Shayla lay there feeling something was squeezing her upper arm after the nurse took her vital signs and blood pressure. Shayla lay there with her eyes closed, listening to all the sounds and someone talking about her condition. Then, thinking, "What were they doing?" Once the nurse completes her check-up, Gary takes a seat next to her bed. She felt a large warm hand take hold of her hand, kissing it tenderly. All sorts of thoughts formulate in Gary's mind as he looks at his wife, who hadn't seen her in months. All kinds of ideas ran through his head that he could not utter or even want to think. Like was his beautiful wife abused physically or sexually? Was she beaten and made to do awful things against her will? The room was quiet again once the nurse finished her duties and left out. S

