‘We could try to escape down the hillside at the back edge of the yard. It’s kind of dense with brush, but I’m sure we could work our way throug... it. I’m not sure where it leads, but it’s away from here and I don’t think they’d know where to look for us. It’s probably our only chance… What other choice do we have?’ ‘Diana, what are you saying? Are you really buying into this lunatic’s sickness? What is wrong with you?’ Lynda Seldon exclaimed after watching the strange exchange between them.. Very demurely dressed.Think librarian, black stockings, dark-framed glasses, knee-length skirt, white blouse and bra my alter ego noted... She said, “Knowing your hobby of old books, I wondered when you might drop past. We have some unfinished business...”She must have seen my glance past her and out of the alcove.Katie pulled the dividing curtain across the entrance, took the cup and the book from my hands and put them on a shelf rather more secure and safe than the table beside me.She sat on. “Ems, this isn’t your fault, so stop blaming yourself.”“But—”“But nothing. Look, I was the one singing. It could be my fault for distracting her.”“But that’s crazy. You were the one who saw the car coming.”“But if she hadn’t been looking at me, she would have seen it herself.”“And still not have been able to get out of the way,” said Will.The door opened and a doctor and nurse walked in.“Sorry for the interruption, but I understand you’d like to get the young man home as soon as you can, in. It looked like it was built from giant, white cubes with rounded edges. There were no visible windows or doors on its surface. There wasn’t much of anything in fact, the nearest face of the building was featureless besides the gunk that was clinging to it.There were water weeds growing all over it, lichens and what looked like clusters of barnacles, it had clearly been left in disrepair for a very long period of time. Colonies of crustaceans seemed to have made their homes around its base,.