Madeline:
It had been a week since I got here. I was mostly working from home. I didn’t see the other three assholes most of the time. Usually, I ran into Graham in passing because he was literally everywhere. And when Elgin came around with Baxter, Baxter was the one who pushed back against me the most.
Honestly, it upset me because what Baxter and I had was different from my friendship with the others. With him, it was more emotional. We’d sit together, share our problems. That was the main way we connected. There were good moments too. It was just different. So when he fought me so hard and so negatively, it made me realize what big fuckers they all were. They were only nice to me so they could use me.
“Okay, so what kind of symptoms are you feeling now?” I heard Graham ask the child
