Behind the Green Door

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So, here’s the thing…

When Elsie died, Michael decided that he was going to find out the truth, and, dig deep into the secrets of the facility and its invisible management team.

What he didn’t know …

Elsie’s mother’s best friend was Michael’s mother.

Elsie’s mother came not only as a wife for one of the Pendletons in an exchange of management people but also to wreak revenge for her best friends death.

She didn’t succeed, and it was left to Elsie.

And Elsie had a plan and executed it with devastating precision, using false news and false hopes.

Michael’s involvement really began when Elsie’s aunt came to visit and brought with her a trove of information on the management leaders and the facilities more interesting features, features that were known to only a very, very few.

A staring secret, his father was a spy for Elsie’s home city, keeping them informed by a secret communication network that connected all the facilities.

But this is only a sidebar.

Ross and Michael are negotiating, negotiations that stall when they break the rules.

Before that, Michael makes it very clear that he knows everything, basically because they went after his wife.

Had they not, lives could have been saved.

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