Previously, on "A Stranger In Town" ... Mom ends her conversation with Girl, and clicks over to her other call.
"Hello? Oh, hi. I just had a very interesting conversation that I'm sure will be of particular interest to you..."
"Really?" queried Deadboy, surprised. "That was fast."
"Well, you did tell me to keep my ears open for anything that sounded suspicious about Consolation Husband, although I still think you must have the wrong fellow. Girl tells me he brought a coworker home who was behaving very strangely, asking how well she knew her husband! Are you sure it wouldn't be better if we told Girl about your suspicions?"
"No!" replied Deadboy, a little too vehemently. "That is, Girl must continue to live with him as if nothing were wrong. We don't want to worry her or take a chance on tipping him off about the investigation."
"I suppose you're right, Detective," sighed Mom. "As long as you are sure she's not in any danger."
"Absolutely," replied Deadboy. "We'd pull her out of there at the first sign of trouble. Thanks for your time, ma'am, and you feel free to call if anything else comes up."
"I wish this whole mess was over, but it is a comfort, knowing how hard you are working on this case. I hope someday I might get the chance to thank you in person - you sound like such a wonderful young man."
"Thank you. Maybe someday," came the soft reply before the Detective hung up the phone.
What was he doing? What could he possibly be thinking, involving himself in her life again like this? When he had taken the undercover assignment to gain the trust of Consolation Husband, it was just another day on the job. But spending the evening with her...he knew there had been something between them. He felt the connection instantly, long before the first murky memories began to surface from the black void that was Before. They had dated, he thought; maybe even been in love -- or at least he had, he was pretty sure.
He knew he couldn't blow this, his first undercover assignment; they had waited so long to send him out, nervous about letting him try to maintain a false identity when he was still so shaky on his own actual past. One mistake, one old acquaintance that he didn't recognize in order to avoid, once chance meeting in the presence of his target could instantly reveal him for a fraud. He had finally convinced them that, after working in Metropolis for five years without once being recognized it was highly unlikely that anyone around here ever knew him at all. He had certainly never dreamed he could find himself trying to bring down the husband of a former love!
[That's part "10" as in "1 out of 10 people in cheesy TV movies suffers from amnesia"]
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...to be continued...
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