14. Into the Lion's Den

Led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before the shearer, he opened not his mou....

"Ooh, shussh, boy...shussh. This scripture ain't talking about some hormone raging teenagers skipping off to some out-of-bounds woods. You, my boy "is" a convict. If it was back in em old good days, some blood "hotted" Sheriff would have popped some holes in y'all bellies and the report would say nothing but "Six Poachers Gunned Down for Attempt to Resist Arrest and Attempt to Murder a Federal Officer". Ain't nobody gonna be sniffing around, looking for 'em evi....", Mr. Jones said, interrupting my thoughts as the soldier walked us down to a "detention camp",standing at the back to make sure no one runs away.

Before I continue, lemme drop few things. First, we were so lucky that the Games was still ongoing, that way, we meet very few people along the way, and luckily, none was my classmate nor schoolmate.

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