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21 " As they stood there, anguished wails continued to come from within. "
― Christa Faust , The Zodiac Paradox
22 " The cries from within the apartment were also unnaturally intensified, seeming to bore their way into the soft tissue of his hypersensitive brain, like hungry maggots. "
23 " Help me. Please, God help me... "
24 " What...” Bell whispered. “What happened?” Walter came forward and peered around them. “My God.” He winced and turned his head. "
25 " Here the scent of fake roses was underscored with the bright iron reek of blood. "
26 " She looked as if she had been mauled by a tiger. "
27 " Whoever did this may still be here. "
28 " Walter and Bell glanced at each other, neither one relishing the idea of being the brave hero who found the escaped tiger in the bedroom. "
29 " It’s me,” the old man hollered, his voice shrill and cracking. The suddenness of it caused Walter to pull his hand back involuntarily. “Me! It’s me! It’s me! It’s me! "
30 " There was no tiger. No intruder. No signs of a break-in. "
31 " I...” She clutched at Walter’s shirtfront. “I don’t know! There was no one! No one! "
32 " Do you mean you were attacked from behind? "
33 " In my dream I can,” he said. “In my dream, I have hands. With claws. "
34 " I want to be wrong. I want this all to have a reasonable... "
35 " And in the midst of it all stood a middle-aged man and woman in their bedclothes, arguing violently. "
36 " No problem,” he was saying. “We’re gonna be okay. We’re insured. "
37 " What exactly are you planning to put on the claim? Act of God? "
38 " Is this your stuff? Is this your TV? Did you drop your goddamn TV on my brand new car? "
39 " Did anybody feel an earthquake? No. Did you?” He shook his head. “You’re talking out of your ass, pal! "
40 " Do I look like I could have thrown a goddamn piano out a window?” She waved her hand. “Does he? "