Steve’s shorts: Retiree Number 114 at Pine Hills Manor…

Retiree Number 114 at Pine Hills Manor

Virginia, 2030

Copyright 2008, 2013, Steven M. Moore

Brenda moved along the dim corridor and stopped at room 114.  After checking off the visit on her list, she peeked into the room at her patient.

Rafael, the old retiree, sat in his rocker, muttering to himself.  As usual, he was smiling and staring out the window between thick, wrought iron bars at the bleak Virginia countryside.

She thought he might like winter because he used to ski, but she couldn’t...