that and tells him that he has to applyfor a transfer right away and call in sick every day until the transfer comes.That night after Paul went home and told Janice the story about what hadhappened that day, he had a dream. In the dream, Paul plays back the scene withJohn and the girls and the police. John said he was sorry and he tried to takeit back. This time, Paul understood what John meant. Paul had everyone over athis house and told them his plan. His plan was to take John to Melinda Mooresbecause she was sick and dying. He needed help so he talked to the otherguards. One of the guys asks Paul how he knows that John didn't do it, and Paultells them it's because of his shoe. John's lunch was tied the day that hetried to save the Detterick twins, and when Paul gave John his shoe Johncouldn't tie it. Everyone thought that John had give the sausages in his lunchto the Detterick's dogs to keep them from barking, but John couldn't retie hislunch, so he must have been innocent. Plus there were two dogs that tried to goanother way from where the police found John with the girls. Those two dogswere coon dogs. They were catching the killer, and the other dogs were chasingthe girls. The man controlling the dogs made the other dogs go backwards andthey followed the other dogs. No one understood that, until Paul said it. Theyall decide that John is innocent and that they should take him to Melinda. Everyone agrees that Dean should stay behind because his kids are still youngand no one wants him to become unemployed.Later on that night they start to go through the plan. They give Wild Bill adrink with so much stuff in it that he should pass out and not notice what'sgoing on. They take Percy into the restraint room and put a straightjacket onhim. They tell him that it is his punishment for doing that to Del. Then theygo to John's cell and tell him it's time to go for a ride. They take him out ofthe jail and they "act" out a ...
