Never Cry Mercy
“You still with me?" The voice lifted me out of my slumber. I turned my head, blinked a couple times, saw Reese six feet away, leaning into the iron bars. Her slender arms slipped through the gaps, and she clasped her hands together.
"What the hell is going on?" she said. "I wake up, you're gone, and I hear from you once. Then you disappear. Now you're in jail?" "I guess they couldn't figure anything out," I said, leaving out a ton of detail. "So they're pinning the murder on me." "We were toget...her. We told Vernon we were together. If you're in here, I should be, too." I jutted my chin toward the ceiling, shook my head at her. They monitored the room by video, and likely audio. There's no way Vernon would allow Reese to enter the room alone to talk to me if they didn't have a way of listening in. I pulled myself out of bed, shuffled across the concrete floor and leaned into the bars so we were cheek-to-cheek.
"I just don't understand why they'd arrest you and not even bring me down for more questioning." "Yeah, I don't know either.MoreLess
"What the hell is going on?" she said. "I wake up, you're gone, and I hear from you once. Then you disappear. Now you're in jail?" "I guess they couldn't figure anything out," I said, leaving out a ton of detail. "So they're pinning the murder on me." "We were toget...her. We told Vernon we were together. If you're in here, I should be, too." I jutted my chin toward the ceiling, shook my head at her. They monitored the room by video, and likely audio. There's no way Vernon would allow Reese to enter the room alone to talk to me if they didn't have a way of listening in. I pulled myself out of bed, shuffled across the concrete floor and leaned into the bars so we were cheek-to-cheek.
"I just don't understand why they'd arrest you and not even bring me down for more questioning." "Yeah, I don't know either.MoreLess
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