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There were twenty-two people in
the room. The papers were put into
the bowl, and we each drew one.
Then the lights were turned out. In
the dark, occasionally, I would hear a
scuffle, then a number would be
called. Once eleven numbers were
called, the lights came on.
I looked around the room. Donna
was sitting on the bleachers. She had
lost in that round. I hadn’t felt the
murder touch me at all. I had bumped
into a few people, but each of them
darted away from me as fast as I had
from them.
Everyone drew a paper for round
two. The lights went out, a few
