Jaylene Ziel didn't expect to encounter such an awkward situation - there was no tissue in the hospital bathroom. As she wondered how to go back to get some, she faintly heard Joseph Thompson talking.
He was awake - that was her first realization. If he was talking, he must be on the phone.
So, she opened the door a crack and called out, "Joseph, there's no tissue in the restroom."
Jaylene could never have imagined that her call this evening would set off such a huge wave of turmoil between her, Joseph and Aurora Richardson.
Joseph brought a pack of tissue to the restroom doorway, only to see a hand sticking out.
He smiled at the sight of the hand, tempted to tease her, but thinking of her sickly pale face, he eventually gave up on the idea.
Jaylene came out of the restroom, head down and face flushed. It was so embarrassing, never in her dreams did she expect to make such a spectacle of herself.
