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. Dodds was talking again
as he fed 's more soup.
"You and Jason have had quite a session, though I dare say you got the
more intense treatment. I've put you into a body cast to isolate you
completely from physical sensations. Because of this, you should be
recovered from your ordeal completely. Now we can all have fun again!"
Whether Flora believed this lame-sounding excuse or not, was too
bewildered by the events of the day to offer any argument or wonder
what Mr. Dodds meant by 'fun'. Nervously, continued sipping the
offered soup.
When was finished, and Dodds had cleared away the breakfast tray,
he spread a plastic tarpaulin around 's feet and under the slanting
board. Flora's eyes grew wide with apprehension.
Dodds smiled and said, "Now I'm going to remove your cast. The noise
may sound awful, but I promise it shan't hurt a bit."
When the messy procedure was over, Mr. Dodds helped the weak and
wondering Flora to the bed, tucked 's in, and said, "Good night!"
before trundling off with the pieces of 's cast under his arms.
The drug he had put in 's soup soon took hold, and drifted off
again, unaware of the strange activities commencing in the guest room
down the hall...
Late that night, the light in Mr. Dodd's commandeered guest room s
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