Obsession (Mills & Boon M&B) by Jackson Lisa

Author:Jackson, Lisa [Jackson, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474046879
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1991-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rick Taylor jabbed at a broken piece of pottery with his broom. Rolling his eyes, he cocked his head toward the patient. “He’s been this way ever since Friday.”

Dr. Anthony Henshaw rubbed his chin as he surveyed the damage in the small room. Books were thrown haphazardly on the floor, the desk chair was overturned, a bulletin board ripped from the wall, papers scattered on the floor and the pieces of clay pottery and dirt smashed against one corner. “What’s the matter, Lee?” Henshaw asked the patient with the flaming red hair.

“He won’t talk about it,” Rick said, tossing the trash into a plastic bag. “But it started the other day during that show he watches, West Coast Morning. The woman who usually does the interviews—Kaylie whatever-her-nameis—wasn’t on that day; out for ‘personal reasons’ the other guy said, and ol’ Lee, here—” he cocked his head toward the patient again “—went ’round the bend. I’ve been cleaning up this room once a day.”

Henshaw frowned. This didn’t sound good. He’d just returned from a symposium in Chicago and discovered from Dr. Jones that Lee Johnston had relapsed. “You miss Kaylie, Lee?” he asked, but the patient, sitting on the end of the unmade bed, didn’t reply, just stared blankly ahead, hands clasped prayerlike on his lap.

Dr. Henshaw scratched his chin. Lee was a difficult case; always had been. He sat next to the patient. “Does it bother you when Kaylie isn’t on the show?”

No reply, just a slight movement of Johnston’s thin lips.

“Even people who work on television take vacations. They need time off, too.”

“He’s not talkin’ today,” Rick said, shaking his head as he restacked books and magazines in the bookcase. “Won’t say a word. Not one. Not to me, nor to Jeff or Pam, either. If you ask me, he’s waitin’ for the show.” Shoving the last book on the bottom shelf, he glanced over his shoulder at the doctor. “Let’s just hope she’s back. Then maybe Lee here will calm down.”

Rick left the room, and Henshaw tried communicating with Lee, but to no avail. Quiet, but obviously still upset, Lee refused to acknowledge the doctor’s presence. After ten minutes, Henshaw gave up. He had other patients to see and a staff meeting in half an hour.

Ramming his hands deep into his pockets, he walked down the long hallway, rounded a couple of corners to the administrative offices. His own cubicle was near the back, with one window and a view of the gardens.

Dropping into his chair, he scowled to himself. Johnston obviously still had problems. Henshaw doubted if the man would ever fit into society. Yet there was talk that he might be released soon. Aside from a few incidents like the trashing of the room, Lee had been a model patient.

Henshaw picked up a pen and clicked it several times. Then there was the matter of Johnston’s privacy. Several people were interested in his case and wondered about his freedom. Henshaw had been called by Kaylie Melville’s ex-husband often enough.

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