The guards led her into a small, windowless isolation room and shoved her inside, slamming the heavy door shut behind her. The metallic clang of the lock echoed in the tiny space. Livia was alone, save for the dim overhead light casting shadows against the bare walls. She pounded on the door, her voice hoarse as she screamed, “Let me out! I didn’t do anything wrong!”
Silence answered her cries. Her fists ached from hitting the door, and eventually, she slumped to the cold floor, her frustration morphing into despair.
Time passed in a blur until the door creaked open again. Livia shot to her feet, her heart leaping with a flicker of hope when she saw one of the head nurses, nurse Lilith, enter the room, followed closely by Mrs. Sheila. However, the relief was short-lived; Lilith’s somber
