Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4567 | Page 223

Just then Paige stepped into the room holding something behind her back. “Hi sweetie, how are you feeling?”
Paige asked as she thought about how familiar this whole situation was. Hayden could feel the tears stinging her
eyes as she began to shake everywhere.
“Oh no Hayden don’t cry. Look, I’ve brought you someone to keep you company.” Paige stated, holding up
the three-foot doll.
Hayden looked up at the doll with her mother’s face and screamed at the top of her lungs, as she now
understood that she had never really gotten away from her mother in the first place, and she never would.
“What’s wrong?” Paige asked genuinely perplexed as she looked from her sister to the doll. From what Paige
could see it was the most beautiful and pleasant looking doll she had ever laid eyes on.
Just then Doctor Niles stepped in and turned to Paige, “I think it would be wise if we keep her here for now.”
“She’s beginning to show signs of schizophrenia.”