controlled five-minute sessions in the
recreation yard. One instance took him
by surprise. While carving a lasting nose
wheelle on battered cement, he caught
the nods of approval from two new faces.
Later, when the three of them met over
supper, Dedders learned that he wasn't
The authorities weren't joking when they said Smoothy's
free life would come to a grinding halt.
His desire for flight could not be fettered.
Smoothy was the true Birdman of Alcatraz
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the only victim of extreme harrassment.
Now, with the convictions of Tommy
"Gun" Guerrero and Mark "Smoothy"
Gonzales, they'd be united in captivity.
The new inmates, being trained skate
geniuses, found secret methods of
assaulting "the Rock." They were lifers.
Their unforgivable crimes left them no▷
choice but to severely torque the law back into its
place. They were the most daring prison types on
hand. Their rides were quick and precise their
decks secretly stashed.
Dedders was fit to be tied when he learned of
the progress skating had made without him. He
was no longer content with his infrequent,
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