Eva fought the impulse to retch. The hole was high enough for a man to walk through. A tall man. It was bricked and faded blue paint covered the sides. This had been in place for a very long time.
Trying to ignore the stench, Eva entered. Every fiber of her being screamed caution, but her natural curiosity won the battle. A hallway of not more than a dozen steps led to a room lit with candles at the end. Eva tried to picture where in the hospital this hidden passageway might show up, but there was nothing obvious. Gideon kept his office up here for good reason, it seemed.
The hallway opened into a large square room, thrown mostly into shadow in the early evening. A small window in the far corner provided what daylight was left, the rest coming from two half-burned church candles placed a
