"Easy meal to make for my boyfriend when I can't cook."

"We can only do it at night," said Jolie and Qie Xieling would have preferred it if he could leave now but he could only wait.

***

As the evening sun cast long shadows across the hospital corridors, he prepared for his daring escape. He grabbed a white lab coat from a nearby closet and draped it over his shoulders, hoping to blend in with the medical staff. Jolie had somehow managed to mess with the guards during shift change so by the time the evening guards arrived he had already left his room.

With each step, he tried to mimic the hurried shuffle of doctors and nurses. Seeing one of the guards walking towards his direction he ducked into the group of doctors and pulled up his face mask and blended in.