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Submitted to Contest #72
PROLOGUE A bell is rung. “Breakfast in ten!” a loud rough voice announces through an intercom. Screaming, Chris Steventon wakes up, startled and drenched in sweat. He looks around the room at his prison cell. He gets out of bed and crosses off another day on the calendar. “Another day in paradise...” he whispers hopelessly to himself. In the bunk above him, Jason wakes up. “What the hell are you doing down there?” Jason asks, half awake. “I’m counting down the days until I get out of this shit hole.” Chris replies. Chris walks over to h...
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