Similarities Between Billy Halleck and Cary Rossington

In chapter 11, Leda Rossington reveals that her husband, Cary Rossington, was also cursed by a gypsy, since he ensured that Billy Halleck wasn't punished for his crime. Instead of losing weight though, he's growing scales and turning into a reptile.

As Leda told the story of how Cary handled the situation I noticed a lot of similarities to the way that Billy handled being cursed by the gypsy. They both went through a stage of self-denial before eventually displaying self-awakening and recognizing what was going on.

At first, Billy refused to admit that he had been cursed by a gypsy, so he forced himself to think he had gotten cancer. Similarly, Cary Rossington believed that skin cancer was what was causing the scales on his skin to grow. He said to Leda, "This is skin cancer, skin cancer, skin cancer! Now will you for Christ's sweet sake shut up about that old wog!" (by the old wag he meant the gypsy who had cursed him). Then later on, both Halleck and Rossington started to come to terms with the fact that it was really the gypsies who were causing their situation. Both of their conditions are getting worse by the day so I'm interested to see what they're gonna do next. My guess is eventually they're going to try to track down the gypsy who cursed them.

The gypsy from the Thinner movie