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up, or make them go crazy, or even die. Like there was a doctor back on the island they came from, and he gave Max's grandmother some drug she was allergic to and she died. So Max's grandpa put a spell on him, and the doctor went crazy and carved up his whole family, his wife and kids and everything, and when they found him he was still alive but he'd cut off both his own feet and his left hand, and even his you-know-what . . . his dick. And he'd poked out both his eyes.' |
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'Oh, wonderful,' Francine said, her voice high and shaky. |
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'I mean, Max really believed his grandpa made the doctor do all that. And he was afraid the guy might hurt me if he found out we were going together. It kind of scared me, you know?' |
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'So you never met the grandfather?' Trev asked. |
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'I never met anyone in his family. Except his sister. She's in the tenth grade. She promised not to tell on us.' |
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'Did Max ever mention black rain?' |
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'No. Huh-uh. I would've caught on right away, if he ever had. It was just, you know, when you said that about the Devil. I never even thought about Max's grandpa till you said that. It just sort of clicked, you know? That maybe this is all some kind of a curse and maybe the old guy's making it happen.' |
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'That's insane,' Francine said. |
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'What isn't?' Trev muttered. |
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'You don't honestly think . . .' |
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'It makes as much sense as anything else,' he said. 'It makes a hell of a lot of sense. The motive, anyway. |
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