“That startle reflex is completely natural, Agnes.”

“Twice this morning he asked me whether I was going to lock the front porch.”

Dr.

Reed got up and came over to my chair.

She laid a gentle hand on my shoulder before giving me the hard news.

“The trauma response is going to stay with him for a while,” she said.

“The dark and the rain are triggers now.

He links closed doors with being trapped and ignored.”