“We’ll continue our periodic ward checks during the night,” they informed her.

Millie, who had been preoccupied with Marcus’s elevated temperature, raised her head and noticed that the doctors were watching her.

She quickly grasped that their earlier words were a subtle reminder for her not to use Marcus’s bed again.

She managed to force a smile and commented, “Well… You all must be quite exhausted, having to inspect the wards in the middle of the night.”

Once the door closed after their departure, Millie took a deep breath.

She closed her eyes and placed her hands on her hips. She was finding it hard to breathe because of the recent events.

Marcus voice broke the silence. “Honey! Can you please switch off the light?” Receiving no response from her, he continued, “The doctors have left. You can join me in the bed now.”

towards the switch board. After switching off the lights, she

sleeping when a sudden noise

fixed on the window. Suddenly, a white figure drifted by, startling her. Millie was so frightened

G E L A ‘s L I B R

and in eerie silence. Without

“Honey?”

he mumbled, still awake.

seemed to be the hospital bed sheet

felt as though fate had

and replied, “No… Nothing… Just go back to

what she saw minutes ago could be her

like to come up and

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