I asked for a prompt discharge from the hospital the following day. It was not because the hospital was bad; its private ward was, in fact, as good as a top-class hotel room in terms of ambience, hygiene and food. It was also pretty silent and really suitable for recuperation.
My abrupt request resulted from my exasperation at how quickly the word of my injury spread throughout the city, making everyone who was qualified to see me rush to the hospital for a visit. Kelvin, Oliver, and their circle of friends were the first to arrive, which was then followed by Forrest, as well as the heads of the Jones, White, and Anderson families. Mayor Will, Captain Hewitt, James Miller, Olivia Maple, and several other people who I could not even remember also visited me.
It was as if there was a Black
