Moon was still in ICU, but he was awake and alert enough to talk to me.
“I want protection!”
“Mr. Moon, at this point, I don’t even know who or what we’d be protecting you from. I need a little help here.”
The bruised and battered man who’d nearly died twice lying before me in the bed still had a look of defiance on his face. I have to break him...
“They’re crazy and I need to get away from them!”
“Who’s crazy?”
“Whoever was after JD, that’s who! Now they’re after me!”
“Do you know them?”
“Hell no, I don’t know them!”
Despite the claim, I picked up on a slight hitch of hesitation in his voice. “Why did you leave the hospital?”
“Listen lady, I knew they’d come after me again. I wasn’t safe here. I had to get out of here then and I need to get out of here again.”
“You’re safe for
