All the Names She Wore
I tell myself I’m here to understand what they are doing to Evan, what they did to Lucia, what they are doing to Leah.
The reader accepts me immediately. The sound of the lock disengaging from the inside and the door opens. The room has no windows, no clocks, no concessions to time or weather. It is kept at a temperature designed to make bodies cooperative, cool enough that you are always slightly aware of your skin. The walls are painted matte white so nothing reflects back at you. The light is even, shadowless. It makes you feel as if you’ve stepped into a place where you can never hide.
There are three screens mounted on the far wall. A long table beneath them. Two chairs. A console with