The Sick Stuff
“He remembered the night of her laughter, of the delicate glint of honed steel and the sting of thin-edged pain.
He remembered the quick pulsating of blood released... his blood.
But, most of all, Nelson Trulane remembered the moment of his awakening. The moment that he had realized the true extent of his horrible loss.
The only link between that moment and now was the letter he held in his trembling hands. Fear blossomed in Nelson's gut like the dark bloom of some poisonous flower the instant h...e saw the handwriting on the envelope. It was Tanya's feminine script, there was no mistaking that. He ripped open the envelope like a madman and unfolded the message within. The words assaulted his fragile, ill-balanced psyche, threatening to destroy the composure he had fought to maintain throughout that awful ordeal.
LEAVE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A PLAIN ENVELOPE UNDERNEATH THE BANDSTAND AT CENTENNIAL PARK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK PM, THURSDAY NIGHT. X MARKS THE SPOT. PLAY IT BY THE BOOK AND WITH NO POLICE, OR YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR PRECIOUS BUDDY AGAIN.MoreLess
He remembered the quick pulsating of blood released... his blood.
But, most of all, Nelson Trulane remembered the moment of his awakening. The moment that he had realized the true extent of his horrible loss.
The only link between that moment and now was the letter he held in his trembling hands. Fear blossomed in Nelson's gut like the dark bloom of some poisonous flower the instant h...e saw the handwriting on the envelope. It was Tanya's feminine script, there was no mistaking that. He ripped open the envelope like a madman and unfolded the message within. The words assaulted his fragile, ill-balanced psyche, threatening to destroy the composure he had fought to maintain throughout that awful ordeal.
LEAVE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A PLAIN ENVELOPE UNDERNEATH THE BANDSTAND AT CENTENNIAL PARK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK PM, THURSDAY NIGHT. X MARKS THE SPOT. PLAY IT BY THE BOOK AND WITH NO POLICE, OR YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR PRECIOUS BUDDY AGAIN.MoreLess
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