The words should have brought relief or excitement, but instead, they only intensified the dread Linsley had felt for months.
He glanced at Ted and Lucy, who exchanged worried looks. They were as uneasy as he was.
Linsley's mind raced. He had gathered enough information to know that this so-called "adoption" wasn't as innocent as it seemed.
Children who left with their "families" were never seen again.
Whatever the director and his mysterious associates were involved in, it was clearly something far more sinister than simple child trafficking.
Still, Linsley decided to take the risk. Escaping now would be easy enough for him, but it would mean abandoning Ted and Lucy, and that wasn't something he was willing to do. Besides, this was all part of the simulation. Even if things went sideways, he could always try again and no harm would truly be done.
