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"It feels okay," Hunter said warily

Roscoe ht Salt water Feel your shirt" And Roscoe reached out to touch Hunter’s shirt He touched the shoulder of Hunter’s shirt

The wrong shoulder

"Aaahh!" Roscoe cried in shock and pain "What the--"

"I didn’tbit er for Hunter to examine There were teeth marks Blood

Roscoe stared hard at him And at his shoulder "What’s on your shoulder, man? What is that? What’s under there? Is that some kind of animal?"

Hunter sed No one had seen his shoulder He didn’t knoould happen if anyone did

"Yes, Roscoe, it’s an aniratefully on the explanation

"Well, it bit rabbed the wheelbarrow handles and hefted it "I’ this job any with this"

"Okay," Hunter said "Bye"

Jennifer B set out sometime around dawn

If she stayed in the house she was sure she would die She’d slept for an unknown period of tiathered around her

The chills came in waves She would be too hot and would kick off her blankets Then the fever would start to spike again and she would feel cold, cold all the way down to her bones

Jennifer H was dead Jennifer L didn’t anshen Jennifer Btohospital"

No answer

"Are you alive?"

Jennifer L coughed, she wasn’t dead, and she coughed normally, not the crazy spasms that had killed Jennifer H But she didn’t answer

So Jennifer Boyles set off, on her own She slid on her butt down the stairs, blankets gathered around her Shivering, teeth chattering