No one else came in when I was there. The nurses always left me alone with Emily. But the one outside smiled at me when I left the room again, after my hour was done.
“I’m still praying for her,” she said.
“Maybe somebody will finally listen,” I said.
I went back out to the car and continued on to Our Lady of Infinite Sorrow church. It was around eight o’clock when I arrived. I parked a few blocks away, in front of a gated playground with a forgotten stroller inside. The church was dark and closed for the night, even in these troubled times. But I knew from the file this was where I needed to be. I checked the mirrors for the lions every now and then, but I didn’t see any signs of them. I didn’t see any signs of Thane either. But I knew he’d be here. He hadn’t set me up back in the cond
