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Coffee - The Plague Doctor's Revenge

Chapter 7 - The Cryptid has Parents

It was a peaceful frozen morning. The morning sun filled the cold air with golden light and glistened on rows of small old houses, garden fences and a few frozen puddles in the cracked asphalt.

The shiny black Bentley had parked on the side of the street and Doc rechecked the address on a piece of paper. His hands were shaking a little.

"Nervous?", Walther asked, zipping their parka up.

Doc chuckled. "Extraordinarily."

"Don't worry, you can do this." Walther gave him an encouraging nudge and he smirked.

"God, I wonder whether my twin is home."

Walther, who had just turned to the car window to longingly gaze at a cat that just seemed to beg to be petted rapidly spun around, eyes wide open. "You have a twin?? Oh my God does he look like you is he as tall as you is he as weird as you-"

"Calm down, calm down!" Doc laughed. "First of all it's a she, two, kind of, three, absolutely, four, yes, but in a completely different way."

"Jeeesus." Walther fell back into their seat. "Every day I learn something new about you, huh?"

Doc smirked and opened the car door. "Aye."

"Do you want me to stay in the car?", Walther asked.

He hesitated and chewed his lip. "Actually... you know, I think you should meet each other."

"Funky." Walther opened their car door and leaped out. "Good God, it's cold!"

They crossed the empty street to the small house, avoiding the bigger cracks in the asphalt. Doc nervously cracked his knuckles.

"I still don't get how you can do that so loudly," Walther mumbled.

He chuckled and opened the creaky iron gate. Together the pair walked down a short and frozen footpath to the wooden door.

"Ready?", Walther asked.

Doc took a deep breath. "Ready."

With that he reached out and rang the doorbell.

Moments passed and nobody opened. Doc started muttering under his breath: "Oh my God I shouldn't have done this they probably hate me God no-" until Walther elbowed him.

"It's gonna be okay," they whispered.

Suddenly the door opened with a horrible squeaking of the hinges. A small seventy-ish woman with lilac eyes and long grey hair appeared in the doorway, shivering in her lavender pullover.

"We don't buy anything," she said with a pleasant Scottish accent, not even bothering to look up at their faces.

"H-hi Mum," Doc stuttered. His voice gave up halfway through the first word, but it was enough.

Her gaze raced up to his battleworn pale face and her eyes widened. "Maurice???"

He smiled shyly. "Yeah, I know it's been a while and I'm sorry I-"

"MAURICE!", she cried and rushed forward to hug him.

A tall man with snow white curls appeared in the corridor, undoubtedly having heard his wife's yell. He saw Doc in the doorway, still hugging her, and froze.

"Son?"

Doc waved. "Hi Dad...ow, Mum watch out, you're breaking all my ribs...! Hi, sorry I disappeared for like fifteen years...!"

"Thomasin, don't kill him right after he got back," his father finally said and came over to join the hug. "Fancy moustache, son."

"Thank you."

Finally the old woman let go and turned to Walther. "Who might you be?", she asked, looking a little sceptical. It was the same look Doc usually had when talking to Thasfield.

Walther waved and smiled shyly. "Hi, I'm your new grandchild."

The woman's expression changed to surprise. "Oh-!"

"Congratulations, I'm your new grandfather. Balgair LaGrange." Doc's velvety voice was something he'd inherited from his father, who now held out his slender hand. Walther laughed and shook it. "Hi."

Doc's mum looked from Doc to Walther back to Doc, obviously trying to figure out some sort of similarity.

"Before you even ask, Welle's adopted," the Doctor finally explained, a smirk playing on his pale lips.

"Ahh." She nodded and finally a welcoming smile spread on her lips. "Welcome to the family, dear. I'm Thomasin."

"Thanks." Walther grinned.

Thomasin turned to Doc. "Where have you been? Fifteen years not a word, we thought you were dead!"

"Graytown, England," Walther said.

"I told you Thomasin, the English got him," Balgair mumbled and all four of them chuckled. "First the firstborn, what next? The sheep?"

"Balgair, we don't have sheep," Thomasin sighed.

