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Mr James R Redwick No 23

The guard announced
He got up arranged his bed and came out of prison smiling.

The gaurd wanted to shout at him Traitor murderer rapist but he couldn't the man radiated innocence .

"Today's My Birthday", he said.

"You fourth from now", the guard smiled instead,
something was different he couldn't even think of pushing him today.

In front of him stood the young girl smiling no 22

"Aren't you afraid little one?"
She was same one who claimed she was pregnant with his child

The people had decided she too must die for hiding that fact until now to save him in past.

"No I am a orphan and only an orphan can understand a true pain of orphan they would kill my little sister if I didn't do this.Sorry for your death."She said smiling

"Don't worry I was an orphan too before I came here.Then I met Rosalind.Mr and Mrs Willson and the great Noble Mr Jason. I know what it fells like to sacrifice to save your only family"

The girl's innocent eyes grew round in Horror when she saw in his blue eyes

"Sh..sh. "he said ,"sh..!!"

Then catching each others hand the weird couple went smiling towards their death

While the crowd was cheering each beheading before

They fell eerily silent when this couple arrived

They had seen criminals thrashing kicking abusing swearing fighting running but never before had they seen someone smiling in face of death

The people stood in silence

As the couple was bend forward and never did they stopped smiling until the blade struck down.

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