Butcher
“Nurse Payne handed him a towel, a pair of gloves, and tied a surgical mask over his mouth.
Scalpel, Dorcus said.
He surveyed the young man’s white skin. He had a perfect navel, a little masterpiece of symmetry. His hair was gold and clean and his face unblemished. Dysart had seen him walking down Springkell Avenue near Maxwell Park, alone, pensive, loping along unhurriedly just before daybreak. He was an easy take, barely a struggle.
Scalpel, Nurse Payne.
Nurse Payne was slow today, mind elsewh...ere. She’s worried.
He knew that.
He made the incision. The flesh yielded without resistance to the blade. This was his portal. From here he could go inside the boy’s hidden places, advancing through an astonishing world of blood and tissue and organ.
Kidneys. Liver. Scarlet, rich in blood, protein.
He worked quickly.
Nurse Payne collected each organ after removal and wrapped it in sterilized cloth, and placed it in a blue plastic cooler stacked with packets of ice.
The heart was the last. The precious heart.MoreLess
Scalpel, Dorcus said.
He surveyed the young man’s white skin. He had a perfect navel, a little masterpiece of symmetry. His hair was gold and clean and his face unblemished. Dysart had seen him walking down Springkell Avenue near Maxwell Park, alone, pensive, loping along unhurriedly just before daybreak. He was an easy take, barely a struggle.
Scalpel, Nurse Payne.
Nurse Payne was slow today, mind elsewh...ere. She’s worried.
He knew that.
He made the incision. The flesh yielded without resistance to the blade. This was his portal. From here he could go inside the boy’s hidden places, advancing through an astonishing world of blood and tissue and organ.
Kidneys. Liver. Scarlet, rich in blood, protein.
He worked quickly.
Nurse Payne collected each organ after removal and wrapped it in sterilized cloth, and placed it in a blue plastic cooler stacked with packets of ice.
The heart was the last. The precious heart.MoreLess
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