Outside of the hospital were two men, one of which who looked as if he didn’t want to deal with this right now while the other ignored his companion’s reaction to him and looked all too eager to see him.
“You’ll do this for me, right, Michael?” The eager one stared at him with an imploring look that bordered on being downright pathetic. Pulling a coin out of one of his pockets, Arthur flipped it up into the air and caught it with ease before showing off the large silver coin to Michael. “Look, I’ll ask you for only five tosses this time and then I’ll get back to work. If we’re quick about it, nobody will even know that I’m gone.”
The first response Michael gave to him was a slight jerk of his head upwards back towards the hospital. “The guard force knows. The Chief won’t be happy to hear you skipped out of work again, especially since the Sleepers are awake now. You need to behave or you’ll get sent to rehab, Arthur.”
“I am behaving,” he replied with a wave his hand, appearing unbothered by what Michael said. “All I’m doing is visiting a friend while on my break and asking him to play a little game of predict the coin toss. And even if I wasn’t on break, everything’s under control at the supply depot.”
The look Michael gave him showed that he didn’t really believe Arthur, but he heaved a resigned sigh and didn’t argue against it. “Only five tosses and you have to help me.”
“I can do that. Let me grab someone to watch so we don’t accidentally mess up the results,” he replied with a grin, looking way too excited about doing this.
2nd, Monday
“You’ll do this for me, right, Michael?” The eager one stared at him with an imploring look that bordered on being downright pathetic. Pulling a coin out of one of his pockets, Arthur flipped it up into the air and caught it with ease before showing off the large silver coin to Michael. “Look, I’ll ask you for only five tosses this time and then I’ll get back to work. If we’re quick about it, nobody will even know that I’m gone.”
The first response Michael gave to him was a slight jerk of his head upwards back towards the hospital. “The guard force knows. The Chief won’t be happy to hear you skipped out of work again, especially since the Sleepers are awake now. You need to behave or you’ll get sent to rehab, Arthur.”
“I am behaving,” he replied with a wave his hand, appearing unbothered by what Michael said. “All I’m doing is visiting a friend while on my break and asking him to play a little game of predict the coin toss. And even if I wasn’t on break, everything’s under control at the supply depot.”
The look Michael gave him showed that he didn’t really believe Arthur, but he heaved a resigned sigh and didn’t argue against it. “Only five tosses and you have to help me.”
“I can do that. Let me grab someone to watch so we don’t accidentally mess up the results,” he replied with a grin, looking way too excited about doing this.