"Of course," Laurie assured him. The old man gave her a tired wave and then walked slowly down the hall.

Shaking her head, Laurie turned on the overhead light in the room and moved over next to the bed. She reached down and pulled the sheet up over the body's face and then thought, how odd that Mr. Enderlander would say to thank Angela 'if' I saw her tonight, rather than when I saw her. Almost as if he didn't expect me to ever see her again...