The Winner's Game by Kevin Alan Milne

Author:Kevin Alan Milne
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2014-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Bree

ANN DOZES OFF soon after we turn out the lights, but I toss and turn in bed for over an hour. My brain is spinning on all sorts of things—dead cats, the Winner’s Game, Ann’s heart, and especially the things she said about dying. Her opinion on death has been a little hard to swallow, but eventually I come to accept that maybe she is right. Not only is Ann herself a heartbeat away from her last breath, but any one of our lives could be snuffed out—just like Mr. Skittles’—in the blink of an eye.

That really sucks.

Even though the room is completely quiet, if I listen closely, I can almost imagine the sound of Ann’s defective heart echoing through the bed beneath me. Beating for now, but waiting, like a robber, to steal everything she has.

The last thing to cross my mind before I drift off is Ann’s comment from a couple days ago.

Everyone’s going to die. One way or another…

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