Excerpt from Forever Richard.

"Ahem." The doctor already on board protested, "It's against hospital policy for unauthorized personnel to use the elevators during an emergency." They paid no attention.

When the doors closed Rodney said, "There's no emergency. I set off the fire alarm. We needed a distraction so we could get our friend out of here." He indicated Josh with a quick nod of his head. "See, he's a vampire and he's going to need blood real soon."

The elevator doors slid open at the fifth floor. Those inside rushed out--except for the doctor. Cassie said, "That was a brilliant performance. Perhaps you should've told the doctor a little more."

"What do you mean? I told him everything."

"My point exactly."

"I also told him the truth, so you should be happy."

They took the first corner with watchful eyes; they didn't want to draw any more attention than necessary. "It doesn't matter if you tell the truth if you don't know when not to."

"I don't know what you're so upset about. It doesn't matter what I told him. If he believes what I said about my setting off the fire alarm, which is plausible, he'd also have to believe the part about Josh being a vampire, which is implausible. What are the odds?"


"Pretty good I'd say," Kyle remarked after looking back over his shoulder. "Here comes the good doctor now and it seems he's met up with a few security guards."