![]() ![]() ![]() Which is where this novella becomes almost pointless. Losing weight at an ever-increasing rate, eventually Scott is going to float right off the earth. There’s nothing to be done for him in the small community of Castle Rock, and given that he won’t allow them to tell anyone else, the end is inevitable. After helping Deirdre win the town’s annual Turkey Trot, a twelve kilometre race for charity, he shares his secret with them, and they vow - with the help of the doctor and his wife - to help Scott any way they can. With some effort, he befriends his neighbours Deirdre and Missy – two married lesbians trying to make a go of running a restaurant in the little close-minded town. ![]() They become weightless, an effect neither he nor the doctor have an explanation for. Scott realises he isn’t losing weight, he’s losing gravity, and it affects anyone he touches. He’s more energised than he’s ever been, despite giving the outward impression of someone a little overweight – he’s dancing around his living room and bouncing up stairs, quite literally, three or four at a time. ![]() He weighs the same naked as he does clothed, and despite eating like a horse he’s losing between one and two pounds a day, regularly. Scott Carey goes to see Doctor Bob Ellis, retired, with a problem he’s too scared to tell his own doctor about he’s losing weight, but he isn’t losing mass. ![]()
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