The various doctors coming and going from the Shaw Family did indeed increase in number.
Philip Shaw couldn't bear to let Ellen Candi go to the hospital for treatment, and all along, he had been having doctors come to see her.
Her condition was very unstable, perhaps stimulated by being around Eric Candi. Psychological treatment was not going smoothly, and she sat downstairs, sometimes able to hear Ellen Candi's screams from the room upstairs.
Those screams were hoarse and desperate, like the cries of a dying person. Listening to Ellen Candi's screams, Aldana Candi felt spasms over and over in her heart. She always thought of Ellen's three years on that island, how such a strong Ellen was driven mad alive. What a terrifying three years those must have been.
She hugged her knees, buried her face between her legs, and covered her ears with her hands, trying to block out that wailing sound that spasmed her heart.
