The Man on Her Left
I did not leave.
It took me another four months and a subpoena, and I did not choose it in the end, and I will not be claiming that I did.
Aurelio Pastrana wrote an incident report.
Hotels require it; a guest went down on the floor and a staff member was present.
That report is one page.
It gives the time, the location, the guest’s name, and the account given by the guest’s companion, which is recorded as: guest caught heel on carpet transition, declined medical assistance, assisted to room by companion and bellman.
It sat in a hotel’s risk management system for fourteen months.