Chapter 6

Scrambling for her bed cover, Vera sprang up and backed away into her bathroom. Sarah too reached for a cloth to cover herself. Mr. Damascus made a grunting sound and left the room. His wife hesitated for a while and then followed him.

"Aren't you going to ask them what happened?" Mrs. Damascus was storming down the stairs, making thudding sounds.

"I told you we have to bring in Dr. Zed. This is all too strange. These are teenagers. They barely know what's happening. Wasn't that the way we found her that morning with tree roots and heaped clay on her bed? I do not think they have any answers."

Mrs. Damascus raised her palm over her face as though to quell an impending ache, "I'm getting scared with the developments. She's not getting any better. What other ailment symptoms can this call for?"

"You are not listening. This isn't a symptom. There's something else going on that we don't know about either. That's why I'm talking about Dr. Zed." They were on the gr