10

Janice had expected prison to be a lot tougher. A million awful movies (and at least one television show) had shown her just how hard life in a woman's correctional facility could be, especially for a well-educated rich girl. She had expected constant abuse from the other inmates, and even wondered if she would survive the ordeal but to her surprise however, it was pretty easy.

The others always looked at her with suspicion. One time, another prisoner had rushed at her with a stone she picked up from who knows where, but the guards had quickly subdued her, and stopped it from escalating to Hollywood levels.

Janice felt almost like something was protecting her. 

“Or maybe you just watch too many movies,” she whispered to herself. 

She was lying on her mattress (hard, but not painfully uncomfortable), her hands folded under the pillow where her head rested. 

Tap.

After dark, the prison was usually fairly qui