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down. Now I can end this right now. All I have to do is pull the lid and stick this anywhere in my body according to that letter. “It’ll never make it. I’ll snatch it out of your hand before I let you do that,” the old woman said between her teeth. Barely looking at the old woman to keep her eyes on the others, the college student said, “I think I can inject it before you can make it out of your seat.” “If I can’t stop you, the Lord will. He meant that syringe for me. He’ll stop you.” “The syringe is in my hand, not yours or the Lord’s. Now hear me out. According to the letter, only one of us can inject the syringe and walk out of here for sure, but if we stop and put our heads together, maybe we all can walk out of here.” “What are …show more content…

People I want to see again and let them know how much I love them,” the businessman said. “I have a family I would like to see too,” the teacher added. “I have two little girls who're waiting for their mother to pick them up from daycare. I don’t have anyone to pick them up,” she said with rolling tears. “So there it is, we all have reasons to live. I’m going to put this syringed in my pocket and it will not come out until, and if we have to give it to the person who WE decide should live.” “Let’s try to get the door open,” the old woman said. “I’ve already tried, it is completely sealed,” the businessman said. “There’s no getting past that without being unlocked. I don’t think that even a bomb can penetrate it. This room is tightly sealed, which means, if the lethal injection doesn’t kill us, we will eventually run out of breath.” “And there’s no telling where we are, we could be anywhere,” the pregnant girl said. Whoever makes it out of here, might find that we’re on the planet Mars.” “I rebuke that in the name of Jesus. I getting back home and to my church. No hell can stop me,” the old woman said. The college student looked around and noticed several minute holes in the wall. She went over to it and feeling along the wall, find several more. “Look at this, it must be where the gas came from. She looked up, there were three small vents in the ceiling. “We may not know where we are, but maybe we can be heard.” She cupped her mouth and

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