Scottsdale, Arizona
At The Same Time
When Gerald Ravan entered the hospital room for Gavin Williams, he was overjoyed to see his old friend. Gavin was starting to wake up. His eyes slowly opened revealing deep pain and sorrow but also a glimmer of confusion. Gerald sat on the edge of the hospital bed while he awaited a fully conscious patient.
Drawing a cigarette pack from his coat pocket, Gerald extended it towards the now-awake Gavin and asked, “Want one?”
Gavin groggily shook his head and said, “I quit a long time ago.”
“True. I should have remembered that,” Gerald replied with a slight smirk.
Once Gerald brought a cigarette to his mouth and pulled out a lighter, Gavin declared, “You can’t smoke in here. It’s a hospital.”
The recovering patient squirmed in his bed apparently from
