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“I suppose,” Josie muttered. She joined in and opened
another box. “Files. All sorts of them. This one is Traini. He
was in the army.”
Amelia opened another one. “More pills in this one. I need
more light.”
Josie turned the phone her way but caught Emily in the
shaft. Her head hung low and she was shivering.
“Hold on. I think we need some blankets. Do you have
anything over there we can use?”
Amelia found one under the stored table and tossed it to
Josie who wrapped it around Emily.
“She’s freezing,” she muttered
“At least it’s dry in here. She’ll be better soon.”
Amelia went back to the boxes. She pulled one out, opened
it, and came up with wicked looking syringes.
“No wonder Emily doesn’t like needles. This is her box.”
Josie walked over to take a look. The vials were marked E.
Bates and they also were printed with a number. If there was a
box of medication then there had to be a box of files just like
the others.
“Amelia, hold this.” Josie pushed the phone into Amelia’s
hands. “Shine it over here.”
Heaving and grunting, Josie pulled box after box down from
their stacks, reading the labels as they landed with a thud.
“Ha Kuna House files. Resident files. Here’s one that looks
like it had something to do with your dad’s research.” Josie
pulled again. “Here, I have the year Emily was admitted.”
Sitting cross-legged on the ground she opened it as Amelia
came up behind her, holding the light high. Josie flipped out a
file and set it aside. She found another and muttered:
“Supply logs. Building permits to add the caretaker’s
house.” Josie dug in again and came up with a diary. She