Scandalized

Closing the closet, Meryl walked to the bed, her breath coming out shallow because of anger. She brushed the edge of the heavy tapestry of the bed and ambled to the side table and then to the long table. She saw several glass bowls and found that all of them were empty. Dark red stains spotted their bottoms. Several thick syringes were strewn across the table. She picked up a bowl and smelled it and immediately recoiled. This was what stank of rotten lemons. “Yuck!” What were these, she wondered putting back the bowls. She rubbed her finger in one of the bowls and found that it was very sticky. She smelled it again and then with another “Yuck”, she wiped her finger on the edge of the table. 

From what she gathered, it looked like Judith was pumping this material directly into her veins. Perhaps that was causing her temporary insanity. Icy chill skittered up her back. Was Judith