The Visit

"He is quite fair skinned," the doctor said.
"Will he need further testing," the nurse asked, scribbling while she spoke.
"During the day he is quite active and his sugars are in acceptable control."
She stopped scribbling and looked up at him. She pulled the reading glasses from her face and let them fall to dangle from the chain.
"Yes, he will need further testing."
She wrote it down.

The Humidifier

"If the windows sweat turn it down to 25 degrees."
"Okay," I said.
"It should be fine, though, with the high ceilings and all of the wood."
"Okay," I said.
"Did someone turn it off on purpose?"
"Don't know," I said.
He folded the step-ladder and pulled out the iPad to do the invoice.