Seven

Laying in my hospital bed late at night with the drone of machines all around me was going to drive me insane. My eyes were closed but my mind was racing, I couldn't fall asleep. I heard the steady roll of a janitor's cart go by, a muffled cough in the next room, and a couple of nurses having a hushed conversation at the station just twenty feet from my door.

Why couldn't I have a book with me? A book and a soft book light. Anything. Please lawd anything.

I sighed and opened my eyes, a figure stood in my room, and I nearly jumped out of my skin. I gasped so hard the pain in my ribs almost knocked the air from my lungs. "You scared me." I laughed softly, assuming the figure to be a nurse who probably noticed my inability to rest. When they didn't respond a fear grew in my heart.

Who the hell is this?

"Please get out of my room." I mumbled, my hand reaching for the call button slowly, praying they would not see. "Please." My finger found the square button but before I could press it a f