Alice's Asylum

Chapter Eighteen

I had all the plans set out. Doctor Walker and I had stayed up very late last night, talking over and over the escape route, the plans. It was nearly time for phase one of the plan to fold out. The patients had all had their treatment and it was nearly time for their medication. I stood up and walked to the kitchen where all the staff working their own jobs would be. As I had expected, they were all sipping cups of coffee or smoking and talking to one another. I cleared my throat and they all quietened.

"I have an announcement. As you may have noticed, Nurse Stiller is not here today. I have got the news from the hospital that she was bleeding heavily for reasons that they haven't found out just yet. She will not be with us until they discover the causes and she recovers from so much blood loss."

"So who will take over for her medication shift?" One of the bodyguards asked.

"I shall. I had Doctor Frost on the phone and he says I shall be taking over all medication administrations until Nurse Stiller is back." They all nodded and I left the kitchen and went back to Doctor Frost's office.

As I was walking back to the desk, the filing cabinets against the left wall caught my eye. I walked over and opened each drawer. There was all the patients' files. I spotted Mary's and took it out. I walked to the desk, opening it. I sat down and started to read.

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Mary Alice Brandon

Patient Number: 7-7-2-0-3

Born in Biloxi Mississippi

Female

4"10 147 cm height

Black Hair, Brown eyes

Pale complexion

Parents: ANONYMOUS

Siblings: 1 sister (Cynthia Brandon)

Illness/Condition: Mental Illness. Visions of Future. Active Imagination?

Treatment: Electroshock Therapy, Numb Drug

Mary Alice Brandon brought in by father and town marshal of Biloxi who claimed that the child had visions of the future. Talk of witchcraft. Patient 77203 spent a year and six months in Recovery. Her chances of recovery are slim.

Extra Information: Patient 77203 will be leaving to go for even deeper treatment on her twentieth birthday. A place is set for her to be moved to Pennsylvania Psychiatric Hospital for the Mentally Insane.

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Someone knocked on the door, making me jump. Mikey, one of the big bodyguards popped his head round the door.

"Time to go boss." He told me. I nodded and leaped out of my chair.

"Right behind you." I followed him but just as I was about to leave, I quickly checked to make sure he was gone before taking a small medicine bottle out of my briefcase. I then slipped it in my pocket and left the office.