His next attempt to stop her caused her to merely make a turn off her planned route, toward the nearest building.
It wasn't a house. It was a gym, where many people were showering, with lockers full of clothes.
Linda Madison walked past the girl at the entrance without a single glance. Mikey, however, got stopped.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"My mom just went in there. She's acting weird," he insisted.
She blinked. No one had come in there in over ten minutes. "Sit down right there," she insisted. She'd check, just to make sure.