September 2nd, 1964
“Right this way, Miss Olsen,” Dr. Hughes said. He led Gemma down a long, dimly lit hall and carried her suitcase for her. There were doors on the left side, each with a thick sliding bolt lock. Gemma noted these with some trepidation. When they reached the end of the hall and the last door, Dr. Hughes slid the bolt on it and pulled it open. The other side of the door didn’t look like a door at all, but a paneled wall.
Dr. Hughes gestured for her to enter the small room on the other side of the disguised door. Gemma was having second thoughts about this ruse of hers. She had lied about developing Joy intolerance in order to get into Haworth Labs’ personalized care program. It was the only way to find out exactly what happened to the other people who went into the program and seemingly never came out. Now that she was in this tiny, very bright, all white room, she realized she may have made a mistake.
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