Part 44 (2/2)
”Julia doesn't know what is wrong with him. He was still unconscious when the ambulance left for the hospital.”
”Did you see Amy?”
”Yes. She was doing her best to keep David's spirits up.”
”I'll see her later. Julia will be by this evening to give you another injection, I'm sure.”
”Yes. I've been thinking about that. Why should she come all the way over here just to give me an injection when you are quite capable of doing it yourself?”
”Barnabas -”
”I think you should mention it to Julia when you see her today. Tell her that you will be giving me the injections from now on.”
Deciding not to argue, Angelique agreed and stood there as he left the room to go downstairs.
Her first stop was Collinwood. She stayed there for several hours while Carolyn and Quentin were at the office, then went in to Collinsport. Julia was at the front desk, looking at a chart. ”Julia. Has there been any change?”
There was angry accusation in Julia's eyes. ”Do you really care, Angelique?”
”Of course I do. Why would you think otherwise?”
”Let's go into my office,” she said, looking around. ”We can talk there.”
”I agree. I think we should talk.”
Once inside, Julia faced Angelique. ”I've run every test I can think of, and they've all come back negative. There is no medical reason for Roger's condition, Angelique, and that only leaves one other cause.”
”I could have told you the reports would be negative, Julia.”
”I'm sure you could have. I didn't want to believe it when Barnabas told me what he suspected, but now -”
”You were right not to believe anything he said, Julia. I did not do this. Why would I want to hurt Roger? For the first time, I have what I want. Barnabas. It would be the height of foolishness - no, stupidity -to do something like this now, when everything is going right.”
”I know. That's what I keep telling myself. But if you didn't do it, then who -”
”Someone with more reason to hate the Collins family than I ever had. I can't say more right now, Julia. But I want you to continue to go along with Barnabas. Let him think you believe that I'm responsible.”
”All right.” She sat down. ”Did he get his injection this morning?”
”Yes. And afterwards, he informed me that he would prefer that I give them to83.
him from now on. That there's no need for you to come out to the Old House.”
”But there is. I have to check on his progress, and the serum is too unstable to be made up more than 48 hours ahead of time.”
”I'll tell him -”
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