Chapter 63

The girls chatted until the early hours. Alice became more and more relaxed. She hadn’t communicated with anyone else in weeks. Her old self started to come back. Next to Amy’s strong determination she felt safe. She told Amy everything.

“I’m supposed to be under armed guard. I hope you don’t get in trouble.”

“Well, they haven’t done a very good job, have they? How did you escape?”

“I don’t know. I guess my Guardian Angel helped me,” she admitted nervously. “Someone left the security door ajar, so I slipped through. No one saw. I just needed to get away. You don’t know who you can trust. Dio was a Doctor, you know. He had a hospital surgery room in his apartment. I never want to see a hospital room again as long as I live. He made me watch a few of his procedures. He was sick. Having those doctors and nurses around me made me want to retch.”

“I’ve a pen pal friend who can find out stuff for us if we want, like where or who James is.”