Chapt 9: Investigation

Alice walked steadily along the hallway of Mount Avery Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, the tapping sound of her heels against the white tiles creating a regular rhythm. Her eyes wandered to the right and left, where there was a green lawn where some of the patients sat and enjoyed the cool afternoon breeze.

Their conditions looked good and stable, not like people with mental disorders. They looked very normal except for one woman who seemed to be silent, staring blankly at the grass spread out before her.

Alice stopped her steps right where she was, focusing on the woman whose beauty seemed not to be eroded by age. Still as beautiful as she remembered.

Not long after, a doctor stopped beside her, looking in the same direction as her.

"Are you her family?" the handsome doctor asked. Alice turned to him, a smile playing at the corners of her maroon-colored lipstick-polished lips.

"No, I'm not. However, I know one of her family. A fan of their family, to be precise. Oh, can I