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heartbeat. For the first time, I felt hopeful. This man did have a heart after all. Maybe I could persuade him to let me go.
    “What’s your name anyway?” I asked.
    He covered his hands over his face. “I can’t do this shit. You serious? You think that’s animals we hear? Locked up in cages? Monkeys and shit?”
    “It sure sounds like it. Look, whatever your name is, you don’t have to do this. Keep me here against my will. Like I said, whatever she’s paying you, I’ll pay you double.”
    He stared at me, eyeing me up and down. His tough guy demeanor all at once left him as he let out a long sigh and slumped his shoulders. “Fine, let’s get the fuck out of here. I promised I’d keep you here until he was transferred to another hospital—”
    “Daniel?”
    “Yeah, Daniel. Dr. Jürgen wanted me to keep you here—keep you from doing mischief. Nobody was going to get hurt, least of all you.” His accent had suddenly become normal, no longer the working class tough guy with an attitude.
    I felt the lump on my forehead. “So what about this?”
    “You bumped your head getting out of the car.”
    “So why can’t I remember? Why are the last couple of days a blank?”
    “Because Dr. Jürgen gave you something. I don’t know what it was . . . an injection of some kind. Something to knock you out till you were safely locked up here. Look, she told me to distract you . . . entertain you. Get into your panties if I could. Told me how you were obsessed with her husband and stalking him. She didn’t want to call the cops on you but wanted you out of the way. She told me you were a danger, not only to yourself, but to her husband Daniel. She was scared you’d pull out his tubes or something. I thought I was doing everyone a favor.”
    “Wow, she’s really deranged, that woman. She’s the one who’s likely to pull out his tubes! And I cannot believe that Daniel is her husband!”
    He shrugged. “I’m sorry, I don’t know who to believe.”
    “Oh, because she wears a white coat you should believe her ? She’s a fucking lunatic! She drugged me once before. Daniel had woken up from his coma—I was there—yet suddenly he was out like a light the second she came on the scene. Her sister was married to Daniel before she died. He proposed to me! He would have told me if he’d married her. Daniel and I are in love! We’re engaged!”
    “Look, Janie. Dr. Jürgen is a real doctor. I saw her in action at the hospital. Met nurses and other doctors who work for her. She’s the real thing, not some phony. You? You I don’t know from Adam. All I can do is take her word for it.”
    “Well her word is bullshit, please believe me!” I yelled out. But the way he was looking at me showed me that he didn’t believe me. Not one bit. I tried another tactic. “How much is she paying you?”
    “Ten thousand dollars.”
    “That’s it? Ten grand? For breaking the law?”
    “Hey, I don’t know where you come from but ten grand for a couple days work is pretty darn fine by my standards! Got to pay my bills, you know.”
    “So what are you, anyway? A security guy? A bodyguard or something? How did she find you?”
    He raked his hands through his dark hair. “You think I look the part then, huh?” He grinned at me.
    “The part?”
    “Yeah, you think I’m doing a good job of acting like a tough guy?”
    I stared at him. This was surreal. Who the hell was this person? “You never did tell me your name,” I said suspiciously.
    “Remy. Remy Foxton.”
    “You say that like I should know who you are.”
    “Maybe you seen me on TV.”
    “You’re a fucking actor ? You’re kidding me, right?”
    “No.”
    “So all that pussy talk was you . . . you—”
    “Playing a role. Glad I had you convinced.”
    “How did she find you? Put an ad for an audition in Variety, looking for actors or something?”
    He laughed. The movie star, pearly white teeth laugh that had me so flummoxed earlier. The actor thing