Now I had five of them, one from my own destroyed laboratory and four from the storeroom downstairs. Television portrays research scientists with a certain glamour, as though the profession is all about sexy underwear under white lab coats, which are ready to come off at the end of a long day of making life-altering discoveries. In reality, there’s a lot of paper involved. That’s why most of us wear comfortable clothes and geeky glasses. The door opened, and Lonna poked her head around. “Can I come in?” “Sure.” We looked at each other. I let her speak first. “I don’t really know how to say this.” “Okay.” “This place is giving me nightmares. The first night I was fine, but I don’t know, I guess it’s all the talk of missing children and those awful screams in the woods.” “Would you rather stay in town?” She shivered. “No, because even though I’m not sleeping well here, I feel like I shouldn’t leave, like there’s something here I have to find.”
