Sixty-Two

I kept running, bumping into people in my haste to get away from the nightmare that was becoming my life, only stopping when I ran into Niles at the doors leading into this place.

Niles looked up at me a red liquorice strap hanging from his lips as he chewed on it with his pointy teeth. He pulled the strap from his mouth startled.

“Bryony, what’s wrong?”

“I need to leave. Let me out, please.” He l