Chapter 11

The work was finished early so they were sent back to their cells to rest. The mating ceremony would be around 8:00 pm in the evening, and the clothes that the girls would put on were brought to their prison cells.

The guards specifically prepared a place for them to bathe when they were done sleeping and Alpha Adam had arranged a professional makeup artist to take care of their faces and looks.

Rita then engaged the others in a conversation. "What was your crime, Sophia?"

Sophia turned and looked at her, they were bathing in the pool and she asked, "why the question now?"

"Well, I think there is nothing wrong if she asks, after all, she has the right to know, doesn't she? We know why she is here. I don't think it is wrong if she knows why we are here," Mera was quick to defend Rita's question.

Sophia felt obligated to answer, "well I am charged with a case of murder, but since I argued it was for self-defence which it wasn't, I was given a sentence to serve for some years."

Mera started laughing, "do you want to tell her the full story, you ought to be out of here long ago, but you keep on extending your stay time."

Rita was confused and asked Mera, "can someone possibly extend his or her stay time in jail or even shorten it?"

"Well it depends, some people like Sophia over here don't have anyone to go to if they leave the cell, they have made friends here and are living the best life here. The prison rules allow a prisoner to extend his years by half the initial contract each time for release," Mera explained carefully.

Rita then turned to Sophia and asked, "how long have you been here?"

"Well my initial sentence was twenty years, I have extended it to over fifty years I can't really remember," Sophia answered.

Rita was shocked, she looked at Sophia as a woman in her twenties and here she just heard Sophia is over seventy years old, she thought it foolish to ask Sophia how old she was. And about what Mera did that kept her in jail, she saw it fit to leave the discussion for another time.

A maid interrupted their bathing session and said, "Excuse me, but it is time to go see the makeup artist," the maid prostrated a bit and left.

"It seems you guys have legal court proceedings, before persecuting offenders," Rita noticed.

"Yes we do, and one of the laws states that no intelligent being is to be put in prison without a formal trial in court. You have been put in prison without a formal trial, I suggest you ask for a formal trial this night at the mating ceremony," Sophia suggested.

"I don't think that is a good idea, a formal trial can even lead to your death, or life in prison. I just feel you should be calm and hope for the best. You won't spend more than ten years in this prison. I feel your lover boy would do something to rescue you from the situation," Mera said and smiled.