C87 It Turned out to be Her

To the south of the living room, where the sofa should have been, there was a bed …

Lying on the bed was a thin man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He was lying there with his eyes closed, motionless. The slight rhythmic rise and fall of his chest indicated that he was still alive.

The bed was covered with white sheets, and the man was dressed in hospital clothes