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Walt tossed them over and jumped out the back. "We taking two cars?"

"I'm leaving the car. It can't be traced anyway."

The guard had used a fake name to get the prison job so there would be no way to connect him to the girl's family. He'd gotten friendly with Walt, despite how sick that made him feel. And he had gotten the doctor in on it, too. Became friends with the guy-went to his church, drank with him. The guard had given Walt a couple vitamin pills, told him it would make him look dead. The doctor came in, played along, and there they were. All because the jury had given Walt thirty years instead of life or the death penalty. He even had a chance at parole. But not anymore.

The guard climbed into the driver's seat and cranked up. Walt sat beside him and complained about the clothes being too tight. Both thought the same thing: Won't be long until I can get rid of this guy.

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Anthony Neil Smith is a fiction editor with Mississippi Review Web, and co-editor of the internet crime magazine Plots With Guns. His work has appeared in Blue Murder, Absinthe Literary Review, and is forthcoming from Murderous Intent and Crimestalker Casebook. He can be reached at ( [email protected] ).