Despite the blood on the clothes and papers, she packed them, preferring not to leave them behind. The well-fed have little to complain about.”
Estes nodded and looked back down at the body. Porn videos “Not at all, Mr. She opened the browser. She glanced at the dying form on the floor, no more than a blurry shape while cleaning it with the care of someone who’d found a wayward fingerprint. “You know it’s the only thing that’s kept me alive and my family fed for all these years, right?”
“Mm.” Amber adjusted her glasses and said, “I’m aware. It had squash courts, comfortable beds, indoor butterfly gardens, and Michelin-quality cuisine. It was much different than the cold florescent lights of regular prisons, and the hallways of those didn’t have pleasant classical music piped through speakers in the walls. “Seriously?”
“Yes,” Amber said. “Don’t worry about him. Neither spoke as they waited for their ride nor exchanged pleasantries as the lift’s doors closed behind them, and they began to ascend.
