“Let me worry about that,” Winona said. “Just come and get me.”

“Fine,” Maryann said. “I’ll be there in ten minutes. Where should I wait for you?”

“Just circle the lot until you see me.”

“Or until the hospital’s police sees me,” Maryann retorted.

“I’ll try to be quick.”

“Okay,” Maryann skeptically said. “Bye.”

“Bye,” Winona said before hanging up.

Winona glanced over at the woman across from her and saw that she was just lying there with her eyes closed. She then took a breath and eased herself from the bed. Once she was out of the bed, she took the bag that contained her swimsuit from beneath the bed.

The bag made a slight ruffling sound, but when she looked towards the woman next to her, the woman didn’t appear to have heard.

Winona then, as quietly as she could, went to the bathroom. Once she had gently shut the door behind her, she took off the hospital gown, put on her swimsuit and then put the hospital gown back on over her swimsuit.

Winona left the bathroom as quietly as she could, walked out into the hallway and looked around. The elevators and the stairs were in the direction of the nurse’s station, and there was currently one nurse there.

Winona searched her thoughts for a moment for an idea to get past the nurse. After a thought had come to her, she went in the opposite direction of the nurse’s station and entered the next room over.

The patient there was awake, and when he turned to look, she said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I was thinking that this was my room.”

“Do you need assistance to find your room?” he asked.

“No, that won’t be necessary,” Winona assured him. “Get well soon.”

“Thanks,” the man said. “You too.”

“Thanks,” Winona said before leaving his room.

Winona then went further down to the next room. The patient in that room was sleeping, and when Winona saw that he was, she tiptoed over to the patient, took hold of the nurse-call-button and pressed it. She then quickly moved to the door and stood where she would be behind it once it was open.

When the door opened and the nurse moved past Winona, Winona moved as quickly as she could to get into the hall without being seen.

After getting into the hall, she wasn’t sure if she was seen, so she sprinted to the stairs, opened the door and entered the stairwell.

As she made her way towards the bottom, she tried to hear if someone was behind her.

She made it to the first floor without being followed, and as she was moving towards the exit, she saw that the exit was being monitored by the security staff.