Jamie felt a little lightheaded as she was firmly guided to another room, down a long corridor. She giggled hysterically as she noticed something odd..

She had spotted some women, young women at that, with pacifiers worn around their necks on plastic strings. She stumbled, staring as she wondered why they wore them.

“Like babies,” she thought and giggled.

The man who was escorting her impatiently looked down at her from a great distance and his voice was loud as he said, in exasperation.

“What’s so funny?”

Jamie giggled again but shook her head. She felt disoriented but also, vaguely, cheerful. Se kept staring at the man who seemed to...