“When you lie to me you know that makes me angry,” he said. “It makes me change.” She backed away from him.
“I’m not lying,” she said. “I only slept with Paul that one time. Never since.” He shook his head.
“I-I know you’re lying. I can smell him. On you. In this house.” He looked her in the eyes. “It’s your fault. Whatever happens to you. You brought this on yourself.”
“You’re imagining it,” she said. “Please don’t. Please, no.” The wolf lunged at her.
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“There are no doctors in black lab coats,” the doctor said. The patient looked behind the doctor at the man in the black lab coat causing the fat patient to moan and scream. “You were bit… by something. We gave you morphine. You’re hallucinating. That’s all.” A thin man in a black lab coat approached the patient’s bed
“Please, doctor,” the patient said. “Please stop him.” The doctor looked tired. He shook his head and left the room. The thin man in the black lab coat smiled.
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The man in the dark red pickup waited until the child was in the middle of the street. He hit him then. “He is not human,” the man said. In his rear view mirror he saw a small gray mass claw its way from the street. He heard a woman on the sidewalk scream. The man put his dark red pickup in reverse.
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