AMELIA
On the way back from the hospital to the castle, we stopped at a McDonald's for a 'snack'. That was how I discovered that an angry Erik's 'snack' consisted of two large Big Mac menus, plus a tasty basket full of chicken wings.
It made the cheeseburger and six nuggets that Jackie and I had taken look dirty.
"I just can't believe it," Erik growled, moving on to devour the second Big Mac. "We got buggered like kids. I got buggered like an idiot."
"Not so," I said, shaking my head. "Yes, we were fooled, but anyone would have been. Every possible piece of evidence, including survivor testimony, pointed to the hellhound. We were rigorous ..."
"And maybe that's what fooled us," he grumbled. "The rigor. We should have been more flexible, get the autopsies done by two doctors from t
