Chapter 5.

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"Blood pressure's a little high

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"Blood pressure's a little high." The paramedic said. "I'm gonna give you a vasodilator. It's a pill, you're gonna put it under your tongue. It'll open up your blood vessels." She handed him a pill as he sat in the ambulance car.

"Yeah, I have those. I left them at home." Ed said.

"You what?" Lilian exclaimed. Ed turned and saw both his Daughter and his Wife glaring at him.

"Yeah, well, I wouldn't do that anymore if I were you." The paramedic commented. Ed put his pill under his tongue and looked down in shame.

"Mind giving us a minute?" The detective asked the paramedic, she nodded, grabbed her bag and left.

"Recovery team found a body."

"Is it--"

"We're not sure. Look, I know what it looks like. But, I don't want any of this getting out until we have a positive ID from the corner. You know, we dragged this basin. Twice. Had to pull teeth to get it done a third time. We never would've done it if it weren't for you."

"I'm just glad we could help." Lorraine smiled.

"Let me know where you're staying. And I'll get that case file for you in the morning."


The four was in their room at the Bruneau Motel when the phone rang. Drew answered the phone.

"Hello."

"Oh, my God, I've been leaving messages all day!" Debbie yelled.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Arne. It followed him! You said this was over, but now he's trapped in there with this thing and it's telling him to kill himself!"

"Debbie! Just calm down and listen to me. I need you to call the prison chaplain, um..." Drew as he snapped his fingers trying to remember his name.

"Father Newman." Lilian said.

"Father Newman. Tell him that Arne needs to be put on a 24-hour suicide watch. He's got--" A high pitch scream echoed in the phone, cutting their communication.

"What is this thing?" Lilian sighed.

"This demon... its not here of its own free will. It was summoned." Lorraine said.

"That doesn't make us feel any better." Ed commented as Lorraine paced back and forth in front of him, Lilian and Drew standing behind him.

"That means, we know that this is a curse, and curses can be broken." Lilian added.

"Alright, then how do we do that?" Drew asked, taking a seat next to Ed.

"Back at the Glatzel house, I touched David's hand and I saw something. I didn't know what it was then. But I think I was connected to the person who is responsible for this. Ed, Lilian,Drew, that body they found... if it's Jessica, if it's really her, then that connection could still be open." Lorraine explained.

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