horrors2

Dr_Scoofles.The_Long_F.tex

 1\chapauth{Dr Scoofles}
 2\chapter{The Long Finger of the Law}
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 8``Listen sweetheart{\ldots}'' I lean back in my chair and slide my feet
 9onto my desk as I light the cigarette that hangs between my lips
10``thats the fee, flat rate, take it or leave it!'' I squint my flinty
11eye at the dame sat across the desk from me. Not bad looking,
12blonde wig slightly off centre and a few gaps in her kisser but a
13man like me can't afford to be picky. A man like me takes what he
14can get in this hard cold world.
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16``Mr Bavarious, you know I'm desperate to get my hands on those
17pictures!'' she whispers breathily. She leans forward and as I catch
18a waft of her breath I lean back. I bet she wants these pictures,
19and bad. I took them last week as she slipped out of her lovers
20bed. Her husband would pay to see these. The question is will this
21broad pay more? My name is Luke Bavarious and I'm a P.I. I don't
22deal in honour and justice, I deal in the truth and the truth is a
23mean cold hearted son of a bitch. The truth ruins lives and tears
24families apart. I open my desk draw, the envelope with the pictures
25sits nestled between my gun and my bourbon. I take out the bottle
26and pour two drinks. She takes a drag on the cigarettes and
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29``I have no money, but I'll do whatever it takes.''
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31I think about it for a second. I know what she means, women with no
32money have one currency that is valuable to a rouge like me. My
33eyes take her in, her yellow fingers, scrawny neck and sagging
34bust. I decide a man like me can afford to be picky after
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37``Sorry sweetheart, you better leave.'' I slam back the bourbon and
38cock my finger towards the door ``don't let it hit you on the way
39out, lady.''
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43I finish up the second drink and decide I better get around to the
44dear husbands house before it gets too dark. No time like the
45present to finish this dirty job and get my money. I slip on my
46trusty overcoat, pocket the pictures and my gun then slip out the
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51Night drew in fast, wrapping itself around me like a dark cape. I
52walk quickly, partly to keep the cold out and partly to give myself
53some distance. I knew that broad would follow me. Women ain't
54smart. I turned to look behind me, let her know I'm onto her game.
55Thats when it comes upon me, so damn fast I don't get a chance to
56pull my gun. I feel a hiss of breath in my face, I recognize the
57foul stench from earlier as yellow fingers scrabble at my neck! I
58drop down and kick out, I feel her knee snap and the bone saws its
59way raggedly through her meaty flesh. Blood spatters onto my face
60and pours into my mouth. I swallow it then vomit gushes from my
61mouth, bloody vomit and bile gushes all over my coat and all over
62the crazy broad as she scrambles on top of me. Her fingers seem to
63grow longer, longer as they feel about my coat. My God, I look in
64horror as I see her writhing about, her fingers several meters long
65as they feel around inside my coat, searching for the pictures. Her
66hands are now two elongated nightmares, the bones snapping and
67crackling as they bend and scrape around my fighting body.
68Revulsion overwhelms me, I gag and cough as I feel her bony fingers
69scraping into my pocket. They withdraw the pictures and in a moment
70tears them to shreds. As I black out the last sight I see is her
71jaw unhinging as she leans in towards me, to deliver the final
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79disrespecting of the kids. I can only hold up the feeble defence
80that the woman is most certainly being disrespected by our dashing
81P.I and is also young (ahem). That'll teach Luke to respect those
82slightly younger than him{\ldots} Ahh sorry  
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