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young woman said sincerely, her green eyes smiling at Veronica. "It will make it easier to pass the time here."

    "It's the least I could do." She leaned her arms on the railing of the bed. "So are you going to tell me who I can contact besides your job to tell them that you're here? Surely someone will miss you."

    The small smile that had been on Rose's face disappeared. "There's no one to contact."

    "No one? Not even a friend?"

    Rose gave a sad smile. "I haven't lived in Albany that long," she said, not wanting to reveal the truth, that she deliberately avoided making friends because friends liked to stop by and visit and she was too embarrassed at her meager living conditions. She shifted and a shooting pain burned up her left leg, making her cry out. "Oh god that hurts," she hissed. Veronica immediately reached over and pressed the call button repeatedly.

    "What is it?" Mary asked as she entered the room.

    "She's in pain. Can't you give her anything?"

    "She's receiving an appropriate amount through her IV but if she needs more I can give her a shot." She looked at Rose, who was trying hard not to cry. "Miss Grayson?"

    "Yes she is. Can't you see she's suffering?" Veronica answered testily.

    "Miss Grayson?" The nurse repeated. Rose reluctantly nodded, the pain too much to bear any longer. To her surprise, a larger hand enfolded her own. Another twinge of pain shot through her and she gripped Veronica's hand tightly. The nurse left and returned a minute later with a needle. She unceremoniously pulled the sheet and hospital gown back to expose Rose's right hip and stuck the needle in. "This will sting for a minute." The young woman gripped Veronica's hand even tighter as the medication was injected. "There, all done." The nurse looked up at the dark haired woman. "She'll probably fall asleep in a few minutes."

    "Fine, I won't be much longer." The nurse nodded and left, not bothering to pull the sheet back into place. Veronica used her free hand to reach over and cover Rose's hip with the stark white linen. "Do you want me to stay for a while until you fall asleep?"

    "No, that's…" She was unable to stifle a yawn. "…that's all right…I'm fine…" The powerful drug acted quickly, causing her head to loll to the side and her eyes to take on a glassy look. "Are you sure you're not an angel?" She asked sleepily as her eyelids sagged. "You look like an angel…you…" Another yawn, "…act like…" Her eyes closed and the hand that had been holding Veronica's fell limply to the side.

    She waited several minutes until she was certain that Rose was asleep before standing up and tucking the blanket around the injured woman. "Sleep well, Rose," she whispered.

    Part 2

    Veronica opened the door and dragged the litter box, scratching post, and bag of toys inside.
    "Tabitha, come on you little fuzzball, I've got toys for you." She sat down on the floor and pulled out the various items. The orange and white kitten came buncing over to see what the tall human was up to. She sat back and watched as the packages were opened and fake mice, bagged catnip, and various toys were tossed into a pile. "There you go," she said, fully expecting the feline to dive into the pile and play. Tabitha did what any cat would do, walked past the pile of cat toys and started batting at the empty wrappers. "Hey, the toys are over here." She grabbed the little ball with the bell hidden inside and shook it to get the cat's attention. "See? Toys here, garbage there." Tabitha looked at it, looked at the wrappers, and went back to playing with the clear plastic.

    "Fine, be that way, see if I care," the dejected woman said, stuffing the wrappers into the plastic bag. "I got you a litter box too, think you'll use that?"

    "Mrrow?"

    "That's what I thought." She stood up, tucked the bag of litter under one arm, the cat box under the other, and headed to the kitchen. "Seventy five bucks on toys and the stupid thing wants to play with the packages they