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2021-05-02 14:57:53I awaken with a tight feeling around my wrists.
My vision is blurred, my head throbbing and brain disoriented. I don't know where I am, and my last memories are a jumbled mess. The last thing I remember clearly is Isaac telling the guards to get me out of the car. Everything else, for the moment, is darkness. Bleak. Scrambled TV static.
I open my eyes but remain completely still. I wait for sounds before I make any sudden movements; my vision is still getting back to me.
I can hear muffled speech in another language. It takes a moment for me to realize that it's in Spanish. I can grasp the conversation—what I need from it:
"You fucking idiots. Do you not know how to fo
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