Vintage Velvet

You are seated in the coach section of a Boeing 747 headed to Santo Domingo from New York City. Its been an hour and the handcuffs are beginning to bother you. You look to your left and take a quick look out the window to see the outside world. The sky is beautiful... you are reminded of your old cell in Attica and the tiny window you had.

Your name is Ai Su Rui and this is the beginning of your new life as free man…

The man to your right, a big, chubby Dominican without handcuffs named Pedro suddenly asks you what you were in for.

You...