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Date Posted: 14:51:02 08/01/09 Sat
Author: Lil
Subject: Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears, Chapter 11

Tales From the Fourth Dimension



Casey & Pamela are inside the cottage. Pamela seems unaffected by the cold and storm. Casey is laying under blankets, teeth chattering.

Casey tells her he believes he saw a ghost when he was outside earlier. She is surprised that he believes in ghosts.

Casey delivers a very scientific monologue about subatomic particles and dimensional realities and their possible relation to ghosts and the unexplained.

Casey shares his own personal ghost story. It starts with an incident that happened in Parkhurst Prison. He was horribly beaten in the middle of the night, presumably by the guards who he'd pissed off earlier in the day.

Casey awakes from his beating to find a man named Angus as his 'nurse'. Angus prepared poultices, drinks and provides company for Casey. Casey is in and out during this time.

"At the darkest time of night there is a turning point. From darkness to light, from death to life, a journey completed, a new journey begun. You must make the choice - light or dark, death or life? CHOOSE, BOY!" (pg 89)

Thankfully, Casey chooses life. After another conversation about the stars and our beloved Casey breaks down and cries. Tears that had not fallen in years. When he wakes, Angus is gone and no trace of him in the prison.

Milton, the prison librarian and self-appointed historian, helps Casey search for Angus. Late one night Milton brings Casey to the library to show him that Angus did exist...some 150 years prior.

Casey shows Pamela the amulet that Angus left him - something he brings to sea with him now.

Casey falls asleep and Pamela is in her own thoughts about her time in the water. How it made her feel somewhat cleansed of what had recently happened with Love and gave her the ability to look Casey in the eyes when they are together.

We learn how things progressed between Pamela and Love. How he had not only wanted sex, but had required a sense of emotionality to it. Pamela hopes she fooled him.

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