Chapter 59Abi dabbed at her eyes. Finally, they were shown into a small room and the sight made her nearly collapse. About a dozen people waited beside windows exposing the interior of the lethal injection chamber. Three women wore business suits and the rest were men. Some stood, some sat. All talked low. Stan Yates was not among them. Several members of the media stood along the back wall already drawing on their sketchpads since electronics of any kind were f*******n.
All the murmuring ceased as Abi and Joe took the two seats in front pointed out by the guard. Abi sat on the edge of her chair, whimpered, and clung to the railing in front of the seats, unable to take her eyes off the gruesome chamber interior.
A narrow black vinyl-covered mattress lay atop a sterile looking hospital ty
