Chapter 3
Candy and I don’t get our chance to gawk at the new patient like a couple of rubberneckers straining to get a quick look at a horrific traffic accident. All the patient exam rooms are closed when we innocently stroll by. Instead, we head to the multi-purpose room so Candy can cheat the crazies out of their change playing seven-card stud. Fortunately for her, none of them really know how to play. We haven’t even gotten a game going when he walks in. My eyes widen at the sheer presence of him. And before I know what I’m doing, I leave my chair for the cover of the table. Okay, so shoot me, I panic when faced with a situation that might make me the slightest bit uncomfortable.
I’m hunched down beneath the table like a frightened rabbit as I watch the tall figure kneel before the n
