Chapter 10
Lydia's room at Eichen House is small, her mother had insisted on a private room but the compromise for privacy was size so there is enough room for her bed and a table but not much else. A single window lets natural light into the room, set up high in the wall to be out of climbing reach it is filled with the cross hatched security type of glass that is hard to break so there is no real view to speak of, not that Lydia would have noticed.
The broken young banshee sits cross-legged on her bed dressed in the soft grey sweatpants and loose fitting T-shirt that are customary for Eichen House patients. Curling her fingers through her hair Lydia's are eyes focused on something no one but her can see as she talks quietly to the empty room in a singsong rhythm.
"Tick Tock goes the clock work Doc.
The little mice-ies run but there's nowhere they can hide,
Still even the Doctors won't like high tide.
Tick Tock,
Tick Tock,
Tick …"
EPISODE END
This story continues in Episode 3 'Polly Put The Kettle On'