Robyn
I clung tightly to Phoenix’s hand as we stepped into the hospital elevator. He glanced down at me as the door slid shut and reached out to press the button for the fourth floor. When the doors slid open again we were standing in a plain foyer with no furniture. There were locked double doors at either end, and straight ahead, the entrance to the locked psychiatric unit.
Nix nodded to me, and urged me forward with a warm hand at my back. I swallowed and pushed the silver call button on the unit, which also had a camera. I wondered if I looked as nervous on camera as I felt.
“Yes, can I help you?”
“Um, yes, I’m here to see Denise Drake?”
“Sure, come on in,” the disembodied voice welcomed me, and there was a slight buzz and the sound of the door unlocking. I pulled it open,
