CHAPTER 13They’d tranquilized him. He was aware of this; also that a conference was going on there in his bedroom.
He heard Lathan Mott’s voice: “He acted kind of weird when I talked to him. Then he got sick and I brought him home. He wanted to be alone but I was worried and I hung around outside and after while he came out again. I said hello but he acted like he’d never seen me before and walked away. I followed him and he went into the chapel.”
“I always suspected a religious compulsion.” That was Bell’s voice; probably hovering around to protect his fifty bucks a week, Mike thought vaguely. He wondered why he had ever taken Bell seriously. Then he realized he was being unfair. He’d expected too much from the psychiatrist.
“I went up behind him in a pew where I could stay close and h
