CHAPTER TWELVE
MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2027 11:30am
(03:03:57:19)
The building wore the boxy, nondescript exterior so common to its era. Brick blanched an ugly yellow, windows masked with wrought iron bars, all the clichés Hannah had experienced in countless movie scenes of asylums and mental hospitals. Dense trees surrounded the grounds protecting verdant lawns, decorative benches, and faded stone walkways from the harsh world beyond the outer fences. None of it hid the reason for the facility. None of it covered the purpose of this place.
Hannah walked up to the main doors while an ominous discomfort grew in her belly. Thoughts of the kid distracted her. What had happened to him? Why had he ended up here? Inside she found an empty waiting room. A reception window stood across the lobby, h
