It had been an hour since Rose left the hospital without anyone knowing her presence was even felt. Not even Gordon knew that she had left the hospital. Gordon stood outside and leaned against the car with a little cigarette between his fingers. He blew out the puff of smoke through his mouth as he stared into space. He looked at the time on his watch before he finally found his car pulling over in front of the hospital.

He watched the car zoom into the parking lot but didn't bother to ...