The Curse of 1977 (Book 2)

Chapter 35

Inside a tiny, all-night diner at the edge of Downtown, Lynnette sat on her side of the tattered, red leathered booth and watched as Cloyse swallowed the last morsel of his hot dog before gulping down another chug of Dr.Pepper from his plastic cup.

The aromatic smells of greasy, frying food from the kitchen engulfed the entire establishment, causing the place to smell almost as if it were on fire. Lynnette was growing more and more impatient with the man.

She could have honestly cared less that he hadn't eaten since God knows when, she had questions to ask, so being rude to Cloyse wasn't exactly going to cause another bead of sweat to form on her already scorching forehead.

Before Cloyse could swipe up another French fry from off his ketchup plastered plate, Lynnette snatched the plate away from him.

"Okay, now tell me, where is my son?" She indignantly ordered.

Appearing taken aback by her action, the man swallowed before saying, "My name is Cloyse. I came here to dis city to find Arthur and Akoni."

"Who are they?"

"Dey are brother and sister from my town."

"Your town in Africa," Lynnette asked.

Blushing, Cloyse replied, "I am not from Africa. I am from a town in Jamaica."

"Jamaica?" Lynnette frowned.

"Yes. Arthur and Akoni came here with deir brother Damerae, but for some reason or another dey both murdered him. Now, it is only dose two."

"So are you saying that these two have my son?"

Suddenly, on the speaker above their heads, the Kenny Rogers' song 'Lucille' began to play. Startled, Cloyse began looking all around the diner to see just where the music was coming from.

Slamming both of her hands on the table, Lynnette raised her voice, "I need you to focus on this conversation! Not that stupid song!"

Cloyse sat up and still in his seat like a soldier. "I don't know if dey have your son or not. But I do know dat dey are here for you and him both."

"Why? What did we do to them?"

Cloyse's eyes dropped to the table in a depressed manner. "You and your son did nothing to warrant your deaths, neither did my sister. It is all a part of de curse."

"Your sister," Lynnette questioned. "They're here for your sister, too?"

Looking back at Lynnette, Cloyse said, "My sister Karyn and Arthur were lovers back in our town. But when Karyn found out what Arthur truly was, he violated her and turned into dat demon."

Lynnette, upon hearing the name Karyn, froze up. She chose to remain silent on the woman, and just where she had heard the name

Drawing close to Cloyse's face, Lynnette whispered, "So, let me get this straight. You know what they are? You actually believe

sounded a bit stunned. "Dey all murdered everyone in our village."

your people call these things? Because I don't want to sit here and act like

"We called dem devils, because de devil sent

Lynnette scrupulously eyed the man. "What do they

"You do not

need to make

fur all over dem. Dey

back at that instant and inhaled the description that only she wished she

and act like

our people left and right. Believe me, it is someting,

have a hard time sitting here and believing all of this. I mean, this is something out of Hollywood. Something that only white folks believe

"Evil

son and I are being targeted. It was my fiancée that was that thing. He nearly killed us both

the most tragic thing in the world as the song above them both played

"I did not know dat your fiancée was

twisted her lips. "I thought his ass was just high on some drugs or

how my sister behaved before she left for dis city last

year?" Lynnette all of the sudden clinched her fists underneath

years with de curse

then. She turned her head away from Cloyse for a moment and said, "So tell me, how do you know

"I felt your presence at dat woman's

"My presence," she

is why I went to de police station. I could sense dat you had not only been face to

"But I don't understand, how can

to see and sense tings just by touching dem, or seeing tings far, far away. Dis curse has been with me ever

Rolling her eyes, Lynnette said, "You're not possessed. You have something

de disease kill me?" Cloyse looked

irritated, Lynnette replied, "It's not a disease. My father watches this show on TV sometimes where certain people in the world have

and dat is how I recognized you

dumb luck."

"Arthur and Akoni have been all over dis city

They even attacked some

dis curse is like a disease. It doesn't just

"I don't understand." Lynnette's

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