The Woman in the Room Summary

Johnny's mother is in the hospital, dying of cancer. Johnny has found a collection of drugs in her medicine cabinet and is surprised to find some powerful pain killers. The man knows an overdose of these drugs could kill a person. Johnny also knows that his mother suffers a great deal of pain and that she sometimes asks him to sneak her some aspirin. Johnny visits her several times with the pills in his pocket, but he cannot make himself give them to her. Johnny watches his mother grow sicker and still he cannot be sure if he can really do it. Finally Johnny's mother asks him to give her some aspirin, her head is hurting her. Johnny tells her he has some more powerful pills that will help her much better. Johnny's mother asks...