Amelia’s POV
I felt pretty good after shutting Claire down, but the good feeling didn’t last for very long, especially when, after walking up the lab, I found it locked. Eve wasn’t standing in the hallway, and there was talking inside. She had to be in there.
Why was the door locked?
Immediately, it sent shivers down my spine, reminding me of when I’d been locked in the records room in the dark. Fortunately, this time, Cara was with me. With her there, no one was going to lock me anywhere again.
I knocked on the door.
After a moment, a nurse from inside opened it. She laughed. “Oh, how silly of me. I didn’t realized I hit the lock when I closed the door.”
Maybe I would have believed this. Accidents could happen after all, and she answered the door timely enough to have only wasted a
