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Twin Wells: Chapter Four: Katherine's neck.

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Baldwin opened his eyes and saw an unfamiliar living room. A giant television, a glass case filled with cat figurines. A large painting of a woman wearing a beatific smile and a floppy hat. The boy, Newby's boy, sitting on the orange rug and staring at him, still clutching that freaky toy.

Baldwin closed his eyes.

There was the Saddle Bar, the Cowboy Bar, and then the Big Tex. He remembered holding a drink, leaning up against a shining jukebox playing Dolly Parton's "Jolene." He remembered talking and talking. He could picture Newby's face, brow furrowed, listening. Then: nothing. A blackout, for the love of Jesus Christ Our Lord, the first one in a year. Baldwin turned onto his back, pressed his fingers into his eye sockets. Seemed Katherine had been right after all, that bitch. He wondered how she was.

A burning smell made him start and look around. The kid was sitting closer now, a piece of toast held out like an offering on a china plate. "Thanks," said Baldwin, sitting up. Pain sliced his brain clear through.

Not surprisingly, the kid didn't answer. What in the...

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