She was there again, past her shift. But she was asleep in her chair at the Hub, a patient chart open, her computer screen blinking, the file waiting for an entry. “Shirley,” Nurse Clara called to her. “What are you doing? Are you asleep? For crying out loud, your shift is done, go home and … Continue reading Chapter 56 – Nurse Shirley

Jon looked out his window to the open field behind The Lodge, remembering the boy and his dog and their game with the flying disk. He was glad that he could still remember all those things in his life, even things from his own distant childhood. He was glad that he didn’t suffer from the … Continue reading Chapter 55 – I Am Snorri

He didn’t look for Detective Klugman and decided he could ‘hold it’ and make his toilet visit after the morning story. “When he went to Norway to visit the boy King, Hakon, he was made a Skutilsveinn. That is like being a knight or a land baron. Not quite an Earl and certainly well short … Continue reading Chapter54 – The Story Continues

She was in a bag, long thick black polyurethane with a monstrous zipper the full length of it. Such a cold thing. It was unlike the bodies of the other residents, their neighbors who were taken on a gurney with a tented white sheet to hide them from view, as if there might be some … Continue reading Chapter 53 – The Body Bag

They collected in the Sunroom, Jon, Karl, Rudy and Oddur. Mrs. Remple and Mrs. Krantz were the only ladies to sit with them. This was something that needed talking about. Every resident that passed away was given a story about their death until the real information was revealed. Some deaths were obvious when they happened; … Continue reading Chapter 52 – Speculation