Chp.10

Billy found himself actually missing his gut he used to have. The metabolic series would be at the Henry Glassman Clinic and would last for three days starting in a week. Linda was upset by her dad's weight loss and fled the dinner table crying one night. Billy had gotten down to 180 and was wondering when the last time he weighed 180 was. It wasn't since he was a senior in high school. The day before the appointment Billy thought that he would go to Cary Rossington's house. His wife answered the door and they stood quietly looking at each other for a while. Finally Billy asked if Cary was there. She tried to lie to Billy about where Cary was but Billy hadn't been tricked. He told her he had lost seventy pounds and may be cursed and needed to talk to Cary. She finally let Billy in and made him and herself a martini. She told Billy that Cary went to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and that Cary thinks he might have cancer. None of the medical creams and shots had cured him and now they think he might have skin cancer. It turns out that Cary had been touched by the Gypsy as well. She tells Billy that Cary is growing scales like a reptile.