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frequently on the phone. Rudy hadn’t told her what he did for a living, but she hoped it had nothing to do with the medical profession.
                  Rudy had her little car delivered to her and she drove into town for groceries and necessary items. She glanced at a tabloid and quickly looked away. The headlines still screamed Vivian and her new boy-toy.  As she drove back, she wondered if he even thought about her.
                  Gripping the steering wheel, Lucy decided that Dean was best left to the ashes of her memory. She had bigger problems. Like giving her new patient a bath. She wasn’t looking forward to it. Not that she anything against the chore, it was just that they were all alone in the little cottage, and there weren’t any witnesses should he decide to get ugly.
                  Pulling up in front of the house, she paused and tried to think how best to go about it. She got out and went in.
                  “You’re back,” he said, almost relieved. “I was beginning to think you’d left me.”
                  “Why would you think that?” she replied, as she carried the groceries into the kitchen. “I live here.”
                  “I don’t know,” he shrugged, peering up at her shyly. “Maybe you’re tired of the company?”
                  “The company’s fine,” she murmured as she pulled out a package. She held it up for him to see. “Look what they had.”
                  His eyes widened in horror. “Bloody hell! You’re not giving me a bath!” He turned his chair around and peeled off toward his bedroom.
                  Lucy chased after him. “But Alec! These are the latest thing. You just pop them in the microwave and you’re good to go. It’ll only take five minutes.”
                  “Well, if they’re so bloody great you take them and knock yourself out. I’m going to bed.”
                  Laughing at the whole thing, Lucy followed him in and watched in disbelief as he wheeled himself into the corner. He stared at her defiantly like a naughty boy. “You’re not giving me a bath!” he told her firmly. “I had one last week. Hilda gave me one before she left. I’m good for another.”
                  “Don’t be silly! You’ll feel so much better, she said as she approached him.
                  “I said no!” he shouted at her and backed away from her. “Get the hell away from me!” 
                  Lucy didn’t know what was wrong with him. He seemed agitated, almost frightened. His eyes were wild with fear and his hands were gripping the wheels with such force, his knuckles showed white. “Alec---” she began, “what on earth…?”
                  “Stay away from me,” he warned ominously.  “I’ll not tell you again.”
                  Not knowing what to make of it, Lucy set the package down and left him alone. As she put the groceries away, she wondered what Rudy had neglected to tell her about Alec. She knew fear when she saw it and he had been terrified. Of what? Her? He hadn’t exhibited any abnormal behavior in the past few weeks she’d been here. Sometimes she heard him talking in his sleep but nothing out of the ordinary. Now, he was acting like a frightened animal when she tried to bathe him! It didn’t make sense.
                  Lucy went to her bedroom and saw his door was closed. Feeling suddenly ill, she had to lie down on the bed, and put a cool cloth over her aching eyes. She closed them against the incessant pounding and tried to get some rest.
                  She hoped she wasn’t coming down with anything.
                                                                      
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                  Someone was in her room! She