Janis the Swallower by Robert Revolver
Author:Robert Revolver [Revolver, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Revolver Visual Design LLC
Published: 2019-10-15T06:00:00+00:00
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Back at home, sleep doesnât come easy. The next day, she shuffles through work carrying around 800-plus pounds of guilt. She sees the other orderlies judge her with their eyes, but she doesnât have the energy to confront them. And why even try? She knows they can see the bags under her eyes, the lines in her smile and of course, the day-old bruises on her face. She passes through them and walks the halls, staying close to the windows where the sun feels warm on her skin. At one point, she even builds up the courage to stop for a second near Baileyâs closet and wait. But heâs not there. Thereâs no sign of him at all and not one thing out of place to prove he was even here last night. She closes here eyes and prays. Maybe it was all a dream...
A few hours pass and Bailey doesnât show up for work. He typically never takes a day off, but this time he lets the clock slide, especially since Dan is away on business.
Lois continues through her daily routine on autopilot, robotically checking on her assigned patients, helping them through the dayâs horrors and delivering the drugs to deal with them before when she leaves. Even the venomous regret roiling in her stomach is somewhat quelled when she checks in on Janis and finds her sleeping peacefully without any sign of the nightmare she endured the night before.
Lois lets out a deep breath and leaves for the day, sleepwalking through the rest of the evening and not letting another thought enter her head until morning.
And she almost makes it...
âRIOT! RIOT!â
The words are blasting from the earpiece of her home phone. Itâs two hours before her shift starts, but they need her now.
âRIGHT NOW!â
The shrill, barely post-pubescent voice belongs to Danâs newest intern, Doctor Lemard. His daddy bought him a fancy degree and paid the hospital to take him on. Judging by his frantic, high-pitched, tone, heâs not ready for this at all.
âMrs. Roose, now! Come in right now. We need everyone here, now!â
âSlow down. Whatâs going on?â
He doesnât answer and hangs up.
Lois pulls in a deep yawn and tries to align her next thought. She assumes the place will be burned to the ground in minutes without anyone there to help him. Heâs just a kid. She quickly gets dressed and downs a cold cup of last nightâs coffee. The kids are still asleep and will be for at least a few more hours until the babysitter arrives.
Itâs fifteen minutes later when she parks her car at the hospital. Nothingâs on fire. Itâs still the middle of the night and lightly raining. In the silence of the courtyard, she can already hear a few crazies running free on the inside, but thatâs nothing too far outside of normal. She steps through the front doors and is immediately met by one of the other nurses.
âOh god, he called you, too?â
âYeah.
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