{"id":5774,"date":"2019-07-30T23:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T04:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2021-08-13T00:37:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T05:37:34","slug":"death-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captivatedchat.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/30\/death-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Shares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sargent<\/div>
You have a scary story to tell us, I understand.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
Look, a kid caused all of this. I was coming through the revolving door at the Hotel Moravia’s front entrance when the boy handed me this doll. Have a look.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
This was given to you?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
Yes. Nothing supernatural or magical about it. It was a ten-year-old kid’s prank. Except the scrawny kid didn’t talk to me. In fact, he looked away from eye contact and made a sign of the cross as he handed this to me.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
And he told you that you have only two more days to live, you say?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
That’s right, Detective Partre.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
It isn’t pretty, but it’s not unlike a lot of these voodoo dolls in N’Awlins. But as a doctor you see how absurd this is, right?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
Sure, a bit of bone and feathers, but it gave me a cold chill. I stuck it in my pocket, and the momentary distraction helped lead me to trip and fall through a section of plate glass window.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
And that’s how you got cut up like this and landed in the hospital?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
Yes. The nurse said a piece of glass just missed my carotid artery, and I also got a nasty infection. But it’s not why I called you guys: being out of circulation means I can’t check into what I came here to consult on.\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
You accepted that doll<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Sargent<\/div>
Which is? \n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
Above all, to find out why a perfectly healthy man is dying in the next room, dying of some unknown cause.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
Listen, Doc, if you believe in these curses, you can make ’em come true. I have interviewed your patient, and he does one hundred percent believe. And he had been failing fast.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
I know. His doctor has consulted with me, although I have not seen the patient. Fortunately he seems to have turned the corner.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
Yes, and you seem to have gotten a bit worse since you came in here. So what do you want us to do about it?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
The point is, I want you to find that kid who gave me the doll, and ask him to lift the curse.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
Look, Doc. No can do.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Me<\/div>
But why?\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>
Sargent<\/div>
There was no kid. I’ve seen the security camera footage of that incident at the front-door. You accepted that doll from the man ahead of you at the door, and that just happens to be the guy in the next room!\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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