Shadow of the Beast

Catharsis

We'd gotten milkshakes and nuggets, and hastily eaten them in the parking lot of the hospital. We split up when we got to the door - Conall going to another department to get his paperwork, Eryn to reception, when she curled up on a chair to read a gossip magazine. I went up to the ICU, but the nurse at the nurses station told me that William had been moved to a general ward.

I eventually found him, and he seemed surprised but very happy to see me. 

'Get much reading done?' he asked. 

'More than you know! How are you feeling today?' I asked. 

'Strong as an ox!' he replied. 'just itching to get out of here!' 

I sat on the bed and put my hand over his. 

'Let's go outside' he sighed. 'there's a nice little garden for patients here, and I'll be able to talk to you a little more privately