The Curse of 1977 (Book 2)

Chapter 46

And the rain kept on falling:

David could hear something eerily reminiscent to pebbles pelting the window that was located just three feet to his left.His eyes slowly and achingly opened, but only his left eye appeared to be operational, the right one was completely blacked out.

With his one eye the man feebly peered around what looked to be a hospital room, complete with a television mounted on the wall in front of him, an oxygen tank hanging to his right side and a tube from the machine that was connected to his neck.

David then managed to catch a mere glimpse of his right hand which was bandaged, as well as his left one. He touched all over his face to discover that it as well was layered in what felt like bandages.

"My...my family," he tried so hard to open his mouth and speak.

"Good morning, my friend."

David all of the sudden heard a voice utter inside the room.The besieged man gawked and squirmed all around before his one eye connected with that of a man seated in a chair near the door.

"The name's O'Dea." He sat up in his seat. "The nurses said that you've been calling out for your family ever since you were brought here days ago."

David studied the man ever so diligently, from his white, buttoned down shirt, all the way to his perfectly creased grey slacks. The name was quite familiar, but the person was about as important to him as an alley cat as far as David was concerned.

O'Dea pointed at the window. "The news said it should cool down some, but it's still hotter than hell out there. I love it when the rain falls and it steams off the pavement. Kind of reminds you of some old film noir.

and began just strolling about the room. His presence there, out of nowhere, no

been rattling cages down at the station." O'Dea said. "And you're probably wondering just what I'm

or another, his mouth wouldn't or couldn't open. Even feeling his tongue seemed like a strenuous detail. It was like it wasn't even there anymore. He felt his itchy, stinging skin behind the bandages squirm

think you shouldn't have, my friend. Now look at you, lying here with third degree burns all

his hospital room of all places. Something was awry, and all the man could do was lie still and listen to the spiteful gentleman blunder

little... situation, some months earlier. And that situation nearly broke the station and everyone in it. The problem is, Mr. Ortega, is that you dug just a little

feverishly to rush his family out of the explosion,

was foraging right into the very

quite sure you've heard of Linus Bruin and what took place back in February. Detective Bruin had some problems, and being the inspector, it was my duty to protect the force from the man's personal issues. Bottom line, Linus had no business being brought back to the force after going to that

and the bed. There was just something about the man that caused David to explode into a violent

that night. But you, Mr. Ortega, managed to see something

momentarily before opening it again to only see a

happened to turn around to face the television above his head. "Yesterday, one of the Hollis Estates buildings went up in flames. They're saying that's where the animals that have been terrorizing our fair city were holed up. They found bodies and bones inside the building. I remember when they put those buildings up back in the forties. I was a rookie cop at the time. Hollis Estates was the place where

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