Twenty“I sent the monster back to Hell,” Ruzicki insisted, raising his voice.
Ben shushed him. “Take it easy. We're on the same team. But we're not going to be able to help each other if they throw us out of here.” Ruzicki nodded. Ben dabbed at the man's eyes with a tissue.
“Are you sure?” the patient asked. “It's still alive?”
“I'm not sure of a thing, brother,” Ben said. “I don't know. I don't know if I can even believe in this… aswang. But something in this town wasn't here a week ago. People are dying because of it.”
“It's my fault,” Ruzicki said. “My fault it's here. My fault it wasn't destroyed.”
“Don't get upset again. We don't have time to keep drying you off. The minute they find us here, they're either going to throw us out or arrest us. If this thing exists, if it's out the
