123. Thirty-Three Dead
July 31, 2008
The almost-dead went to the acupuncture clinic, as though being almost dead were a condition Jesse’s needles could solve. Maybe the feeling of release helped them cross over, or helped them come back. They never chose to come back, though. They always died. It was as if Jesse finally gave them the relaxation they needed to really pick up momentum and die.
Jesse would have complained sooner about all the corpses in his clinic, but the almost-dead were good paying customers. Besides, the county coroner was Jesse’s brother. After one of them died, Al would come over and make sure Jesse was all right, and he would take away the body discreetly. Then the brothers would sit in the park late at night, drinking beer and staring at the sleeping ducks near the pond. Read the rest of this entry »
