Out of the blue, a patient opened up to Mary Akinniyi '27 about the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. He turned to drugs, he told her, because the high – even if it only lasted a fews seconds – was his only escape from the trauma. The drugs led him on a path to the Washington County Jail. The patient considers his time behind bars as rehab, but he's worried he'll fall back into his old lifestyle when he's released. After finishing the story, Akinniyi asked rhetorically to no one or maybe everyone:
"Is he any less deserving of care?"