As I handed my coloring pages to a nurse, she nodded and walked over to the printer, helping me make copies. I stood by the counter, waiting, when I suddenly realized something—I hadn’t seen him.
The guy who never kept his pants up.
I glanced around subtly, wondering where he had gone. Had they moved him again?
Just as I was about to ask the nurses about the laundry room, a sudden movement caught my attention.
A different nurse approached, carrying a large cardboard box. She set it down next to me with a slight thud, the weight of it making her adjust her stance.
I blinked at it, my curiosity piqued. What’s inside? And why bring it to me?
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