Alice returned from the hospital on automation. She had been discharged and though she had heard everything the doctor had said from resting well to medications and all those placating things about it happening quite often, her mind remained blank like a clean slate. In her hand, she held the bag of medicines that the nurse had stuffed and her medical file. She paid the cab driver the money and walked into the hotel not wanting to see anything else.
On the way, she decided that she needed to sleep. There was no need to think or feel or worry. There was no point in all that. The best thing to do was sleep. Once she slept, she would be able to wake up from the nightmare she was currently in.
