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It was hard, but I bided h, because it took ht to put my plan into action Ion my best behavior

I’d long ditched the pills the nurse had givenunder the influence of the drugs Thoughts of vengeance kept ht, and most of the day there

As luck would have it, no one wanted to be here for obvious reasons, and there was a lot going on It seeet suicidal on this particular day, and I could hear the rushing feet going past the door

There was a new guy here when I woke up this , surprised that I’d been even able to fall asleep He didn’t see his friend had told him how easy I was to look after

I felt the bandage onthe pills, I would be much better off, but that would defeat the purpose The day just seee I’d been here for almost twenty-four hours by now Outside the , darkness was falling; the holiday was almost at an end

Outside the closed door, I could barely make out the din of voices as the staff tried to add souard looked a little older than the other two had been, and his thing seemed to be crossword puzzles What was h, was the fact that he didn’t even hear rossed was he

Iin pain as I sat up in the bed and put my feet over the side For effect, I held my head in my hand as if the pain was unbearable Had I known I’d be here this long, I would’ve taken at least one dose of those damn pills Too late to think about that now

I sensedup froroaned in pain “Bathroom, please” I made my voice sound as pitiful as it could in the hopes that it would buy me some sympathy After all, I’m not a hardened crio home for Xmas

Speaking of which, I should find out if this state has laws about adultery and stealing other woave me a little warmth, the first I’d felt in weeks The officer inclined his head to the bathroom door, which was just a few feet away fro

I already knew the layout, already knew that theopened without a sound and was already halfway out of there in my head I stopped with my hand on the door “Is it okay if I have a shower? I’ve been here for so long, and I…”

I drooped against the door as if I had no strength left in me

“You sure you don’t want et a nurse in here to help? You don’t look like you can stand”

“I’ll be fine; I’ll just hold onto the rail in the shower I don’t want to disturb them any more than I have to, it’s Xmas after all”

He looked syht, and my job was done At his nod, he picked back up the paper and went back to his crosshile I closed and locked the door behindmy hands in the sink, then turned the water on full blast in the shower

I held my breath as I lifted theinch by inch until it was all the way up I had a little trouble keeping it open as it didn’t seem to have a latch of any kind, but with patience and deter the iththe rest of me to follow

The cement walk that wrapped around the hospital was cold beneath , mostly to the shadows I had no own At least I’d talked the me two, one of which orn backward so that my ass wasn’t on full display

I hadn’t thought this thing through coiven much of a choice I kneas a fair distance fro there in the least amount of time before the alarm was raised