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Hiding & Hopes

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Chapter 5

After another nearly sleepless night, I decided to stop tossing and turning around 8am.

The nurses had been in and out a few times to try to get to me rise, but nothing was motivating me to get up and go on for another day.

I thought about Alan, last night I had been so tired I didn't even have the energy to fight him back on his offer. This morning I felt terrible guilt, I shouldn't be the reason for making him stay here. I really didn't want to run into him again, sure I loved talking to him and I almost felt a connection to him, but it was too risky.

Alan looked to be in his mid to late thirties, I knew my parents wouldn't even consider the thought of allowing him in our lives.

I sat up in bed and leaned over to the window, peeking to see if there was anyway out of the hospital without anyone noticing.

Even if Alan did call my parents, I could always just hide. I didn't need their support.

"Miss Robinson, we are going to have to keep you here at least one more day. The tests are coming back and we just need to make sure everything is clear," The doctor I met yesterday came in without warning. He stepped into the room and walked over to the computer, not making eye contact with me.

I felt my heart beating, something wasn't right.

Without anything else to say, the doctor left the room and turned down to the left, where the little girl was.

Immediately I got out of bed, I noticed that my IV wasn't connected. The nurse had unconnected it earlier this morning.

I didn't bother to put my slippers on, I couldn't risk them making any noises. I don't think I was really allowed to be out of my bed. I talked myself into it by telling myself I needed a walk, the nurse couldn't get mad at me for walking. Could she?

I stuck my head out of my hospital room and checked both ways before following my doctor, he was far enough up that I wasn't worried about him spotting or hearing me.

I scurried out of the room and across the hall into a little nook in the wall. Every ten or so feet there were indentations in the wall and I was ready to use these to my advantage.

Each floor had a secretary in the middle of all the wings, luckily the second floor secretary loved to leave for snack breaks often. Alan had told me this last night after we made our deal, he knew he wasn't supposed to be on the second floor, but no one really questioned him because of his occupation.

Apparently the secretary loved him and his films so he could come and go as he pleased.

I heard the elevator door ring to an open so I ran to the next indentation towards the doctor and hid behind it, hoping the person didn't come down the east wing.

I held my breath for 15 seconds before I heard footsteps on the tile, they were high quality shoes making this noise.

When the shoes got really close to me, they stopped.

My heart was beating out of my chest, I knew I wasn't supposed to be out of my room.

With all the bravery I could muster, I peered out behind me and into the hallway.

I could see Alan's body outside of my room, his head poked in to try to find me. Immediately I pulled back and tucked myself further into the wall. I really didn't have time for him right now.