Home Entertainment Game Technology Advertisement Part 2: For eight years, my parents made me leave the house every time my brother brought his fiance over; Mom said, “She comes from a good family, don’t embarrass us”; Dad added, “Just disappear for the weekend”; I did; then one weekend, I never came back; it took them four years to find out where I went.

The camera showed him placing it inside his coat.

I began shaking so badly Avery had to hold me.

The footage continued.

Dr. Byrne called for assistance.

Nurses rushed into the hallway.

Nina was lifted onto a stretcher.

And my father took me away through a side door.

I stared at the screen.

For twelve years, I'd believed my hospitalization had ended because I was too unstable to remain there.

Now I knew I'd been removed immediately after witnessing another patient's catastrophic injury.

An injury that happened during an attempt to escape.

***

I cried for a long time afterward.

Not only for myself.

For Nina.

For the girl who'd been brave enough to confront adults who controlled everything around us.

For the girl who'd apparently tried to save me.

And who'd never gotten the chance to leave.

Detective Grant waited until I was ready.

Then he spoke carefully.

"We're investigating the circumstances of Nina's death and the subsequent alteration of the records."