Encounter in the solitary confinement
Jonas was frightened. He heard the guard clatters his keys as he unlocked the door. It slowly opened and they entered a room, identical to the one they just left. In front of them, another lattice door and on the other side, a small dime courtyard, where four men where playing cards. All of them looked like hard assassins and Jonas couln’t spot any kindness in their eyes. Still, Jonas had no idea in how great danger he was. The guard slammed the door behind him, he was left alone.
Two of the men, Chino Suarez and Jésus, were known as complete lunatics that killed for fun. Chino Suarez was the first of the four men that got up. He was barefoot and looked at Jonas heavy boots.
”Nice shoes”, he said.
The other three men had risen to. Suarez grabbed Jonas's arm and pulled him into a hallway that led in the oppsite direction from the eastern part of the room, the part where Jonas came from. The hallway led to a notorious place from where one seldom returned. Jonas knew as soon as he heard the cries from the Chonchocoros, that something was about to go terrably wrong.
”Let him be”
”Leave him alone”
Jonas recognized several voices and he could clearly identify the worry in their cries, as the other prisoners screamed in the small hatch in Chonchocoros door.
His adrenalin rose and he twitched his arm with all his might from the grip of Chino Suarez. Then he backed with his back against the bars, prepared to fight for his life.
The men however returned to their seats only looking at Jonas. He didn’t know what to do, so he kept standing there. The four men looked calm and confident. Jonas was sure they would come after him again as soon as the sun had set. For the first time in jail, he was really scared.
Encounter = möte, sammanstötning
the solitary confinement = Isoleringscell
clattering = skrammla
lattice door = gallerdörr
dime = dunkel
courtyard = innergård
assassin = yrkesmördare
lunatic = galning
spot = känna igen
kindness = godhet
Still = ändå, fortfarande, ännu
barefoot = barfota
rise - rose - risen = stiga upp
hallway = korridor
notorious = ökänd
seldom = sällan
recognize = känna igen
hatch = lucka
Chonchocoros = ett fängelse i bolivia
with all his might = med all sin styrka
however = hur som helst
calm = lugn
confident = självsäker
as soon as = så fort som
the sun has set = solen har gått ner
Amanda