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you're
obviously, uh…you're obviously not ready to return to
society."
    "Doc?" Josh bit his bottom
lip.
    "Yes, Joshua?"
    "You've got the clipboard
upside-down."
    The doctor paused for a moment,
then turned the clipboard right-side up, pausing a moment longer.
He seemed to be choosing his words carefully, then finally said,
"That's great, Joshua. I was, uh, testing you. Yes, that's it. It
was a test!"
     
    "Testing me, Doc?"
    "Precisely! Now I know that you
are well aware of your surroundings! A good thing, Joshua, a truly
good thing!"
    Josh raised his eyebrows. He
didn't like the doctor one bit. Maybe it was his annoyingly loud
voice, or his overly peppy attitude, but something about the man
rubbed him the wrong way. "Thanks," Josh said
sarcastically.
    "This new development is very,
very promising!"
    "Wait…so you're going to let me
out then?" Josh's heart rate quickened and he wanted to jump up and
shout for joy.
    With a huge smile spread across
his rat-like face, the doctor chipperly said, "No way in hell.
You're still very much insane, Joshua. What kind of doctor would I
be if I let out every crazy person just because they asked
nicely?"
    Josh shoulder's dropped. He looked
at the calendar on the doctor's desk. "I've been here two months
now," he sighed. "This is bullshit, Doc."
    "Wow, two months? Gosh, that's a
long time. I've been here six hours!"
    "You just started working at
Spring Grove?"
    "Yes, it's a really fantastic
production. I'm extremely lucky have the job. Many others
auditioned but as I'm sure you can tell, my skills are far
superior."
    For a moment, Josh thought the
doctor might actually be a mental patient who had snuck into the
office when the staff wasn't paying attention. Josh was sure that
no one would hire a bozo of that magnitude to run a mental
institution.
    Josh mumbled, "They wouldn't,
would they?"
    "What was the, Joshua?"
    "Oh nothing," Josh said. "It is
nice and all that you got the job here. I just want to go home. Can
you tell me when that might be?"
    "Hmmm…I'm not so sure about that.
It seems you're still showing signs of, uh, a, um…ah yes,
delusions."
    "Doc?" Josh asked, confused.
"You've already said that."
    The doctor held up a finger and
rapidly nodded several times. "This is based on
your…err…err…."
    "Chart," Josh said,
helpfully.
    "Yes," The doctor grinned. "Chart.
Thank you."
    Josh swallowed hard. He shook his
head then ran his palms down his face. "I want to go back to my
room now."
    "Ah, don't be so bland, Joshua.
Your wife is here to see you. The boys in the white coats will
escort you to the visiting room. I do hope that this gig works out
for me and we can have a chat again. Good day to you,
sir!"
    The same two men who had retrieved
Josh at Michelle's request walked into the room and grabbed him out
of the chair.
    Josh said to the orderlies, "Easy,
Bruno and Clevis. Just a sec."
    One of the large orderly replied,
"Our names are Mike and Tobias."
    The other orderly said, "Mr.
Harris, please stop calling us Bruno and Clevis. We have feelings,
too, okay?"
    "Yeah," the first one said. "Keep
it up and we'll put you back in the straightjacket."
    "Sure, sure whatever," Josh said,
admiring the two men's matching and meticulously groomed unibrows.
He looked toward the doctor and clicked his tongue. "Doc, do I know
you from somewhere? You seem really familiar."
    The doctor grinned. "Nope, I don't
think so. I just flew in from California. It's my first time in the
great state of Wisconsin!"
    Josh narrowed his eyes. "No. I'm
pretty sure I do."
    As the orderlies turned Josh
toward the door, he tried to remember where he had met the doctor
before.
    "Your wife is waiting," the doctor
said. "Bruno, Clevis, take him to the visiting room now. Good bye,
Joshua!"
    The orderlies looked at each
other, sighed, then picked Josh up by the shoulders and carried him
to the waiting room.
    $$$
    Josh sat down and
waited for Michelle who was up front at the nurse's station
laughing with her co-worker,