Behind bars

"wake up, wake up " a familiar voice called out, as it turned out to be, but she was in too deep in the relaxing fantasies of dreams, "wake up!"

There was a time when she smiled, laughed and made gestures of how beautiful life was going, times where she would lay back and feel comfortable and satisfied with everything around her knowing fully that it all meant to be and was for her.

This time the voice shouted shaking her up, her eyes slowly opened and the blurry image of the figure before her was getting clear, it was jasmine.

"Hey jay, what's up, isn't it too early to be up, and why the shake, you could have just said my name". She says to jasmine, sleep still into voice.

"Well I did, you were fast asleep and It was like you were having one of those crazy ass dreams where you're free as a bird soring, and through the sky" Jasmin replies.

"Hahaha very funny, make jokes all you like I'll be out you'll see". She says getting out of bed.

"out you say," Jasmine giggles, "that's if you're ready to plead guilty, so u'll get a lesser sentence, I mean murder, that's one hell of a crime if you ask me".

Before Cassy could say a word, the were interrupted by a sound, the sound of an iron bar being hit, not an unusual sound seeing the noise is made by the lady in a blue top and black trousers.

They are in prison, and that noise is just to get them ready for what's to come.

By this time it's past 6 am, and it's the normal time for a prison bath, where the prisoners at let out, to freshen up in the showers, it can't be call a bath time as you'll basically be naked and being watched by other prisoners and cell guards, there's barely any water to begin with and nothing to wash your body with.

This experience is awful for Cassy all the time and she can never get used to being naked around so many people.

Still it's been three months and whether she's used to it or not she'll have to go in there and make the most of whatever she given.

She gets up from her bed and taking the thin clothing she uses for wiping basically everything relating to liquid on her body, the door is opened by the guard and she made her way towards the bathroom, with Jasmine following behind her drawing each step she took showing she is tired and bathroom experiences wasn't always welcoming.

"Hey cas, you think she'll be gone by now?" Jasmine asked looking down as if not wanting to hear what she already knew.

" I don't think so, We left a little to early and you she'll find us any even if we successfully avoid her there," cassy's reply wasn't at all the least enticing.

They eventually got to the bathroom, as always it was occupied by ladies of different faces and different crimes, and none seems friendly.

Cassy and Jasmine too off their clothing while making their way to the space which had just been made vacant by two ladies that just finished and walked pass them. Cassy steps under the pouring droplets of water, it isn't fast or much but it felt easing, she takes the soap on the top counter near the sink, applies a little on her hair and body then passes it to jasmine who did the same

she let the water wash her clean, with her hands she did a little scrub on her thigh and neck and that's it, she's done, she isn't going to spend all day caring about where she could reach, because after this, there's still going to be activities that'll get them sweaty.

Cassy takes her thin sheet of clothing to dry up herself up, while look at the blur mirror at the wall of the sink.

The mirror was not at all clear but she could spot the figure coming closer behind her, before she can make account of who it was, she feels a slap on her butt.

"Wah gwaan, yuh still a play hard to get, huh?" a deep, toned but feminine voice whisper in her ear, "Yuh tink yuh special, huh? Yuh tink yuh different from de rest? Yuh tink yuh will escape, huh?" The voice continue, "Yuh nuh special, yuh nuh goin' nowhere, not now, not ever!"

Cassy turns glaring at the tall dark bulky lady, probably in her mid thirties talking to her with her Jamaican accent.

but she didn't say a word in response not only her no one did they all stoped just watching.

"Cassy, mi want yuh, an' mi a go get yuh! Wah' de bitter glare fi? No comebacks today, y'hear?"

cassy knows better than than to say a word, their past encounters had left her with scares that reminds her not to.

"Times up ladies, finish up and get out of here." the guard shouts walking towards Amoy and Cassy to break up what looks like a fight.

The guard walks up to Amoy holding her hands by the wrist, "any trouble," the guard says looking at Cassy.

"No ma'am" Cassy's quick to answer.

Amoy just glares at the guard and walks away.

" Cassy you don't have to put up with this I keep telling you, anytime she comes looking for trouble you just call for me". The guard says to Cassy.

" it's fine ma'am, I'm ok she's not really doing anything to me."

The guard takes one last look at Cassy and walks out of the bathroom.

Cassy turns to Jasmine smiling, single her that they should get going, they walk to where the had kept there clothes earlier, put them on then make their way towards their cell room.