Sunday, September 23, 2007
I am in a hospital, trying to escape with another patient. I am crouched by the nurses station and there are three nurses talking. From where I am crouched, I can see two of the nurses but not the third. I realize that if I can see them then they can see me. I look to the right and there are three elevators. The door is slightly ajar on the center one so that is the one I am going to slip into but as I move forward I see the third nurse. Although the other two nurses could easily see me, they are turned away, facing the third nurse who is facing more in the direction of the corridor down which I am going to have to move to get to the elevators. I take a deep breath and move to the elevator. I get inside and, still crouched in the corner below the buttons, I wait for my friend. I am practically holding my breath but inside my head I am thinking, "Come on. Come on. Come on!" She comes and I jump up to hit the button. But I hit 2 instead of 1 which is where the lobby is and where we wanted to go. I also know that the elevator suddenly moving at this hour may draw attention and debate whether I should get off at 2 and run down the stairwell to 1 or just ride back down to the floor where I want to go. I opt to do the latter but my fellow escapee decides to get off at 2. As the elevator doors close and the elevator begins to descend I stand, flexing my bare feet, rising up on my toes, getting ready to make a sprint first through the lobby of the building and then out to the street. I anticipate it will be difficult running with bare feet outside the building but I calculate I will only have to run about one mile and then I can slow down.
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