Do Not Pull This Lever

            Afterward, Miss Parker understood the significance of the signs. Do Not Push This Button—for Lyle, who was impulsive, defiant, and stupid. Jarod understood him too well, manipulated him too easily. Lyle trapped himself by his own cunning.

            Do Not Pull This Lever—for her. Oh, Jarod had her well-trained now. Once she would have pulled it. Now he said Jump, and she jumped, just to see why. He was always telling her something. This time: her own freedom was in her hands, with a Centre sign saying Do Not Pull This Lever. She was too afraid to pull it.