One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned me back with his finger minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I'd been.
A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last-minute reprieve.
一名等待被注射处死的男子因为最后一刻的缓刑而获救。
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One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then beckoned me back with his finger a minute later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I'd been.