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EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAS A PRICE A NOVELLA BY JEF SIEVERS Chapter 1: Silence and the Deep Silence. Thank God. The frozen water surrounding Shaun Themmesh, filling his lungs, killing him, was inconsequential. He didn’t even fight the explosive burning in his lungs or the pure instinct tearing his brain to ribbons as it frantically thrashed like a freshly caged animal trying to tell him that he needed air. He did not hear these things, the voice of his body. They simply fell off, echoes of the de...

INT HOSPITAL ER EXAM ROOM 1:32 AM JANUARY CU ANTHONY’s lowered head, chin resting on his chest. ANTHONY’s right eye is swelling and bruising. A large gash below ANTHONY’s right eye has leaked blood down his cheek that is now dark and drying. PAN OUT on ANTHONY as he sits perched at the end of the exam table. ANTHONY is wearing worn jeans, a dark printed t-shirt, and a black leather arm band; ANTHONY’s coat lies across a nearby chair. ANTHONY rubs his upturned right palm and closely examines h...