Bedlam by Keira Michelle Telford

Author:Keira Michelle Telford [Telford, Keira Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780992011543
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Publisher: Venatic Press
Published: 2014-05-01T03:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Another week passes. Unable to face Silver since her moment of weakness in the backseat of the motor, Elena puts an end to their private therapy sessions. In an attempt to avoid running into her at other times throughout the day, she forces her to attend virtually every occupational therapy program offered at Bishopsgate, whether she’s suited to it or not.

By the time the next Wednesday rolls around, something of a routine has developed, and Elena heads out to her weekly afternoon appointment having no idea that Silver’s merely been biding her time, waiting for this narrow window of opportunity.

Indeed, it’s not until Elena returns to Bishopsgate and rounds the corner to her office that she feels the first twinge of suspicion.

There’s a fire extinguisher standing upright in the middle of the deserted hallway.

She falters.

She can see that her office door is open, the lock broken, the wooden doorjamb splintered from the impact of the makeshift battering ram.

Edging closer, her arms laden with books and paperwork, she can see the Authenticard locking mechanism dangling by a few wires, the bulk of it shattered.

She enters with trepidation.

The top drawer of her filing cabinet—the one holding current patient records A through D—is open, its contents raided. Her desk drawers have been pried open and emptied out, her whips and floggers tossed in the wastebasket.

All the books have been torn off her shelves, the pages flicked through. Papers are strewn about the floor: articles from medical journals, patient notes, and private family documents. Even her adjoining bathroom has been turned over, the contents of her bathroom cabinet dumped in the basin.

And the culprit is sitting on her sofa.

It’s Silver.

“Long time no see, Doc.” Silver looks up from the coffee table, the contents of her patient file spread out over it. “Where’s the love?”

“What’re you doing in here?” Elena clasps her books and folders to her chest, subconsciously shielding herself.

“Guess.” Silver gestures to the state of the room.

“You want your Authenticard.” Elena scans Silver’s dissected patient records. “But you won’t find it, so I’m afraid you’ve rather wasted your time.”

“I wouldn’t say that.” Silver sets down the papers she was looking at. “I’ve found lots of reading material.”

Elena eyes the contents of the file warily. “Glean anything interesting?”

“Plenty.” Silver fishes a sheet of paper out of the disorganized mess she’s created on the tempered glass tabletop. “And I have to say, some of it was particularly enlightening.” She selects a paragraph halfway down the page and reads aloud. “I’m pleased to say that Ella has displayed a great deal of progress in the last week. Her sexual outbursts appear to be under control, and she’s responding well to her treatments. Though she remains stubborn and combative when challenged, overall, her attitude has been greatly improved.” She flings the sheet back onto the pile. “You’ve been faking our private sessions.”

“I have no other choice.” Elena defends her deception without pause, considering it little more than a pragmatic solution to an increasingly sticky predicament. “I’m

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