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One can see how Wilson could be spooked easily. When Melinda met him 22 years ago, she says, 'I felt sorry for him. He was clearly a guy who was in very bad shape. But it is hard to meet Brian and be with him when he opens up to you and not feel some kind of love for him. On our first date he told me everything. It wasn't romantic love at first. It was almost like how you would love a child.' At the time, Wilson was in thrall to his domineering therapist, Dr Eugene Landy, from whom Melinda, a former model and, at the time, car salesperson, rescued him. She fell in love with his kindness, his intellect and his compassion. 'And he wasn't demanding. You know, so many guys are demanding.' So are most geniuses.

Although Landy had set the wheels of the relationship in motion, and encouraged it at first, he insisted that Wilson's life be run on his terms. If Landy found out that Wilson had called Melinda, there would be trouble. So Brian would tip her off as to his running route along a certain highway, and they would meet secretly. Melinda says, 'It was crazy. We were like teenagers sneaking around trying to meet up.' At the time, she was 38 and Wilson was in his forties. He did finally break free of Landy, and they were estranged for many years before Landy's death in 2006. When asked how he felt about the passing of the man who was his world for 12 years, Wilson says, 'I was devastated.'