N/A: [So, there's no confusion... I will be referring to Ava and Crystal by their original names.]
The quiet, sterile air of the mental facility clung to the room as Dr. Lee, Ava, and Claire walked down the long, cold corridor.
Each step felt heavier as they approached the room where the genuine Crystal Lee was being held, the woman whose life Ava had unintentionally taken over.
It was a place of confinement, but Crystal had moments of clarity, moments where the true extent of the horrors she had endured would break through the fog of her mind. Today, they had come to one of those moments.
Dr. Lee's motions were anxious despite his usual calm and quiet demeanor. Claire, his wife, was strolling beside him and was similarly nervous. Ava, now known as Crystal, held her breath.
