“You’ve been in prison too, dad. You too, Grandma. It’s a family record” I say. “I’ve been there just two days” My grandma replies. “Well, two days is two days, you still in prison though” I shrug, my eyes point her. “This is not a joke, Maia” My mom responds. “Oh God, come on! Don’t you think that I don’t know what this family has done? You all are liars” I state. “Watch your mouth, Maia!” My mom exclaims.
My dad suddenly comes and he just talked on the phone with our family lawyer. I crossed my arm and sigh, landing my back on the couch. He sits and he gives me a look “Look, you have four offenses here” My dad starts. “One, you violated public safety. Two, you damaged the company’s property. Three, you attacked someone. And the last, you brought a gun, illegally!” He ends. “Are you fucking kidding me? I shoot the casino’s lamp, not people!” I shout.
Today is my last day as a free woman. I chose to spend the last day of my freedom with my sister, Rosa. Ben and I have spent so much time in these past few weeks. We went to the beach and enjoyed the day together, eating ice cream and hot dogs. I’m not feeling good in these past weeks since I passed out that day. I have no idea what happened to me that day, I felt like someone just hit my head and that caused me to blackout. “You okay?” Rosa asks, she sits on the couch and chews her snack as she looks at me grabbing more snacks in the kitchen. “
“Oh, shit! It’s daddy” I was having a nice last day with my sister Rosa, before my dad called me and asked where I am. Rosa and I accidentally meet Riley and Laurie at the ice cream shop not far from my block, they were buying some ice cream before they see us. I haven’t seen Riley and Laurie since I’m out of work a long time ago. It’s really good to see my old friends and talking about some memorial shit when all of us together.
We pull away and make our way to New Jersey, and we’ll be there around one and half hours. I finally leave Queens and back to my town after a long time, it’s almost 8 PM and I’ll be locked in prison in the next few hours. My dad keeps calling his friend and asked him about my private prison room. They considerate put me into the private prison in the middle of the night so that no one would see how that corrupt people do their job. “You good?” Rosa checking on me from the front seat next to my dad, she keeps asking me the same question over and over again to make sure that I’m alright. “Yeah, don’t worry” I respond. I’m not scared of prison, I’m not scared of everything, my head hurts and it always happens since something strange happens to me last month. “Huk…huk…” I coughed and will immediately throw up. “Hey, hey? Are you okay? Dad stops the car!” Rosa exclaims. I quickly open the car’s door and throw my body on the ground then I thro
An Arabian lady who washed her hands next to me just talked to me, I bet she’s in the same age as Lena. “Mmm, Alanza Baheera, you can call me Zaza or Z. Do you need some help?” She literally introduces herself to me. “Huk, huk… I’m okay” I respond then I rinse my mouth after. “Are you sure?” She asks. “Yeah, I’m alright. I’m gonna back to my bunk now” I say as I wipe my mouth. “Let me walk you home” She takes my hand and places my arm on her shoulder.“Thanks…” I say. The woman walks me to my cell, she’s a nice lady. I do not expect there’s a nice woman like her live in this horrible place, except if she’s from the A or B block. “Where are you from?” I ask. “Tunisia” She replies. “Oh, I mean your cell… but thanks for that information” I laugh softly knowing that I literally asked her an unclear question. “Ahh right, I’m from B block” She chuckles.
The sun has risen, I fall asleep last night when my mind keeps thinking about my old lover. I take a shower at 7 AM, and there are a lot of people in the public bathroom. I make my way to my cell with a wrapped towel on my body, it’s a woman's prison and it’s fine to walk half-naked after taking shower, some of them not even wear anything when they’re brushing their teeth. I kind of like this place, I secretly love this place.“Mmmm mmmm hummm” I hum as I wear my clothes and drying my hair. It’s my first breakfast in prison and I hope they have a portion of nice food in here. My back hurts and I think I got a wrong sleep position last night or my bunk is too gauzy for me. “Alright all done, you look perfect!” I say as I’m standing in front of a small mirror on the wall. I got money in my prison account and my dad left me 500 dollars last night.
“Mmm right” I chuckle a little bit, my mouth form into a small laugh, my cheeks get rosy as my eyes keep looking at her. “You’re a bad fool, Maia” Z starts to talk. “You can’t fool people but you fool yourself easily” She ends with a little laugh on her face. “Well, right… I’m really bad at it” I reply as I’m tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. “Okay, my turn! I’m gonna ask you a personal question” I start. “Mmm-hmm okay” Z hums.“Why do you like girls? Isn’t it kind of contradictory? I mean, you’re Muslim right? You’re from Middle East” I ask. “Sorry if it’s exaggerated” I heavily breathe intensely, with a little bit of laugher on my face. Z sigh, she takes a deep breath as she looks at me. “I didn’t choose my sexuality. I didn’t choose myself to like women. It’s not about f
“Holly shit! What’s happening?”I woke up from my sleep and quickly opened my eyes, processing what’s just happening to me and Z. It’s almost 3 AM and I found Z slept next to me, she does not allow to sleep in here, the guard will shot us if they know. “Oh, God… No fucking way!” I just realized that my prison top is sprawl on the floor. “Shit! This is fucked up” I mumble and I grab my prison top and quickly leave my cell, I walk to the public restroom and about to wash my face.“I think I really like you” That was what Z said before we both end up on my prison bed and fooling around. “Hahaha… really?” I laugh softly, pointing my face down to the ground and blush, my cheeks get rosy cause of her confession. I didn’t expect that I will find a prison paramour when I had Ben out there and Lena in my mind. Z didn’t know me well, not yet. We jus
“Lena is here, she’s fucking right here!”“Whatttt!?”“How does it come?”I was taking shower before I met Lena this morning, she doesn’t even see or talk to me. “L… L-Lena?” I shock, my eyes bulged. Lena wasn’t realized that I’m standing right next to her, she was looking for something inside her shower candy. She quickly removes her gaze from the shower candy and looks at me when I call her name. “Oh, God! Lena” I smile. The universe fucked me over and over again, she brings Lena back and I finally can see her.“It’s really good to see you…” I get closer to her and about to hug her, I’m about to tell her how much I missed her. She avoided me and tell nothing, she doesn’t even look at me after. I was so happy because after five years I finally can see her and have her around. But after this morning I have no idea if I should be happy or not. “Lena… I’m so sorry” I lowering my brow, my breath gets heav