Why does she ask me to take off my clothes?
What does she want to do?
I huddle on the bed and shake my head at her.
"Seriously?"
The woman sneers and lifts me from the bed with one hand, throwing me to the ground.
"I am the boss here!"
As she speaks, she gives the other women a look, and then they reach out to strip off my clothes.
I try to stop them, but without success. Therefore, I am stripped naked and I keep crying on the ground.
It's shameful and I almost want to die.
I know it is a common practice that the newcomer will be bullied in male prisons, but I've never
expected that it is the same in female prisons.
"Such a long scar on your belly. You must have given birth to a child. I didn't even have a boyfriend
before I am here. Why? It's unfair!"
As the woman speaks, she grabs my hair and pulls my head back.
Tears leaking from the corners of my eyes, I look up and see their crazy faces.
They hide my clothes and lie on my bed.
After sitting naked all night, I thought I would have a fever, but unexpectedly, I am fine.
For fear that the guards will find what they've done, they return my clothes and the bed to me early in
the morning.
I think they won't bully me anymore, but it is just the beginning.
There are always thumbtacks and needles on my bed.
What's worse, there are many objects like stones, hair, fingernails, and dead insects in my meals.
They take away my clothes when I'm taking a shower, and they even shoot at me with water cannons
while we are working.
In the beginning, I will cry and fight with them, but I gradually become numb.
Therefore, I check if there is something in my bowl as usual before I take my meal.
At a glance, I see a centipede.
It is poisonous, so I won't take the meal.
I have to pour it out, but in a corner, I hear some women are talking.
"Aren't we going too far? To be honest, I think she is pitiful."
Are they talking about me?
It's an irony that they bully and make fun of me though they feel sorry for me.
I shake my head and decide to walk away.
But another woman says, "I have no choice. Someone paid for this. All we need is to make her life here
miserable. As long as we keep her alive, it'll be fine."
Someone?
Is it Frances?
I've thought I am numb enough to not feel sad anymore, so I have never missed Frances these days.
However, when I think of him, I am extremely miserable. How heart-wrenching!
I don't know how much he hates me, and neither do I dare to think about it.
Pursing my lips, I take a deep breath and walk out of the bathroom as if nothing had happened.
In the following days, there is no change, and the other women find more ways to bully me.
I count down the days until I am released, but it feels like a lifetime.
Ten days seem to be as long as ten years for me.
How can I survive five years?
Where's Frances?
How is he now?
Steven's visited me twice. When I asked him about Earl, he told me that Earl was nice and plump.
However, when it comes to Frances, Steven is evasive.
What is he trying to hide?
Just when I think I will never meet Frances again, something unexpected happens and it catches me
off guard.
My period is ten days late. Besides, I have nausea and vomit several times a day.
I am familiar with this kind of feeling, and in all likelihood, I am pregnant.
My period is ten days late. Besides, | have nausea and vomit several times a day.
| am familiar with this kind of feeling, and in all likelihood, | am pregnant.
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