Ward D

Ward D

Author: Freida McFadden Listening Length: 7h 19m

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hou...

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O nce things have settled down on Ward D, I do a lap around the unit, looking for Cameron.

The first place I go is the staff lounge. It’s the obvious place to look for him. My eyes dart from the ancient sofa to the barred window to the dusty nook behind the door that is covered in spiderwebs. But he’s not anywhere in here.

My next stop is the staff restroom. The door is shut, so I knock on it—no answer. I try the door knob and it turns in my hand. But when I look inside, the bathroom is empty.

Then I start a lap around the unit, checking all the patient rooms.