“I understand,” Mike said. “I am still asking you to follow the visitor rules.”
She looked at the nurse.
“Does she really need all this protection from me?”
The nurse did not answer.
Mike closed his notebook.
“I am asking you to leave before anyone has to make this official.”
Vivian looked at him for several seconds.
“You know who I am.”
“I know you are a visitor.”
Her face changed slightly at that.
She turned toward the elevator.
“I will be back when Daniel returns.”
Mike did not respond.
The elevator doors opened, and Vivian stepped inside with the blue folder
in her hand.
I watched the doors close.
Mike stayed in the hallway.
“Do you want the papers preserved with the visitor record?”
I looked at the folder through the doorway.
“Yes.”
He nodded.
“I will take care of that.”
He walked toward the security desk.
The nurse came back into my room and checked the bassinet.
