Alone in the dark, he grew steadily angrier as his pain increased, but then the door slowly creaked open. Light flooded in from the hallway outside, but still, the light in the room itself remained off. He could not distinguish the features of the four individuals who walked into the room, unable to make out anything but the faint smell of feminine perfume, signaling to him that at least one of them was a woman as they began to prowl around his bed - two on one side, two on the other - and his self-righteous anger began to fade to be replaced with unease and anxiety. “Well, well, Mr. Mayor, this is quite the outfit!” he heard a soft voice murmur as the harsh florescent lights finally flickered into life. The African American doctor leaned over him, a strange smile upon his face. “Don’t you
