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By the way he is gripping the arms of the chair, I can tell he’s not feeling the least bit comfortable. My heart is still pounding too, so apparently Tommy is the only one who is calm, cool and collected. He smiles as he takes a chair facing us and asks, “What can I do for you guys?”
Trey
After the way Tommy acted on the phone yesterday, I’m a little surprised to see him acting this way. Poor Becky looked like she was about to jump out of her skin, but he seems like he just got back from a week at the spa.
“How is Liv? Did you guys have fun in Monaco?” I begin the conversation on what I thought would be a benign note.
“Liv? I have no idea,” he replies with his expression growing darker. “She disappeared Saturday evening, so I came back without her.”
“Disappeared?” His words completely shock me. Mandy’s jaw just drops as well.
“Yeah, we were out on the Lady Castillo partying with a bunch of friends and when it came time to go back to the hotel, she was no where to be found,” he says casually.
“Did you report her missing?” Mandy gasps.
“Not until the next day,” he replies with a shrug. “I thought maybe she was shacking up with someone else, but after not being able to reach her all the next day I filled out a missing persons report before flying back.”
“So you came back without her?” I ask in amazement.
“Hey, what was I supposed to do?” He looks at me as if my question is ridiculous.
“Well, hopefully she is okay,” Mandy, adds with an unsettled look crossing her face. “You still haven’t heard from her?”
“Not a word.” Tommy shifts in his chair. “That’s one of the things I wanted to talk to you about,” he says turning his focus back to me. “Did she ever disappear on you?”
“Only after Dad’s funeral,” I admit. “Mom told her that I was only interested in her because of her looks.”
“It was brutal,” Mandy adds with a cringe.
“She was good looking,” Tommy muses. “Reminded me of Vanessa, but a lot more fun in the sack.”
I throw Mandy a look of disgust. “It just occurred to me that she ended up with you that night.” I shift in my seat deciding to get down to the issues at hand. “What do you know about Dr. Potaturri?”
“Dr. Potaturri?” he asks, seeming to not have a clue.
“He’s the doctor who you told Vanessa could help Tyler,” I tell him bluntly. He knows damn well who I’m talking about.
“Oh, him.” He flinches as if someone just pinched him. “A friend of mine told me he was a pain management specialist, so I thought he might be helpful. How is Tyler doing?”
“He’s doing better now that we switched doctors. He finally came out of his coma,” I inform him, wanting to see his response.
“Oh really?” he replies. “That’s good news. Have you talked with him?”
“A little bit, but he doesn’t know any of us. Dr. Pot did a pretty good job of fucking up his brain.” I fold my arms and glare across the desk at him.
“So he doesn’t remember anything?” He tries to play it cool, but I swear I can see the relief in his eyes.
“No, his short term memory has been wiped but they are hopeful that the long term will come back at some point,” I tell him, hoping that it will keep him off Tommy’s radar.
“Wow, that’s crazy,” he says lying back in his chair.
“What’s really crazy is that the cops went over to talk to Dr. Potaturri, but they found him dead.” I add, still trying to gauge any change in his demeanor.
“Really?” he asks, leaning off to the side and rubbing his chin with his hand. “Do they have any idea what happened?”
“No, we just heard about it on the way out of the hospital,” I say, letting it go.
“Why did Tyler call you a fraud?” Mandy asks, apparently tiring of my laidback approach. She was the one who had warned me to tread lightly.
“A fraud?” he laughs. “Tyler hates my guts. Especially after he found out that Vanessa and I had dinner while he and Victor were out of town.” He shakes his head, continuing to laugh. “I don’t know why she even told him about that.”
“She probably didn’t want him to find out on his own and think she had something to hide,” Mandy counters, sitting up and taking a more defensive posture.
“Well, there was nothing to hide… not that I didn’t try. She’s still looking good,” he adds with a chuckle.
