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out a deal that helps both sides. The employer pays out less, I make out more, and the government needn"t know a thing.”
“Luckily for you, I"m not one to care about anyone cheating the government.”
“Well, if you were, I guessI"d be on my way and you"d still be looking for someone to help out with the rent. No worries.”
“No worries. Best of luck at the Regal, Eric. Hope to see you later.”
“Thanks, Bryan. I look forward to meeting your friends tonight.” Eric left the apartment to head for the Regal Repertory.
December 13, 1983
    Linda Sherman stopped Dr. Frank DiLaurio before he entered Evan"s room. “Frank, can I see you for a minute?”
“Sure, Linda. What"s up?”
“Mr. Troy asked the head nurse to leave him alone with Mrs. Fleming. That"s the young lady"s mother. He referred to her as his mother-in-law. Now I recall that you had said that Mr. Troy and Miss Fleming both said that they are not married.”
“Yes, that"s correct.”
Linda sighed. “This is getting more mysterious by the moment. I"m doing my best at putting off calling the authorities.”
“Did you do any research on them, Linda?”
“I did. Miss Fleming checks out. Mr. Troy does not. There is no record of any existence of an Evan Troy… at least no one that fits his approximate age in the United States and Canada.”
“Kind of what we expected. So what now?”
“Frank, how is he doing? Contacting the authorities has always been secondary to stabilizing the patient, unless the patient appears to be a threat.”
“I wouldn"t call him a threat. As for how he"s doing… I
major university think we may need outside help… from a
    hospital.”
“Well, with that will probably come
publicity... and a university hospital will want some identification
first… especially if they are taking on a patient that has already
been treated. When Mr. Troy came here, he needed immediate
attention. We couldn"t waste time with the normal registration
formalities.”
“True, but Hugo and I have consulted all the doctors on our
staff. No one knows what to do beyond what we have already
done for Mr. Troy. We haven"t done much really. After we
stopped the initial bleeding, there hasn"t even been a lot of
bleeding to stop. Most of the lost blood disappeared as the leg
decomposed. My guess is that it somehow dried up as it came into
contact with the outside air. It"s hard to treat what we can"t even some unneeded explain medically or scientifically. Anyway, though we once thought the deterioration had stopped, it is now apparent that Mr. Troy"s decomposition is slowly spreading and will probably not
stop at the pelvis unless we get him the best care we can find.” “And no hospital specializes in stopping bodies in the state
of decaying.”
“ That’s a problem. We need to find a university hospital
that is not afraid to take on a challenge for the sake of its
reputation.”
“Well, if you are certain that there is nothing else we can
do, I"ll try Fletcher University Hospital. Once Mr. Troy is free
from visitors, we will need to inform him that he will need to
provide some background information in order to get transferred.” Frank nodded. “And we may finally find out who Evan
Troy really is.”
April, 1972
    Evan gingerly entered Michelle"s bedroom as she sat on the edge of her bed with her forehead resting on the bedpost, still crying. “Hey, my love,” he softly said as he sat beside her while placing his hand gently on her shoulder.
    Michelle sniffled. “Oh, Evan. You must think I"m a baby.”
“Actually… no. Your mom filled me in on the reason you"re crying. Believe me… I"m just as upset as you are. I… even feel somewhat responsible for what you"re going through.”
“You do? Oh, you"re so sweet, but why would you feel that way? This has nothing to do with you.”
“It has everything to do with me, sweetheart. Can we go somewhere to talk?”
“Where did you have in mind? Did you plan on doing anything special tonight?”
“Yes. I