The First Time I've Been in a Guest Room

"I've seen a room where someone snuck in their dog, kitten and chicken," says housekeeper. "You don't have to forgive her, you just can't kill her," scrawled one note on the armoire of another guest's room. The man was staying for several days at an independent hotel with 20 prescription bottles lined up on his bed along with insulin and needles. A second note read: 'Spray and wash apply for Medicare in subordination. The soul is healed by being with children'