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John says that "pieces of them “ are still inside the chair and he can hear them screaming. They bring John into Harry’s pickup truck to begin the trip to Warden Moores' house. Paul questions whether bringing a convicted murderer to the warden's house is a terrible mistake and doubts if Coffey can actually heal Melinda Moores. Moores threatens to shoot until Brutal and Harry step up to explain and protect Coffey.

Dean mixes a sedative into a cup of R.C. Cola, which Paul offers to Wharton under the guise of a reward for good behavior. Brutal forces Percy into submission and lock him in the restraint room. After taping Percy's mouth shut to stop his threats of getting them all fired, the guards return to E Block and release John Coffey from his cell to begin their secret mission.

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Paul points out that John lacks the intelligence to do things proving he could not have committed the murder. They plan to break Coffey out of his cell using his miraculous healing abilities to save the warden's dying wife. Janice encourages Paul to take a risk to heal the warden's dying wife. Paul and the guards set their plan into motion to secretly take John out. Coffey says he’d like a ride instinctively.

Paul wakes up and realizes he needs to leave the nursing home to carry out a task in the nearby woods. To distract Dolan, Elaine sneaks into the west wing and smokes a cigarette until she sets off the alarm. Paul slips outside undetected. This distraction mirrors Paul's 1932 memories in Cold Mountainwhere he and the other guards conspired to break John out of his cell on a secret mission to heal the warden's wife.