Flora Bloom and the others followed Hugh Warren inside the building.
The drafty cracks around the building were stuffed with newspaper and scraps of cloth. The back door and emergency exit had also been sealed, leaving only the front door for entry and exit.
Once inside, the filthy, sour stench that permeated the walls and floor made Flora Bloom's face scrunch up in disgust.
"My apologies. I had no other choice but to bring you here."
The barracks consisted of a row of eight dorm rooms. Seven of the eight doors had been welded shut, leaving only the one in the very middle.
He opened the door to reveal that the once-separate barrack rooms had been converted into a large, open space by knocking down the interior walls. Mattresses and blankets were spread across the floor, and a smoldering campfire burned near the window. The building had essentially been turned into an indoor campsite.
