Nan enters the hospital waiting room for the second to last check in with the doctor. Another regular patient, Mrs. Lasley complains of the long wait. A new patient walks in and Nan and Mrs. Lasley watch her drop a pen. Dr. Hoffman enters the room and calls for Nan. Lying down on the treatment table, Nan thinks about how most of the hospital staff act brightly in order to snuff out the sensation of fear in the hospital.  Dr. Hoffman cheerily tells Nan that she needs only one more treatment and that she is “lucky” to go back to work. Scoffing, Nan feels anything but lucky. While she endures the pain of treatment, she thinks of Mrs. Lasley’s cape and it reminds her of a happier conversation she had with her ex-husband, Jack. He was possessive over her as well as a cape he had owned. Jack had often wrapped the cape around them lovingly and Nan had even wrapped their son in its safe warmth. However, she struggles to remember where she had last put the cape. The treatment ends and Nan stares at the thin scar that has healed cleanly.