This is crazy. This has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever done, right?
I reach through the opening between the bars of my cell door, and my hand can barely graze the end of the lock. I might just be able to reach it.
I pull my hand back in and look at the rusted key. If I drop this, it’s all over. This is my one shot.
I reach back through the bars with the key in my hand, fumbling around blindly. I can’t see the lock, and I can’t reach my other arm through to feel for the keyhole. I just have to keep fiddling with it until the key finds its rightful place.
My arm is going numb because it’s straining against the edge of the window as far as it will go. My fingertips feel like they’re being pierced by a thousand pins and needles, but I still hold onto the key with desperation.
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