The next morning, Adam opened his eyes to a strange room, lunged upward, and looked around. The last memory he had was being in the hospital where Eddie—oh, God, Eddie. He gave his watch a quick glance, and then looked around at the daylight coming through the windows, and wondered what the latest news was regarding Eddie. He jumped up, quickly ran out of the room to a vacant corridor, and saw nothing but shining floor tile, daylight peeping through windows with closed blinds, and hushed voices that came from somewhere. He knew he would never be given access to Eddie’s room if he was seen, so, he crept around like a burglar looking for the nurse’s station, and then waited for her to leave. From there he crept up to the reception counter, and was just about to begin fumbling through her pap
