22-His salvation

That night, the sleeping drugs failed to work as intended. Brent Keith stayed awake until dawn, just after falling into darkness and drifting off into another world.

A ray of golden sunlight brushed across his face alongside his bed. He seemed to be cringing in anguish, as if the monsters of his nightmare had firmly grasped his throat.

It was the world he had once known so well. The halls of the New York City hospital at dusk looked like they were sprinkled with golden light, the figures of off-duty doctors and nurses intertwined with those of the patients moving about.

"Brent you off duty?"

Brent was walking out the door with his shoulder bag on his back when he heard the lovely nurse on duty greet him and smiled back, revealing his deep dimples.

"Well, my mum said we're having a family roast chicken and steak dinner today, so I need to get home soon."

"It's not just your whole family, your girlfriend is there too, right?"

"Brent doesn't listen to them. We simply see each other as fr