there."
"I never said anything!" Mindy. exclaimed, Gia
shot her a skeptical look. "I didn't. I swear!" "Well, what changed your mind?" Teal asked
her. ignoring Mindy.
"Occasionally, I've heard crying, coming from
the basement." Gia said. "Mindy thinks she has as
well. right. Mindy?"
"Well, I wasn't exactly sure about that." Mindy
said cautiously.
"What are you saying?" Robin asked, looking
like her heart had stopped. "Dr. Foreman is keeping
her daughter in the basement, like a prisoner in
solitary confinement?"
"Maybe," Gia said.
"To this day?" I asked.
"What are we if not prisoners? But don't ever
say it or suggest it in front of one of the buddies.
Actually, never mention this again ever."
"How long has it been since you stopped seeing
her, even at night?" I q
uestioned.
"About a week or so before Mindy arrived,"
Gia said. "That's about four months. right?" Mindy nodded.
I turned to Robin. "Locked in a basement to be
kept away from people for more than four months?
That would be worse than the Ice Room, wouldn't it?" "No." Robin said.
"Why not?"
She stared at me.
"Because you're not put into the Ice Room,"
Gia answered for her, "The Ice Room is put into you." "Put into you?" I looked at Robin. She was