The police woman gives the girl a strange look, then eases the car into drive.  "You don't need to apologize, Ms. Edwards.  You've done nothing wrong..."  At least not that she knows of.  But this day is getting stranger and stranger, and Jean feels that it is somehow not going to wind up well for any of them involved.  As she turns onto the main road once more, she squints at the setting sun.  They'll be lucky to get to the hospital before nightfall, and it will certainly be several more hours before anything is accomplished.  They'll most likely be spending the night within its sterile walls.<br/><br/>Soon they pull up outside the brick-walled monstrosity.  The building was built at the turn of the century and the exterior shows its utilitarian design.  While it had been updated a bit since then, most of the furnishings and all of the structure are still original half a century later.  Shivering at the rapidly cooling air, Jean walks over to the passenger door and assists the maternal woman from the car.  "Come on, let's get you inside and checked out."