What a Man Wants

5.

I started my second task.

It was...

To take care of an old lady in a madhouse...

"Don't you think the two tasks are too different?"

"You just need to shut up," Ghostface said lightly, "and do what you have to do."

He handed me a file bag, which contained information on the patient.

Maria Johnson, 68 years old, an excellent teacher before retirement. Her husband died in a fire.

"How long should I take care of her?"

"Until she dies."

"What? You must be kidding me. What if she lives to 100? Am I supposed to do this for 30 years?"

"You won't." His voice was as steady as a windless lake. "She's at the end stage of lung cancer. She won't survive this summer."

The president of the madhouse warmly received me.

"Thank you, Mr. Morgan. You're first to offer to work here in years!"

I sneered in my heart, "I wouldn't, if I wasn't kidnapped now."