"We have a garden gnome, that's almost the same!" He stared at Doc with a haunted look in his light blue eyes. "Will I lose my beloved garden gnome?"

Doc sighed. "No dad, I guarantee you, you won't."

"But how sure can you be?"

"A hundred percent."

"Why are we standing around anyway?", Thomasin asked. "Come on, join us for breakfast!"

***

"Eugenia happened to move to Graytown," Doc explained five minutes later while trying stop his mother from giving him a third plate. "Mum, I swear, I'm not hungry anymore!"

"Son, I can see your ribs from here, you will eat."

"But Mum-!"

Walther giggled. "Oh, how the tables have turned."

"Aye, reasonable." Balgair sighed. "She hasn't been the same since the fire. I guess the girl needed a fresh start."

"That's what I wanted to ask you about." Doc looked up from his plate. "What... what exactly happened?"

"Oh dear." Thomasin sat down and ran a hand through her long grey hair. "What do you expect to hear? A candle probably fell over while Geannie was working. Wilhelm tried to put it out and his sleeve most likely caught fire. Geannie smelled the smoke and heard his screams. She rushed to the boy's bedroom, grabbed him and ran. The kitchen was on fire, there was no chance of saving the husband. By the time the firefighters managed to put the fire out they couldn't even find the body."

Doc scrunched his nose in surprise. "It wasn't found?"

Thomasin shook her head. "Nothing."

He frowned. "Huh. That's odd."

Balgair shrugged his shoulders. "It happens. Why, what are you implying?"

"Oh, nothing." Doc waved it off. "I was just thinking of something that happened to one of my co-workers."

"Oh, what are you working as anyway?", Thomasin asked. "Still a surgeo-"

Doc quickly shook his head and pulled his sleeves down. "No!"

"Private investigator." Walther grinned.

Balgair raised his bushy eyebrows. "Sherlock Holmes style?"

"We work in a team," Doc explained. "Constellations change often, but the basis mostly remains the same."

"Yeah, last month one of us died and now we have this fu-"

"Language," Doc interrupted Walther.

"Oh, look at him, pretending to be a good role model." Balgair laughed. He leaned over to Walther. "Trust me, in this household you can swear however the fuck you want."

"Language, Balgair!", Thomasin pointed out.

".....as long as your grandmother doesn't hear you."

"I heard that."

"..... also her hearing is extraordinarily good."

"How's Tina?", Doc suddenly asked before his parents could further embarrass him.

"Why don't you ask her yourself?" Thomasin smiled.

His eyes widened. "She still lives in our apartment?"

"Hasn't left. She's been waiting for your return for the past fifteen years."

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60 Hustle Quotes To Motivate and Inspire Your Grind

Looking for motivational hustle quotes to ignite your highest work ethic and confidence?

You hear the word ‘hustle’ a lot lately – but what does it really mean? Entrepreneurs do it, millennials are after it, and successful people swear by it.

No, ‘hustling’ has nothing to do with scamming or forcing someone to do something (although that’s the original definition).

‘Hustle’ today means going after what you want – by spending all your time and energy on working harder than everybody else.

Sounds simple enough, right? In fact, many people claim that they hustle day and night. But you’ll be surprised that they haven’t reached their goals yet.

To hustle means to want something more than anybody else that you’re willing to put in the extra hours of work. Often, it could mean missing out on Netflix binges or setting aside vacation plans until next month. Hustling involves sacrifices.

But it’s in those losses than people can gain what they really want. Even former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln spoke of hustle.

Truly successful people throughout history: from Theodore Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass, to Gary Vaynerchuk and Tony Robbins, all hustled to be where they are now.

Got a goal you’ve been dreaming about? Feel a bit stuck in life? Maybe these quotes about hustling are just what you need to get you going.

