14 – The Surprise

Chloe found out that Lyle is lying in a private room and begs an old school friend, Rene, who stands in her way in front of the room in her white nursing uniform with the maroon epaulettes and council badges on her shoulders, to let her in. Rene looks caring and feels sorry for Chloe but she is adamant: "Chloe, we know each other from our days at school and I hate to forbid you to enter the room, but it is doctor’s orders. In any case, Lyle is heavily sedated and is sleeping.” Chloe is desperate: "They don’t want me in the ICU and now you won’t let me see Lyle. Rene, it feels so unreal that they survived the ordeal and I am not going to sleep before I’ve at least seen Lyle in his bed. Listen, no one is nearby. How will the doctor know in any case?” "Doctor Horn is a new doctor that only started this afternoon, Chloe, and we don’t want to annoy him on his first day. He seems to be very unpredictable. We only expected him tomorrow. He is thorough and very dedicated. He gave strict orde