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Organ - Chapter 25

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ORGAN Chapter Twenty Five Searching for the hidden spare key on the underside of the kitchen window ledge, Oscar felt about at the underside of the wooden ledge dislodging spiders and insects of various sizes before finally landing on the small hook that secured it in place, he thought for a moment about which of his parents installed this fail safe and agreed with his inner monologue that this had his mother’s finger prints all over it as the careful planner of the two.  He slid the brass key gently into the lock and assumed the noise was going to be bringing his mother inside thundering towards the door, whether she would be showering him with love or subduing him as the murderous criminal son was yet to be seen as he crossed the threshold still leaving the key in the lock to keep the noise from growing, taking it back out and potentially dropping it or scrapping it against the metal was an unnecessary risk. No lights appeared to be illuminating the home, his mother’s car was in ...
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Organ - Chapter 24

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ORGAN Chapter Twenty Four Oscar walked the streets in circles for a long time after he left Katie in a heap by the hotel room bed, successfully removing the memories from his mind while he sought out his next move in a town that was frothing at the mouth with rabid hunger to swallow him once and for all. Sirens going off behind him finally snapped him out of the mist that covered his boat with debilitating choke.  “Not safe. NOT SAFE!” his attached partner shouted into the solitary air.  Oscar panicked, and his mind conjured only a simple thought but a thought he had hoped would have buried itself with the memories of Katies limp body. The hiding place for his crimes, the tunnels, he made for the nearest breach in buildings to hide from the road and pried open a muddy metallic drain cover, seeing no ladder in place he had but one choice and lowered himself down before dropping the final six to seven feet. Ankles crunched beneath him, and his weakened body struggled to hold his...
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Organ - Chapter 23

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ORGAN Chapter Twenty Three Pounding noises sang into her ears, it never seemed to stop. Thump-thump-thump it continued booming out hurting the silence that comforted much more readily. Katies eyes opened fluttering as the light confused her sensitive retinas, the gross disorientation smothered her senses with the room spinning and teetering around the downed nurse. Iron flavourings danced across her tongue; Katie established the inside of her mouth was almost certainly injured as she assessed her condition. Thump-thump-thump, the noise sounded out again and Katie pressed herself up with both hands sore with cramps from her long spell on the ground, she crawled to the bed and climbed up onto the sheets falling onto her side, for a moment valuing the softness in contrast to the floor that had been so unwelcoming.  Years of nursing school and practical learning amongst the damaged, bruised and weary of the town had taught her that she was sensing the signs of a concussion ruminating i...
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Organ - Chapter 22

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ORGAN Chapter Twenty Two Katie paced around the room with delicate steps to avoid the scratchy irritating carpet against her bare soles, Oscar disappeared that morning and had been gone all day, darkness was taking him from her once again and just at a crucial moment that she believed was the hill they needed to climb together, he had agreed to go with her to find a hospital and now once again he was missing in action. When she woke up that morning he was already gone, the room was empty and the covers had been pulled back from her leaving the cold air to wake her up rudely, she thought to herself on the possibility that sleeping in the same bed as this young hurt man might have been a terrible idea but as she had a restful night it seemed improbable that sharing the bed was a trigger for him.  “Here I go thinking I could send a man spiralling with a glimpse of my tatty pyjamas” she mumbled to herself as she chewed on her thumbnail and glanced out the window, it illuminated nothing...
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