Chapter 74

"Hahahaha, you even turned this big motherfucker out. For hours he was like 'Is he ok? Wake him up.' Aww man, don't get too close to me, Lex. I ain'tgoin marshmallow soft like this tall sack of pillows. Hahaha!" he laughed loud and slapped his knee, then pushed me back to the ground when I tried to get up. "Whew, man, got me crying out here.

C'mon, get your ass up."

Our trek back was nostalgic. The small pocket of Jezpers sitting around the fire, chanting, humming. The random inmates scattered about, the reflection of the sun off Serene. The gravity that I nearly forgot about, taxing my knees. That sweet smell of Sulphur. Some part of me wanted to say, Welcome home. But thirty minutes in, I noticed some major differences.