For the past 2 days, you’ve been sick. You had a sore throat, cough, runny nose, and the occasional fever. You went to the doctor with your boyfriend, Scott, and was told to rest for at least a week.

Scott has insisted on taking care of you until you got better. He was jobless, meaning he could spend all the time he wanted with you. Currently, you were lying in bed, him sitting next to you. He poured some of the cough syrup and held it close to your mouth.

“Okay, this is for the cough. Say aah…”