Chapter Twenty-Five
Alex and Marie stopped walking as the passageway plunged into total darkness.
Marie started counting aloud, “1 … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5 ... 6.” As she said six, the dim emergency lighting came on and provided ample illumination to continue. “They always come on at 6,” she said with a wry smile.
The pair continued forward.
“Maybe, but it’s happening more and more frequently,” Alex stated with a frown. “There’s been no improvement, and it’s been almost a month now.”
As they approached their destination, Training Room 2, they noticed a crowd gathering. When they got closer, they could see the doors were shut, and there was another group already in the room. Within a few minutes, the doors opened, and a large group of somber-looking people exited. The Wilsons had gotten to know
