Sherrie and Alicia already knew   
about what happened nine years ago with
the kitten, and about the bunnies, and 
everything else, except for what I did.
     Security didn’t know about any of 
that, but were behind me anyway, and   
that saddened me a little.             
     It was a lie after all, but I     
justified it by telling myself that it 
was for a good cause, and that made the
lie a little easier to tell.           
     I hurried to my locker, changed   
into my scrubs, and almost on a run,   
headed straight for the Oh Oh Room.    
     A couple doors away, I got this   
feeling that something was wrong,      
really wrong.                          
     The door to the outer office had a
small window with a shade that the Cat 
usually pulled down after she opened   
* the door to the Secret Room.             
     Right now, it was open, and I     
could see shadows moving on the other  
side.                                  
     I slowed down, casually walked by,
and took a quick look into the room.   
     Just as I thought, there were two 
people inside, and one of them looked  
like a guard. He had a gun and was     
standing rigid in front of the door to 
the Secret Room.                       
     This was not good, I thought      
furiously, what to do, what to do?     
     One of my duties was to clean that
room, so I could go in if I wanted, but
that would be too suspicious right now.
     I had to wait until my regular    
shift, and that was maddening.         
     Dejected, I walked back out to the
break room to actually use the com-    
puters to check the animal abuse sites.



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