THE EL DORADO HUSTLE (EPILOGUE)

PSY PUBLISHING

&

MATTHEW LOVECRAFT

PRESENT

A PARANORMAL CRIME CAPER

BY

K.D. KILGORE

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EPILOGUE

ADAPTED FROM

THE CASE FILES

OF

FRANK DE'WOLFE

OCTOBER 17, 1921

EVENING - PENTHOUSE

The job went smooth, but we still put a few days between us and the jewel heist before meeting up in Mikey’s penthouse. We’d had an arrangement.

Vivian would hold the necklace, I’d hold onto the last half of the money for the job, and Marcus would make sure that, Viv and I both showed up for the exchange. If one of both of us ditched on the meeting Marcus had promised to hunt the other down and he was after all the most honest and trustworthy con man I’d ever known.

“So, you’ve got the necklace,” Vivian, said handing me the jewels. “You don’t really believe that it will lead you to some hidden City of Gold, do you?”

“I don’t know, but I’m being paid a lot of money to get it,” I said, pulling two stacks of bills from my inner coat pocket and setting one down in from of Vivian and the other in front of Michael.

“Forget about me,” I said. “What’s next for the great Marcus Ambrose, Daemon Hunter Extraordinaire, etc… etc… etc...?”

“You know me, Frank,” Marcus said, his perfectly non-distinqisable Anglo-Saxon accent was back in action. “I’m going to find out who turned me into this despicable blood-thirsty shadow of a self, even if it takes 1000 years. I’ll hunt down ever Ripper that I can find even if I have to track down, Old Jack, himself. I will find them all, kill them and finally free myself from this horrid blood-lust, even if I have to die doing. Hell, I’m half way there already, right, Frankie?”

“You are one spooky guy,” I said. “You’re by and far the nicest spook I know, but you one creepy son of a bitch.”

“And what about you Viv?” Frankie asked.

“Honestly, Frank, you don’t think I’d let, Marcus run off and get himself in trouble do you? I’ll tag along with him. See what kind of Pretties, I can pick up along the way. Cast a few spells, break a few curses. See how long it takes, before Marcus succumbs to my natural charms and enchantments.” Viv said.

I had what I wanted and it was time to hit the road. We said our farewells. I left the dark penthouse behind and headed down to the ground floor.

Back to the job. Back the grind, but it was never long before we all ended up back together for a grift or an adventure. I smiled as I hit the lobby, and saw the bright light of day and the bustle of the crowd out on the sidewalk. I headed out into the big bad world, ready to finish up this job and see what would come my way next.

~ THE END ~