![]() ![]() Then he said, “It's like one of them good-news, bad-news jokes, isn't it? Good news, we're letting you out early, bad news, your wife is dead.” He laughed, as if it were genuinely funny. He unlocked the cell door and let Shadow in. Wilson walked him back to his cell, not saying anything. She died in the early hours of this morning. “This came from the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Eagle Point…Your wife. The warden looked down at the paper on his desk. ![]() Shadow nodded, and he waited for the other shoe to drop. You'll be getting out a couple of days early.” The warden said this with no joy, as if he were intoning a death sentence. '” “Shadow, we're going to be releasing you later this afternoon. He wondered how much longer he was going to have to serve-another year? Two years? All three? All he said was “Yes, sir.” Were? Shadow felt his stomach lurch inside him. ![]()
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