Inspirational Hustle Quotes For Ambitious People

1.) “Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln

2.) “As a winner, learn not to let negative comments affect you. Just treat it as firewood that feeds your fire. Soon that fire will be so big and so bright that those who criticized you will smell the smoke, even if they happen to be on the other side of the world.” – Kevin Abdulrahman

3.) “All the so-called ‘secrets of success’ will not work unless you do.” – Jaymin Shah

4.) “If it comes easy, it will go fast.” – Andrena Sawyer

5.) “We live in the land of opportunities. People come from all over the world to hustle and work their way up to places that they could only imagine or dream of.” – Farshad Asl

6.) “Take a leap of faith on your dreams, not for me and not for the society, just for yourself.” – Vinay Garg

7.) “Quit hating and trying to be like the next man. Get on your own grind and be better than the next man, whether you gotta hustle, work a job or whatever. Just do you.” – Surgeo Bell

8.) “Trouble cannot be avoided, you either go looking for it or it will come looking for you.” – Constance Friday

9.) “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.” – Stephen C. Hogan

10.) “If you have an idea of what you want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession, be it music, the ballet or just a basic degree. You have to go at it single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way.” – Henry Rollins

Hustle Quotes To Motivate You

11.) “When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures. So I did 10 times more work.” – George Bernard Shaw

12.) “Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.” – Sophia Loren

13.) “Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William James

14.) “If a man is called a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.’” –  Martin Luther King, Jr.

15.) “Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” – Edward H. Harriman

16.) “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King

17.) “All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.” – Pope Paul VI

18.) “Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda

19.) “The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.” – Garth Henrichs

20.) “You’re either changing your life or you’re not. No waiting for this or that or better weather or other hurdles. Hurdles are the change.” – Terri Guillemets

Powerful Hustle Quotes About Doing Your Best

21.) “You are a ghost. Filled with stardust, wearing the bones as the shield and the skin as the cape. Fighting every day and opening up for the new wounds in the hustle of hiding the old scars.” – Akshay Vasu

22.) “WATCH out for your surroundings, UPGRADE your mindset and keep FOCUS.” – Surgeo Bell

23.) “Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” – Marcus Washling

24.) “I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.” – Margaret Thatcher

25.) “He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch Proverb

26.) “Hustle beats talent, when talent doesn’t hustle.” – Ross Simmonds

27.) “Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.” – David Rockefeller

28.) “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” – Robert Tew

29.) “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.” – Mark Cuban

30.) “Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb

Hustle quotes to motivate you towards success

31.) “Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anais Nin

32.) “Greatness only comes before hustle in the dictionary.” – Ross Simmonds

33.) “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer

34.) “Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.” – Blair Waldorf

35.) “I love people, and the hustle.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

36.) “Mine’s a pretty simple strategy: there’s not a lot of talent here, but there’s a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.” – Ryan Seacrest

37.) “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell

38.) “Hard work never killed a man.” – Scottish proverb

39.) “Without commitment you cannot have depth in anything.” – Neil Strauss

40.) “I’ve always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.” – Sumner Redstone

Hustle quotes to help you get things done

41.) “Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.” – Patti Smith

42.) “Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a dance step – it’s an old business procedure.” – Fran Lebowitz

43.) “The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.” – Deepika Padukone

44.) “I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn’t take any ability to hustle.” – Wade Boggs

45.) “I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.” – Bebe Rexha

46.) “The hustle brings the dollar. The experience brings the knowledge. The persistence brings success.” – Ross Simmonds

47.) “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele

48.) “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

49.) “Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.” – Marica Wieder

50.) “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” – Pat Riley

More hustle quotes to motivate and inspire you

51.) “I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” – Audre Lorde

52.) “You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.” – Jim Rohn

53.) “There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.” – Hope Hicks

54.) “My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.” – Young Jeezy

55.) “Whatever your hustle is, go somewhere with it.” – Tionne Watkins

56.) “The best kinds of people in your life aren’t those who gather to celebrate your success, but those who gather to help your hustle.” – Usman Ismaheel

57.) “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

58.) “Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus.” – Helen Hanson

59.) “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” – Paul J. Meyer

60.) “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” – Vince Lombardi

What do you think about these hustle quotes?

Do you feel motivated yet? Inspired? Revved up?

Hustling isn’t easy. It’s going to ask you to give up the comforts that you’re used to. Maybe you’ll need to stay up late most nights.

Perhaps you’ll spend this summer knocking on doors, studying in your room, or sweating at the gym. But don’t give up! Keep on hustling until your dream is realized.

We hope that you enjoyed this collection of quotes about hustling.

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