“Please,” James said, hitting the cloth above his face again. “It’s too dark.”
The cloth unzipped down the middle, revealing a woman’s curious face. She pressed her slipping glasses back up her nose. The man breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thank you. Where am I? What happened?”
“This one’s still alive,” she said casually.
“Not according to our list,” said a man’s voice. “Dusty Jackson, deceased. To be cremated.”
James remembered his dealer asking for a favour. James panicked. “No, there’s been a mistake! I’m not Dusty!”
“You will be soon,” said the woman as she zipped the bag shut.
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