Number 29 Broke Them

The bus was already a tomb when the first convict started bragging, and nobody was in the mood for jokes. Chains clinked like teeth grinding in the dark. Then the third man opened his bag, and the guards nearly choked trying not to laugh. Nobody spoke, but the air shifted. Hours later, a single number screamed in the dark made killers weep. Nobody expected twen… Continues…

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