Nathan’s heart sank straight to his stomach. He’d been so certain all the strange occurrences were just harmless hospital pranks. But now, faced with his senior’s serious, unjoking tone, sharp doubt began to creep into his mind. He thought about mentioning the dark shadowy figure he’d seen in the morgue, but he hesitated and held his tongue.
He knew he couldn’t admit he’d fallen asleep on duty, only to be startled awake by a mysterious fleeting shadow. The thought of sounding crazy, or worse, like a scared, incompetent rookie nurse, kept him from saying a word. Instead, he just nodded silently, the heavy weight of the situation settling firmly on his shoulders.
