Charlotte's POV

PRESENT DAY

I was released the next day. I couldn't believe it. Part of me was worried that as I tried to walk out the door it would slam shut and lock once again, trapping me inside. A mistake made, a clerical error, we're so sorry about this.

But it didn't happen. I was out in the world and my sister picked me up as if I was just coming home from a particularly troublesome vacation-not a stay in the ...