It's late Friday afternoon and I sit reading my newest book in the quiet waiting room. It was just pure luck that I had managed to get this last appointment of the day. Just a quick pap test and a renewal of my birth control and I'd be ready to go home and enjoy a nice relaxing weekend.

Behind the reception desk the nursing assistant was packing up her bag and getting ready to leave. I checked my watch. Five minutes to six. The office would be closing soon. The patient who'd been called in before me had already left ten minutes ago.