She picked at her nails as she lay on the bed listening to the sound of the shower running from the white bathroom the smell of hotel soap drifted from the door and steam wafted up from underneath it she shifted her weight the mattress creaking the crooked lampshade sending glares of light across the dimly lit room casting her into shadow while she sighed a deep sigh and folded the sign reading "Do Not Disturb" in half and tossed it sharply at the TV which was muted and fuzzy because they hadn't bothered to find the hidden remote before he left for his shower that would never be finished because he had already left choosing to make his exit through the small window next to the dripping sink of the locked white bathroom