Chapter 14: Exposure“AND SO THEN THE psychiatrist says, ‘What, you eat coffee cups for breakfast and only leave the handles? You must be crazy, because the handle is the tastiest part!’”
Gail laughed at Dr. Lutkin’s joke as they walked back to the school. She thought their interview had gone well. She had enjoyed the pizza and their conversation. It had been worth venturing back out into the cold. Dr. Lutkin seemed like someone she would like to work for. Then Gail noticed something that looked odd.
“Hey, what’s that over by the bushes?”
They stepped off the walkway and walked across the frosty lawn. There was someone crouching in the soft blue shadows of the snow. It was a girl, and she was shivering. The same girl Gail had seen when she came in for her first interview.
“Oh my God!” c
