began to inquire about information related to Brian Moss.

However, nothing.The files recorded in the police station generally only record the information of those who have committed crimes.But the records of Bryan Moss were completely clean, and there was nothing.After that, Dexter inquired about the case that had been handled in the police station on July 1994, 7, more than ten years ago.

Because even after growing up, that kind of nightmare is no longer the same as when he was a child, which often tortured his nerves in dreams.But according to the only thing he remembered, the shaky vision and bloody eyes in the dream.At least it would be a gruesome murder.

However, again nothing.Dexter searched all the cases from this time to the next month, and even the year changed up and down, but there was still nothing.No woman named Moss was killed, and no children were ever found at the scene of the murder.Everything seemed to have been wiped clean on purpose.

Dexter, who stayed up late until his eyes were bloodshot, suddenly remembered the pointed words in Brian's mouth.How much is Harry Morgan hiding from you?More than ten years ago, it was when Harry was the man of the year at the Miami Police Department's Criminal Investigation Headquarters.If Bryan hadn't given him the wrong time, was the information about the case deliberately deleted by him?

Why do you do that?Bryan Moss's name was on Dexter's mind as he went to school all night without sleep.Feeling like it was going to explode, Dexter also thought about saying Brian Moss's name.

"You like Brian too?!" The girl sitting next to him in his study group suddenly said to him in surprise.

"What?" Dexter, who was sleepy but unable to sleep, glared at the girl with his bloodshot eyes. "Do you know Brian Moss?" The other party was obviously frightened by him, and it took a while to recover, quite unhappy.

"I want to know Brian Moss," the girl rolled her eyes angrily, and then said, "but I know him, he doesn't know me. To be honest, you won't be the kind...you know...then Some sort of stalker fan, huh?"

"By the way, who is Brian Moss?" At this moment, another boy came over and interjected.Then the sentence he asked was despised by the girl.

"America's Next Top Model, the little fresh meat who retired with regret, the Bryan Moss who shined in the current broadcast of Survivor! You can find a lot of news about him by Google, even Wikipedia is out, okay? Look it up yourself." The girl had a look of disbelief, and you didn't know his expression.

"Speaking of which, Dexter has the same red hair as Brian...It's a pity that you are not as tall or as handsome as others! Hahahaha!" After reading the encyclopedia, the boy couldn't help but say that Dexter went into the water, Because I don't want to be ridiculed alone.

Dexter was still forced to suppress his excitement, wanting to check this Brian Moss in everyone's mouth immediately.But when he heard the boy mention that the other party was a redhead, he paused again.Because the Brian Moss he knew should have black hair.

After class, Dexter walked out of the classroom with his head buried in his book, and he lost the previous experience of laughing and pretending with the students around him.As he was walking, he suddenly started running.

Because he finally knew that there was something wrong when he saw Brian Moss!If I think about it seriously, in those memories that have become clear and three-dimensional again, my brother Brian Moss is actually red-haired!

Maybe it was to keep the fake identity of Calblack from being suspected, so the other party made that kind of dress?Or maybe it was to not attract the attention of others and disturb his previous plan.And the more likely reason is that Harry concealed the truth of what happened back then. Brian didn't want to be driven away by Harry's former colleagues who knew about him before he reminded himself...

No wonder my aunt, who was a police filer, suddenly cared so much about herself after Harry's death.Is it to prevent him from getting close to him?Dexter couldn't help but conspiratorially think.

He rushed to the school's library computer room and directly Googled the name Brian Moss.The man in the picture, if you cover your eyes and only look at his nose and lower lip, isn't it Brian Moss, whose alias is Carl Black.Is my own brother the man who is like a lover of the masses?

The night he found out who Brian Moss really was, Dexter finally fell asleep watching a video clip of Brian on America's Next Top Model after two full days of painful sobriety.

The video is a compilation of footage edited by a male fan named Tom, with only Brian appearing.At the very beginning of this collection, Bryan revealed his life experience.He has been imprisoned in a mental sanatorium for more than ten years, is that why he has been unable to come out to find himself for such a long time?

Brian wanted to find his brother, and now he has found him.So what was the thing that separated them back then, and the truth of that nightmare?Holding the last question, Dexter fell into a deep sleep.