Is it important?

I then edited: [Very important, he's someone I care about a lot.

I thought again of Jacqueline, who was seriously injured the other day, and re-edited: [Just a fussy guest, talk about unimportant.

I got no further reply.

After waiting for a while, I asked the receptionist to ask again, but received the same answer.

Not knowing how long had passed, I opened my eyes only to find that I had actually fallen asleep while still covered with a blanket.

It was after 6:00 p.m. and the receptionist had left for work.

I was ready to go straight in and find Carter, and just as I turned...