ung in the dead,

s if to dislodge the words. "I didn't... I

d no humor, only agony. She held up her maimed han

ustice, Isaiah! Is it enough? Does this finally pay for Clementi

e filthy mattress on the floor. He felt

words were a prayer and a plea. "I

ou just had to put me in the cage. You threw me to the animals, Isaiah. Your name,

the warden, his voice thick with whiskey and grief

or. Solitary confine

ly devoid of emotion. "Protection money that Danny couldn't pay. So they took a

stump, a grotesq

No anesthetic. They lau

urned an

the reality of what he was hearing. He collapsed to his knees, gaspi

ompanies. He had ruined lives. But he wasn't a bu

with his name and his hatred, had he loaded the

-streaked face and bleeding soul, she looked like a v

ut," s

, at the ruin he had made. He saw past the anger to the terror beneat

s. His son had watched his mothe

tand. His legs were shak

ney. Not with words. The finger w

ned an

rds in the hallway, their questions dying on their lips when they saw h

ctoria was there, holding a struggling Ho

ned? You look like

answer. He sla

amed at the driv

basement door remained a dark, accu

His hands were shaking so

ped when his ass

ir

nes. I want the real ones. The infirmary logs, incident reports, visit

s are sealed at th

raw and unhinged. "I don't care who you have to bribe or threat

, his eyes closing. He could still

s eyes and l

longer fighting. He was watching his f

oke said. It wa

ded, unabl

his small voice cutting through

he darkness, and the truth of th