Chapter 7
Ruth From Room Six
Ruth Bell contacted Claire after the press conference. She had survived Room Six and still depended on Shaw's clinic for medication.
Ruth described staged break-ins that escalated whenever a patient correctly identified the trick. The study rewarded doubt, not recovery.
She would testify only if Claire protected every patient's record from public release.
That condition split Claire from Nina, who wanted the full archive online.
Before they could agree, Ruth disappeared from her care facility, leaving a coat identical to Mae's on her bed.