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"Mrs Whittaker? You alright?"

Silence

When buddy peered in the doorway and looked on the floor, he immediately turned aside and vomited He quickly ran back to the wind out his handkerchief, Buddy wet it in the cistern He then tied the handkerchief around his face to cover his nose and e, Buddy walked back to the house Before stepping into the roo for the lion's return Deter on the floor

A mutilated corpse lay strewn on the floor while partially dried blood surrounded the peri body and half the face was ripped open with the eyeballs dangling out of their sockets The upper torso was exposed on the left side where the flesh of the breast had been chewed off, exposing the chest muscles Despite the massive mutilation, it was obvious the body on the floor was once an adult wos, was shredded Teeth and bite marks punctured the lily spotted her shoes because as were shredded Fighting the urge to vo for clues

Mrs Whittaker was a few steps fro on its side next to the body On the table was a tin plate with dried bread and beans, but the fork was on the floor near Mrs Whittaker's right hand A frightened s on the plate and stopped mo to eat A cup of a across the table, and was now dried into a sticky mass Buddy looked down at Mrs Whittaker

Poor woht here, the sheriff thought

Nothing else in the house looked out of the ordinary The blood from her body was still sticky, so Buddy assu He holstered his weapon and walked over to the bed Lifting the blanket off, he floated it over the body and covered as left of Mrs Whittaker Gagging, Buddy rolled the body in the blanket and could hear grotesque sounds Suddenly, Mrs Whittaker's shoe fell off Using the tips of his thuer, Buddy picked up the shoe by its laces, because part of the flesh and bone were still inside the shoe Buddy opened the edge of the blanket and quickly dropped the shoe inside with the body