15Joe stirred suddenly in his sleep. It was the hospital room again. He didn't move, knowing that he needed to find out what just happened which woke him up. The room was darkened, the hall barely lit beyond it. Night was official at the hospital. His room door was open and someone was standing there.
As he looked on, the figure reached up to turn off the glowing badge, then shrugged out of a smock which was draped over the visitor chair by the door. That movement showed in the dim light that she had stared moving toward his bed. He could hear other article of clothing quietly slither to the floor as she moved.
A hand on his shoulder was warm as she moved him over to his side away from her. Quickly she undid the ties to his hospital gown and proceeded to massage his shoulder and back. He
