"Philip, don't be mad, okay?"

Phil had no clue what he'd done wrong this time. He had always aimed to please the professor, and when she was happy, so was

Philip. Had he messed up again?

He was at a loss. Panic began to set in, the icy grip of the machinery he feared he'd be thrown back into seemed all too close.

"Philip."

The voice was grating to him, and in an instant, Philip grabbed Phil's hand tightly, his tone tinged with rare sulk. He never snapped

at this person, but this time, he couldn't hold back.

"You slept with her? What were you thinking?"

"lI wanted you to be happy."

"Do you think that makeshappy?"

Confusion clouded Phil's eyes as he echoed the question, not understanding why Philip wouldn't be happy.

Philip suddenly felt embarrassed, as if his gentle facade was being ripped away. He'd lived in Greenfield for so long, witnessed so

much deceit and change of heart, yet now he couldn't deal with one sincere soul.

Releasing Phil's hand after a long pause, Philip still didn't know what to say. He turned to retreat to his room, with Phil trailing

behind him cautiously, not wanting to stir his anger further.

Once in the room, Philip stood by a cabfilled with leaves Phil had collected, each meticulously cleaned.

minute with

"But..."

"No buts."

argue further. He fished a piece of biscuit from his pocket and began to crumble it, nibbling on

not realizing sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

with a woman twice his

sigh escaped Philip as he felt the turmoil within

just do what makes

Phil's face; then he said without hesitation, "As long as you're happy, I'm

was left speechless. Phil returned to his crumbled biscuit as

still understood nothing, still taking Philip's

The staff here were the lowest of the low, their

or the deceased. They all wore

Dylan and Walter were

was massive, and from snippets of conversation, lan gathered this

lay further in, a place off-limits to

afternoon, three individuals arrived, looking to select a few people to transfer to

subjected to general experiments, and

help with the transfers, shadowing the group into

wore the suniforms. He overheard the person in

these folks are for the

what about that last big

madwoman's got snew

Doctor is not

Who was that? While lan

lan, "What are you still doing here? Get the hell back to

the call, "Doctor, you're coming personally? Yes, of

gate for you."

and hurried to a

was Sarah, Doctor of

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