Apprentice Page #2

This the last roll I have.

Yes, this is good.

And then this one?

What is this?

That one is hemp rope.

Different from manila.

But that one,

I don't have three-quarter inch.

What do you need the rope for?

Some maintenance work.

Sis?

Sis?

F***!

What's wrong with you?

Don't you know how to knock?

I found this the other day.

He wants me to meet

his parents in Australia.

I met him.

Who?

The hangman.

What?

The same man

who hanged our father?

He's been doing it

for over 30 years.

He told you that?

- What? -That he's been

doing it for 30 years.

He was in the papers.

I recognized his face.

Does he know who you are?

Did you tell him?

Did you tell john?

Aiman! Chief Rahim's

looking for you.

- I'll be next door if you need me.

- Okay, chief.

I need to redo the noose.

Come help me.

Go downstairs.

Remove the sandbag.

Loosen it.

And take that off.

There are three in all.

See the one at the bottom?

Hold and twist.

Thanks, chief.

- Do you have a girlfriend?

- No.

How come?

Broke up a while back.

No chance to meet anyone new.

Any girl to introduce?

No luck myself.

You're not married?

Once. For four years.

She didn't know

I was an executioner.

She didn't know?

She knew I was working in prisons.

But she didn't know I hanged people.

One day I told her. She couldn't

accept it, so she left me.

When was that?

A long time ago.

When I was about your age.

Do you remember

the people you hang?

Some of them.

Especially those

under my charge.

You talk to them?

Sometimes.

Are they usually...

Repentant?

Some of them.

They ask for forgiveness.

They start praying.

What happened there?

Gang fight.

When I was 17.

What happened?

The fella slashed me twice.

Over what?

He was staring at me.

So I stared back.

Something stupid like that.

I had a lot of anger in me.

A bad temper.

So I joined gangs.

And the army?

During national service,

I changed.

Not sure why... Maybe it was

the discipline in the army.

So I signed on.

Why did you leave?

My officer didn't like me.

How come?

Scholars. F*** them.

So after I finished my bond,

I joined the prison service.

I thought it would be similar.

How? Is it similar?

The discipline part, yes.

It's good that I joined prisons.

I can relate to the inmates.

The way I was before, I could easily

have been the one behind bars.

Everyone makes mistakes.

Some people own up to them,

some don't.

What's important

is to face the consequences.

You remind me

of when I was younger.

Me?

Yeah.

You have principles.

People with principles

make good leaders.

Unlike those

who hide behind rules.

They are just followers.

I went to see grandma.

She asked

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