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."

name Karyn, froze up. She chose to remain

Lynnette whispered, "So, let me get this straight. You

"Dey all murdered everyone

your people call these things?

dem devils, because de devil sent dem

Lynnette scrupulously eyed the man. "What do they look

"You do

to make sure we're talking about the same thing

dem. Dey stand at least seven

inhaled the description

sit there and act like it's nothing to you." She threw

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

believing all of this. I mean, this is something out of Hollywood. Something that

"Evil knows no

"Maybe not, but none of this explains why my son and I are being targeted. It was my fiancée that was

Cloyse stared on at Lynnette like she was the most tragic thing in the world as the

did not know dat your fiancée

"Yeah, neither did I." Lynnette twisted her lips. "I thought his ass was just high on some drugs or

is how my sister behaved before she left for

"Hold on, last year?" Lynnette all of the sudden clinched her fists underneath the table. "When last

suffered many years with de

Lynnette's mind traveled at the speed of light right then. She turned her head away from Cloyse for a moment and said, "So tell

presence at

she glared back at the

for a time. Dat is why I went to de police station. I could sense

don't understand, how can sense something

through before he pulled closer to Lynnette and whispered, "I have dis curse of my own. It allows me to see and sense tings just by touching dem, or seeing tings far, far away. Dis curse has been with me ever since I was a child.

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

"Can de disease kill

father watches this show on TV sometimes where certain people in the world have this sixth sense. I used to think it was stupid. Then again,

led me here to dis town, and dat is how I recognized you in de

"Talk about dumb luck."

Akoni have been

know. They even attacked some teachers at my old high school the

doesn't just infect de ones dat are dammed, but it also hurts dose around dem

"I don't understand." Lynnette's hands began to tremble on the

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