"How can the spark be there? I just met the guy." I failed to disclose the fact that I felt a little spark when Tyson stepped into the room.
"I'll stay here for the night to make sure you're okay."
"You don’t have to do that."
"It’s not a big deal."
"You said yourself, if somebody wanted me dead, they'd have done it when I was in a coma."
He shrugged. “True. But you’re in here for a reason. Maybe somebody already tried to take you out."
My face wrinkled again. "That was a fluke. A random mugging."
"Was it?"
I hesitated and thought about it for a moment. The incident was still a blank to me. "Now you're making me paranoid."
"As you should be."
10
The nurses came in to check on me several times during the night. It was impossible to get any real sleep. How anyone could rest and recover in a place like this was beyond me.
Tyson slept in the crappy reclining chair. I don’t think it bothered him. He looked like he could sleep anywhere. When anyone entered, Tyson was always alert and watchful. It’s like he sensed them before they came in. The guy was a trooper.
"Are you getting any sleep?" he asked.
"Here and there."
“What about you? You’re going to be exhausted by morning."
He smiled. "I'm used to this kind of thing."
"Do you look after people often?"
"Comes with the territory."
"You really don't have to stay,” I said, even though I felt better knowing he was there. “Like you said. If somebody wanted me dead, I'd be gone already."
"I'll leave in the morning."
"I'm sure you've got a life to get back to,” I said, fishing for more information.
He chuckled. "Indeed. But I have an ulterior motive. I’m more than a little curious about what happened to you and why you just disappeared. I have my suspicions. But I want answers. I think you owe me that."
I cringed. “Sorry. I don’t have them.”
“Maybe in time.”
"Isn't anybody gonna wonder where you are?"
"The people that need to know where I am already know.”
After a moment’s hesitation, I asked, "Is there a Mrs. Wild?"
He laughed again. "Get some rest."
"How am I supposed to sleep when somebody is coming in every hour on the hour? And after what you told me, when I do sleep, I have crazy dreams."
