Lumpers

Bear stares at the pool of blood, chest so tight he can barely breathe. They'd told him piking lumpers would be no big thing, that serving his sentence would be like hashmarks on a wall. Now that he's standing over the woman's crumpled body, he can't stop seeing the person beneath the Lumps, and the weight just about crushes him.

Killing lumpers wears on all the inmates, each guy trying to cope with the harsh reality of serving time in their own way. Decker shatters into a million pieces jus...