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road met the road that looped through the compound was about a ten-minute walk. Around five minutes into it, however, Genie sensed that she was being followed, and when she glanced around, she saw Josh walking behind her. She couldn't decide if he'd left so he could catch up with her, or because he was done for the night, but since he'd given no indication during the evening that he wanted to spend any time with her, she ignored him and walked on.
B y the time she reached the intersection where the ranch roads joined, Josh caught up with her, took her arm to keep her from turning toward Matt and Ruth's house, and said, "Okay, you've got my curiosity."
"Where are you taking me?" Genie asked, as Josh steered her away from her destination.
"To the lodge," Josh replied.
"Why there?" Genie asked.
"Because I want to see you run four balls in a row."
"It's easy," Genie said. "You let your subconscious mind take over and shoot without aiming. It works every time." She tried not to be distracted by the feel of Josh's hand wrapped around her arm, but it was firmly connected, and she was making no attempt to pull it away.
"I also want to know how you did the thumb trick," Josh said.
"I told you, it was mind over matter, but if it wasn't, I still wouldn't tell you because it would break one of the seven principles of the magician's code, which is secrecy. A magician only reveals secrets to other magicians. "
"You're not a magician. You're a nurse."
"A nurse on leave. I might not be going back."
"Why?"
"I already told you, it's too complicated to explain."
"No, you told me it was complicated. Nothing's too complicated to explain, unless you don't know yourself why you're quitting, which I'm sure is not the case."
"You can't be sure of anything because you don't even know me ," Genie said.
"I know enough ," Josh replied. "I did some research."
"What kind of research?"
"The Annie kind."
Genie looked at Josh in curiosity. "You asked Annie questions about me?"
Josh nodded.
"Why?"
"Because I want to know what makes Nurse Ratched tick, kind of like standing back and studying a two-thousand pound, pissed off, insanely angry bull to know how he reacts in different circumstances."
Uncertain how to interpret his analogy, Genie set it aside for the moment, and said, "You were only in the hospital three days, after which we parted company, presumably for good, except that you've continued playing with bulls which will ultimately get you back into Nurse Ratched's ward, but since you still believe you're invincible, you don't think that way, so why did you want to know what makes me tick if you never expected to see me again?"
"I believe in fate ," Josh replied.
" Fate that you'd end up back in my ward, or that I'd end up here?" Genie asked.
"Neither. I just turn it over to fate."
When they reached the lodge, Josh, who was still holding onto Genie's arm, which she was still making no attempt to pull free, guided her to the front entrance. Through the window she saw ranch guests inside—three sitting in a grouping, and a couple standing and talking—but no one was playing pool. She was relieved that guests were present though. She wasn't prepared to spend time alone with Josh. It wasn't conducive with keeping her distance from him. And right now, she was going against everything she'd programmed herself not to do by trailing along with him to the lodge instead of going back to the house because, if the guests decided to leave, she could find herself alone with Josh, and he wasn't the one she feared. His nearness affected her in ways she couldn't explain. Yet ignoring her instincts, she continued with him into the lodge.
CHAPTER 5
On e ntering the lodge, Josh dropped Genie's arm and walked to the rack of cue sticks mounted on the wall behind the pool table. Taking a stick down, he handed it to Genie. She took it and stepped aside while Josh proceeded to rack the balls.
"What are you setting up for?" she
B y the time she reached the intersection where the ranch roads joined, Josh caught up with her, took her arm to keep her from turning toward Matt and Ruth's house, and said, "Okay, you've got my curiosity."
"Where are you taking me?" Genie asked, as Josh steered her away from her destination.
"To the lodge," Josh replied.
"Why there?" Genie asked.
"Because I want to see you run four balls in a row."
"It's easy," Genie said. "You let your subconscious mind take over and shoot without aiming. It works every time." She tried not to be distracted by the feel of Josh's hand wrapped around her arm, but it was firmly connected, and she was making no attempt to pull it away.
"I also want to know how you did the thumb trick," Josh said.
"I told you, it was mind over matter, but if it wasn't, I still wouldn't tell you because it would break one of the seven principles of the magician's code, which is secrecy. A magician only reveals secrets to other magicians. "
"You're not a magician. You're a nurse."
"A nurse on leave. I might not be going back."
"Why?"
"I already told you, it's too complicated to explain."
"No, you told me it was complicated. Nothing's too complicated to explain, unless you don't know yourself why you're quitting, which I'm sure is not the case."
"You can't be sure of anything because you don't even know me ," Genie said.
"I know enough ," Josh replied. "I did some research."
"What kind of research?"
"The Annie kind."
Genie looked at Josh in curiosity. "You asked Annie questions about me?"
Josh nodded.
"Why?"
"Because I want to know what makes Nurse Ratched tick, kind of like standing back and studying a two-thousand pound, pissed off, insanely angry bull to know how he reacts in different circumstances."
Uncertain how to interpret his analogy, Genie set it aside for the moment, and said, "You were only in the hospital three days, after which we parted company, presumably for good, except that you've continued playing with bulls which will ultimately get you back into Nurse Ratched's ward, but since you still believe you're invincible, you don't think that way, so why did you want to know what makes me tick if you never expected to see me again?"
"I believe in fate ," Josh replied.
" Fate that you'd end up back in my ward, or that I'd end up here?" Genie asked.
"Neither. I just turn it over to fate."
When they reached the lodge, Josh, who was still holding onto Genie's arm, which she was still making no attempt to pull free, guided her to the front entrance. Through the window she saw ranch guests inside—three sitting in a grouping, and a couple standing and talking—but no one was playing pool. She was relieved that guests were present though. She wasn't prepared to spend time alone with Josh. It wasn't conducive with keeping her distance from him. And right now, she was going against everything she'd programmed herself not to do by trailing along with him to the lodge instead of going back to the house because, if the guests decided to leave, she could find herself alone with Josh, and he wasn't the one she feared. His nearness affected her in ways she couldn't explain. Yet ignoring her instincts, she continued with him into the lodge.
CHAPTER 5
On e ntering the lodge, Josh dropped Genie's arm and walked to the rack of cue sticks mounted on the wall behind the pool table. Taking a stick down, he handed it to Genie. She took it and stepped aside while Josh proceeded to rack the balls.
"What are you setting up for?" she
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