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“That tells you something too.”
I look around the café. It feels stuffy all of a sudden.
“Fuck. I’m like some kid who can’t sit still without his Ritalin.”
“Ritalin and some other drugs actually help people. Look, if civilian medications don’t work, I have some Sub Rosa things we can try.”
“I like the sound of that. Let’s try the Sub Rosa stuff first.”
“You’re willing to try then?”
I finish my coffee.
“Yeah. I’ll try.”
She wipes her lips with a napkin.
“Okay, then. Let’s go get you stoned.”
“You’re enjoying this a little too much.”
“I’m usually pulling bullets out of your backside, so, yes, prescribing medication is a welcome change.”
We get up.
“Okay, Dr. Frankenstein. Let’s go. And we’ll give Edith Piaf the boot too.”
“I’m more than ready for that,” Allegra says.
We go around the corner to the clinic. Fairuza gives me a look when I come in.
“Nice look, Stark. Did Candy whack you with a rolled-up newspaper for not picking up your socks?”
“Go play your drums, young lady. You’re not good at comedy.”
“I’m playing my drums tonight. The whole band is getting together. You should come by.”
“Maybe I will.”
Allegra looks at Fairuza and cocks her head at the exam room door.
“They still in there?”
Fairuza rolls her eyes.
“Madame Curie asked me to leave. I was cramping their research.”
“Fuck that,” says Allegra, and heads for the door. I have to trot to keep up.
We go through and she shuts it again. Vidocq and Liliane turn around. Vidocq grins when he sees me.
“James. I have things to show you,” he says.
“Yes. We’ve learned a lot in the last day,” says Liliane.
“Great,” says Allegra. “Eugène can tell him about it. You, I want out of here.”
Vidocq and Liliane look at each other.
