Chapter 30 - Chapter 29

# Chapter 29
VUSI

The water pouring from the shower head errs on the side of too cold, but you soon grow used to it when you've been a condemned man as long as I have. We lost the right to hot water the day we were sentenced, and they like to remind us at every opportunity.

After I've finished rinsing the soap and solitary from my hair, I turn off the shower and reach for my towel. Warder Heunis tips his chin to Galant, then Meiring, and walks back out, leaving us alone while I dry off. I scrub my face with the scratchy cotton, my back to them. I'm not the scrawny kid from my childhood anymore, and Meiring messed with the wrong inmate, believing himself to be a God within these four walls.

Little does he know that I have nothing but time.

Time to study the warders and my surroundings. Learn their behaviours. I'm not one to cause trouble, but a certain little dark-haired girl changed the game.

They speak in hushed tones, and my eyes briefly meet Galant's before he leaves. I smirk.

Galant may not realise how predictable he is, but his secret tryst with Heunis has become a regular occurrence. If only his wife knew what a naughty boy he is at work.

"Where are you going?" Meiring asks as Galant walks away.

With one hand on the door, Galant says, "I just need to check on something. I'll be back in five. Get him dressed and cuffed."

Meiring's eyes flash with fear, and he glances at me as I tie the towel around my waist. I run a hand over my hair and drop it by my side. I'm enjoying this.