After this incident, I felt my spiritual sensitivity had significantly weakened. My whole body felt frail and weak, and all I wanted to do every day was lie on the ground and sleep.

As usual, Frank Thornton locked himself in his room and started drinking heavily. The room reeked of alcohol, which I found quite unpleasant. During this time, Rita Hart came to see him several times, but he turned her away each time.

"Frank Thornton, do you know why Sandra Thornton left you?" she asked. "Because you don’t understand what love is."

This statement seemed to hit Frank Thornton’s sore spot. He smashed the bottle against the door, scaring...