Twenty-SevenA tired Michael, recently roused startlingly from a deep sleep, strides up to the nurse's station. The night nurse directs him up the hall. Michael enters the hospital room to see a physician tending to Elaine while an RN adjusts the IV drip in Elaine's arm.
“How is she?” he asks with more concern than he thought he would feel.
“You're her husband?” Michael nods. “Very weak, the doctor informs him. “She lost a great deal of blood before they found her.”
“Do they have any idea why she did it? Did something happen to trigger it?” Michael feels a sinking feeling in his gut that his recent visit with Elaine upset her more than he realized.
“Nothing they can pinpoint, I'm afraid. The nurse said she had been very withdrawn the past few days, not her usual high strung self. Then o
