Till Dark

The nurse returned with a tray of food for Jordan to eat but it looked even less appealing than the breakfast had earlier. Taking a few bites of what appeared to be fish she decided that hospital food was completely uneatable. She pushed the tray aside and drank a few sips of her milk. She remembered that she had shoved a beef stick in her purse yesterday and wondered where her purse was. She pondered the missing purse; flipping through the channels again. "There is absolutely nothing on to watch" she stated and finally flicked off the TV and went over to the window. How long was it going to be before Andy gets back and they let me out of here? She thought getting really tired of being in the hospital and even sicker of having to deal with this psycho killer who obviously had it in for her, though she could not imagine why. She tried to think of a reason why anyone would want to hurt her unless it was because of her husband. Jordan shifted again from one foot to the other. She was going stir crazy in this place and wanted, no needed to get out of there as soon as possible. "Where is Andy?" she asked the window She figured that he would have been back about an hour ago. The more Jordan thought about things the more uneasy she felt. She decided that it was time to release herself instead of waiting for these people to do something.

She gritted her teeth as she pulled the I.V. from her hand and placed some toilet paper from the bathroom over it. Quickly she dressed in the same clothes she had worn before because that was all she had; grabbed all her belongings and headed toward the door; opened it quietly and peered out. The hall was empty as she stepped out of the room and headed down the corridor. Her nerves jangled with fear. "Something is definitely wrong." Her soft whisper echoed in the hall. No nurses, doctors, nothing. Not even the sounds of a hospital could be heard. She looked at the numbers on the rooms as she walked but could not figure out which way was which so she decided to keep walking till she ran into someone who worked there. Panic began to settle in the pit of her stomach as she walked slowly past room after room and each new corridor she came to she held her breath and cautiously went on to the next row of doors. This hall seemed to be taking her in a circle so she turned down one of the side halls hoping that it would take her where she needed to go. Strange she thought, "I haven't seen a single person since I left that room. Usually there are nurses walking around or someone. Jordan heard the sound of an elevator in the distance but was not sure from which direction that it came from so she started walking quickly toward where she thought it might be. Her heart was pounding as she hobbled down the hall gripping her side trying to find where the elevators were. Her leg screamed in protest as she began to walk faster. She could feel the skin pulling against the staples but her mind refused to allow her to slow her pace. She still had not seen anyone and was startled almost speechless when she nearly ran someone down who popped out of one of the side corridors.