𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙙 •𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆•

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟝 - 𝙵𝚒𝚎𝚛

𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖
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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚. Cindy places the hand in the middle of the table.

Everyone looks at it.

Alice pulls out a journal from the purse.

She opens it and begins to read outloud.

"Without her hand, the grip on the land holds firm. The curse will last..."

She pushes the book to Ziggy, Nora, and Nick's side of the table.

Nick sits next to Nora. He holds her close to him.

"Until body and hand unite."

They examine it.

Alice continues, pointing to the map in the journal. "This led us to the hand bone. And if the legend is true, that means her body is still buried-"

"By the hanging tree." Ziggy finishes.

Alice nods.

"We can end this. No more bodies... No more curse, no more..." Cindy looks back to the kitchen, where Tommy's body lays.

"Pain.."

She looks back to everyone. "We can end this... save Shadyside... 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵."

"Wait... This is why Nurse Lane.. snapped.. She... tried to stop this." Nora says.

Cindy nods. "She tried to stop the nurse that took her daughter... 𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘦."

Ziggy pulls the hand towards her. She looks at it closely.

Her nose starts to bleed. It falls on the hand.

Everyone watches as Ziggy's face turns white. She seems to be in s trance.

Cindy grabs her hands, causing her to snap out of it.

She looks at everyone, breathing heavily.

She wipes the blood from her nose. "My nose..."

Everyone stares at her, concerned.

"I bled on the hand.. And... I think I just saw her." She looks to Cindy.

"Who?"

"Sarah Fier. She was... She was 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. ." Ziggy says.

Nora's body stiffens. Nick takes notice in that and pulls her closer.

"We need to bury this thing." Alice says.

"Right fucking now."

Everyone stands up from the table.

Cindy notices Nora's leg. The blood is leaking through the handmade bandage.