Summary

Part 4: Hospital

Chapter 17

Craig arrives at the ER and is admitted. He observes a variety of other patients. Then, he is taken to Room 22, where a physician named Dr. Data talks with him and says that Dr. Mahmoud will come in to see him a little later. She tells him to call his parents. As he is looking for a phone, he realizes that the police officer who has been sitting outside the room is there to keep him from hurting himself, as he is on suicide watch.

Chapter 18

Craig calls his mother and tells him where he is. She is upset, but relieved that he is OK and proud of him for seeking help. As he waits, his mind begins to Cycle, but in time his mother arrives, as does Dr. Mahmoud, who asks Craig if he wants to be admitted. Thinking...