11
I sat with the boxes in the study. 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 and late hours 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
