Chapter Five
They left me alone last night, all night. Brant may have known that I would need my rest and declared me off limits, one of those small acts of kindness I have learned to appreciate. The girl in the cell next door was not so lucky. Perhaps she had committed some sin, or the guards were simply annoyed by the futile SOS she persisted in tapping out on the toilet pipe. All I know was that she kept me awake most of the night with her whimpering and pleading. I had no sympathy left for her. I was only grateful that it wasn’t me.
I couldn’t look at the women around me as Ms. Uber helped me to my feet. I was dimly aware that her two assistants were engaged in conversation. One of them had discovered that her boy friend was cheating on her. She was distraught. Her partner was consol
