"So, the notebook problem was solved. In the show they got their own version of it – and the introduction of Albert Thatcher…. Smart of them to have him played by someone who looked like Humphrey Bogart. But in the end, it ended up a dangling plot point. No one mentioned that notebook ever again…"

"They counted on people forgetting all about it of course. But no in real life we could not let that notebook hang around there like a time bomb that could go out at any moment. No. We had put a lock on it."

-0-

"Miss Mattox. I am Professor Romney. Can I come in?"

"You come to see Adam?"

"Yes, the description I got makes him fascinating."

"I would call him something else. Come in, come in. And see if you can take him away to someplace where they know what to do with him…. I don't know what Amos was thinking… Since is he is not the one actually taking care of him."

They went down to the cellar where they found Adam straining at the chain that kept him confined while Danny threw friend chicken at him.

"What are you doing?" Romney asked, shocked.

"If I get any closer, he'll grab me… He did it once and hurt me badly."

"I see. Well, let's see if we can devise a way to feed him. Let's put the food on the floor where he cannot reach it. Let him strain. When he is tired and sits down, we push the food towards him That will teach him to sit and wait…. I wonder how you manage to clean the…the excrements.

"Amos has to do it. He is te only one who can control him.

"Yes. Not a well thought of plan… well, there are ways to make things better."

"He should not be here. No one here can do much with hm.

"I will see about it."

-0-

"The actor that played Adam was really good looking. Looked like Tom Selleck… And they tried to tell us that he was hideous. Ha! No, the real Adam was ugly. And mentally a tabula rasa. A baby only with a lot of strength….A real mess.

"In any case he kept Professor Romney busy Whatever he wanted to tell me he forgot. So, I went on my own."

-0-

Beverly looked up at her notes. Those pills had helped. She had gained insight in the past that she could not have gotten otherwise. Scenes had come to her mind that were so vivid, so real…And she could find corroborating evidence.

She took the pills and closed her eyes

….And she found herself tied up on the floor with Chester Simms bending over her.

…You had to keep asking questions… I cannot let you go…I am sorry… I am sorry…

And he bent over putting his hands on her throat and squeezing…