Deja Vu by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Annie stared at the wheelchair-bound man, a thoughtful expression on her face.

Virgil Anders finger-combed his hair as he stared up at the two women towering over him. “What? Why are you looking at me like that? What are you thinking?”

Annie sat down on one of the cushioned chairs at the table. “I was wondering how it is that you never tried to leave here. I understand your comfort level and zone, and I even understand your fear. You’re a prisoner, but then you already know that. Did you ever even try?”

Virgil Anders looked down at his legs and then up at Annie. “No. I never tried. The thought was always there in the back of my mind, but I never acted on it. What that meant was that I had to work extra hard not to get carried away with a possible escape. When it did happen, all I had to do was remember those two goons and the eighteen months I spent in the hospital. I knew if I tried, they’d kill me. It’s just that simple, and if you can’t understand it or won’t understand it, then it’s your problem. I’m alive. For all intents and purposes I have a good life. There is nothing I need or want except to be able to walk again, and that’s not going to happen. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m an old man.

“Maybe you can understand this. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t try to plan an escape, a day doesn’t go by that I don’t plan Hank Jellicoe’s death. It’s what has kept me going. I was engaged to be married when this all happened, did you know that?”

Annie and Myra shook their heads.

“Well, I was. I guess there’s no harm in telling you this. Her name was Margie Evans, and she came to see me every day in the hospital. Then when they brought me here, they told me I had to cut all ties. I knew they were watching me so I… buckled. I told myself I did it for Margie’s safety, but I was a coward. That’s the bottom line.”

Myra felt so sorry for the man sitting in front of her, she dropped to her knees and reached for his hands. “Do you want us to find her for you?”

“And have her see me like this? No! Not while Hank Jellicoe is still out there. No!”

“Mr. Anders, you said she stuck by you while you were in the hospital and came to see you every day. That has to mean she knew what your condition was, and she was okay with it. When you were at the library on the computer, didn’t you ever try?”

Anders shook his head. “I opted to let sleeping dogs lie. I would like to know that she’s okay. I think about her as much as I think about Hank Jellicoe and what might have been.”

If Anders was going to say anything else, he was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell.

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