Chapter 1: Near The End

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“Tell us where you hid it!”

Those are the first words I hear as soon as my head breaks the water’s surface. I’m struggling to breathe, spitting out the toilet water swilling in my mouth.

“I don’t know! I really don’t!” I scramble to say. I’m clawing at the hands grabbing the back of my head.

“Wrong answer. That’s the last mistake you’ll ever make.”

“Please!” I try to sound as weak and scared as possible in a single word. Maybe they’ll think I’m too pathetic to kill.

Too late. The scummy bottom of the toilet bowl rushes up to meet me and I know, in my heart, this is where it ends.

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