Chapter 54

• Lucas toyed with the door handle and the lock. Confused, he looked at me and whispered, “I really don’t know how to open this. Help?”
• Oh God, oh God, this was getting worse by the minute. I rushed over to the door and stared at the handle. Lucas pulled on it and poked something. The door handle had a switch and a button, but neither of them looked ready to do anything but stay in place.
• “Is everything alright?” our doctor asked from far away down the hall.