Chapter 45

"Why don't we just kick the door down?" I suggested.

I was about kick the glass door when Gene held me back.

"No, Beatrice! Don't make your injury any worse!" He pulled me away from the door.

"I'll use my other leg."

"Let's just go find a key or maybe a different exit somewhere. We really don't want you showing up on the front page of the newspaper again. Come on, let's go search." He effortlessly dragged me out of the lobby and into a long corridor.

"There's usually a back door here somewhere, right?"

"Yeah. If it's locked too, we might have to climb out of a window."

"Doesn't this feel like a horror game to you?" I was excited by the thought of it.

"I can't believe you're enjoying this."

"Hey, you don't get a chance to be locked up inside an abandoned building every day."

"I think most people would prefer to avoid that, Beatrice."

I spotted a golden key on the floor.

"Hey, what's that, Gene?" I bent down to pick up.

"Hm?" He turned around.