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Andrew woke as light flooded in from the door. It set off flares of pain in his skull, and it took a moment to remember where he was. Memories from the night before scattered in his mind.
He was in the quiet room and remembered the dark and shadows. Then a bright light and then . . . he had seen her. She was beautiful. She had seemed perfect, just right, but then she was gone, taken by . . . something? He could not remember what.
“Hey, time’s up. You can come out now.” The man who spoke must have been one of the orderlies from downstairs. Andrew had never seen him before. He looked surprised. “You okay?” He did not sound concerned, only surprised that Andrew was climbing to his feet. What had he expected?
“Yeah, I’m fine.” But he felt anything but fine. After Lori had
