38 The Hospital Visit
Thom wakes up in a strange room. It takes him several minutes to realise where he is. He rolls over and finds his phone stuck within the covers. It is 9:42am.
His neck is aching and his left arm is numb from the way he has been sleeping. He can’t remember closing his eyes last night. He hasn’t even switched the main light off and he is surprised that he’d been able to sleep with it on.
Thom familiarises himself with the room. He decides that it looks even more tragic in the daylight and opts to leave the place as soon as he can. He takes a fast shower in the bathroom down the hall, dries himself off with a stained towel, and throws on the same rags he came in with. He hopes the spots of Michael’s blood on his sleeve aren’t noticeable to anyone else. The grey swell
