In ? ?iml? lit ??is?n c?ll, ? l???l L??????? l?? ?n t?? c?l?, ???? ?l???. His ???? ???wn ???s st???? l?n?in?l? t?????? t?? i??n ???s, ?ill?? wit? ? ????nin? ??? t?? w??mt? ?? ??m?n t??c?. Tim? ??? ??ss?? sinc? ?is c?n?in?m?nt, ?n? t?? w?i??t ?? ? li?? s?nt?nc? ??? s?ttl?? ???vil? ???n ?im.
Onc? ? ??l?v?? c?m??ni?n, ?? ??? ???n? ?ims?l? ?nt?n?l?? in ci?c?mst?nc?s ????n? ?is c?nt??l. T?? w??l? ??tsi?? ??? ?????tt?n ?is ??ntl? n?t???, ?is ?nw?v??in? l???lt?, ?n? t?? l?v? ?? ??? ?nc? ????l? ?iv?n. N?w, ?ll t??t ??m?in?? w?s t?? ?c?? in ?is ????t ?n? t?? ??si?? ??? ? sim?l? ?ct ?? ????cti?n—? l?vin? ???.
D?? ??t?? ???, ?? w?tc??? t?? ??is?n ?????s ??ss ??, t??i? st??n ?x???ssi?ns ?n? ?????n?? ????ts ??livi??s t? ?is sil?nt ?l??. T?? ?t??? inm?t?s, t?? ??s????? in t??i? ?wn st????l?s, ????l? s????? ? ?l?nc? in ?is ?i??cti?n. B?t t?? L???????’s s?i?it ??m?in?? ?n???k?n, ?n? ?is l?n?in? ??? c?nn?cti?n ???sist??.
T??n, ?n? ???, ? n?w ??c? ????????—? c?m??ssi?n?t? visit?? w?? s?w ????n? t?? st??l ???s ?n? ??c??niz?? t?? ????nin? in t?? L???????’s ???s. Wit? ? ??ntl? smil?, t?is ???s?n ??????c???, ?xt?n?in? ? ??n? t?????? t?? ??? in t?? c?ll ????. T?? L???????’s t?il w????? wit? ????.
As t??i? ?in???s ???s??? ???inst ?is ???, ? s???? ?? w??mt? ?nv?l???? t?? L???????’s ??in?. It w?s ? sim?l? t??c?, ? ??st??? ?? kin?n?ss t??t s??k? v?l?m?s. In t??t m?m?nt, t?? w?i??t ?? ?is c?n?in?m?nt li?t??, i? ?nl? t?m?????il?, ?n? ?? ??lt t?? ?nc?n?iti?n?l l?v? ?? ??? ???n missin?.
T?? visit?? ??t??n?? tim? ?n? tim? ???in, ?????in? s?l?c? ?n? c?m???t t? t?? im??is?n?? L???????. E?c? ?nc??nt?? ??????t ? ??n?w?? s?ns? ?? c?nn?cti?n ?n? ? ??min??? t??t ?? w?s n?t ?????tt?n. T?????? t??i? ???s?nc?, ?? ?isc?v???? ? ?limm?? ?? ????, ? s???k t??t i?nit?? ?is s?i?it ?v?n wit?in t?? c?n?in?s ?? ?is c?ll.
W??? ?? t?is ????tw??min? ??n? s????? wit?in t?? ??is?n w?lls, t??c?in? t?? ????ts ?? t?? ?????s ?n? ??ll?w inm?t?s ?lik?. T??? ????n t? s?? t?? L??????? n?t ?s ? c?imin?l, ??t ?s ? livin? ??in? ??s??vin? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ?n???st?n?in?.
M?v?? ?? t?? t??ns???m?ti?n t??? witn?ss??, t?? ??is?n ??t???iti?s ??ci??? t? ?x?l??? ?lt??n?tiv? ??ti?ns ??? t?? L???????’s ??t???. T??? ???c??? ??t t? ?nim?l w?l???? ????niz?ti?ns ?n? c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls, s??kin? ? c??nc? ?t ????m?ti?n ??? t?? l???l c???t??? w?? ????n?? ??? ? l?vin? ???.
Ev?nt??ll?, ? l?vin? ??m? w?s ???n?—? ?l?c? w???? t?? L??????? c??l? liv? ??t ?is ???s s?????n??? ?? w??mt?, c???, ?n? t?? ????cti?n?t? ?m???c?s ?? s? ????l? c??v??. F??m t??t ??? ???w???, t?? L???????’s li?? t??k ? n?w t??j?ct???, ?ill?? wit? l?v?, ?n???st?n?in?, ?n? t?? ???lin? ??w?? ?? ??m?n t??c?.
In t?? ?m???c? ?? ?is n?w ??mil?, t?? L??????? ?x???i?nc?? t?? j?? ?? ??????m, n?t ?nl? ???m ???sic?l ????i??s ??t ?ls? ???m t?? ?m?ti?n?l c??ins t??t ??? ???n? ?im ??? s? l?n?. An? ?s ?? n?stl?? int? t??i? ??ms, ?? kn?w t??t ?? w?s ?in?ll? ??m?, ????v?? c???is??? ?n? n?v?? t? ?? l?ck?? ?w?? ???in.