that you were involved in an attempted murder case. Please come with us.”
Chapter 25 Being Humiliated in Prison and Suffering Hearing Loss in the Left Ear
When Elaine was about to be taken away by two police officers, one on each side of her, Skylar spoke up: “I’d like to have a word with Ms. Shelton, Would
The officers nodded, expressing their approval. Then, they left the room.
Skylar directed his poor to Elaine’s face. How much of the uneasiness and panic on her face was genuine, and how much of it was take? So much time ha passed Why couldn’t she just learn to behave herself?
With a smile on his face, he lowered his eyes and looked at her. “Klaine, let this be my reminder to you this is your last chance. If you continue to misbehave in prison, your younger brother will take your place. When that happens, I won’t change my mind no matter what you say up your life
ven if you offer
In a frosty voice, be continued, “The hospital might have told the authorities that fair surveillance camera was destroyed, but I have a copy of the footage with me. Il you misbeher, I’ll be able to use the surveillance footage to prove that your younger brother entered Thra’s hospital ward
“Even if your younger brother is still a minor, there are juvenile detration centers for people like him. If he has a record, it’ll affect him for the rest of
“Of course, there’s a hidden camera in this room too. Even if your brother pors to prison, you’ll still have to serve time for stabbing me,”
Elaine intercopted, “You don’t have to elaborate r resisting the police either.”
Don’t worry, I won’t run away as long as Eric is fine. I won’t make useless attempts at
Skylar turned away from her. “It’s good that you’ve thought it through, Ms. Shelton. I won’t have to show you the way out, do [?”
He failed to fuar a single plea from Elaine. By the time he turned around again, she was gone like the wind.
She left with the cops without taking a single item with her ur saying a single word. All she did was send a text message to someone who was like a sister to her back in the orphanage to get her help with talking care of Eric.
Eric was 12. Other than his heart condition Haring op from time to time, lar was capdale of taking care of himself the rest of the time.
It started raining in Tenby appain, Fall had come The dry season had now been replaced with a steady drizzle.
When the authorities walked out of the hospital and escorted Elaine into their vehicle, they probably pitied her too, One of them asked, “Ms. Shelton, is there anything you need? Or would you like to meet with your family?
“After entering the detention center, you’ll have to wait for your sentence. You won’t be able to come back out after that.”
Elaine looked away from the window and turned toward the police officer. In a calin voice, she replied, “I don’t have any family left, sir.
She only had a younger brother, Erie. Nevertheless, she couldn’t see him now. Olarrwise, he’d be worried for her.
The officer didn’t say anything else. The simply signaled to the person in the front seat to start driving.
When they were almost at the police station, Elaine spoke up again out of the blue, “Sir, is it true that powerful people can rule over the world? Why is it that justice always slips away in my life?”
Without loolding at her, the officer answered, “Ms. Shelton, as police officers, we look at the evidence that’s available. If you’re innocent, you’ll naturally be acquitted”
Elaine let out a scoff and didn’t reply. Wasn’t all the evidence with Skylar?
There weren’t any surveillance cameras l
In the linspital ward. All the surveillance footage from the corridor could prove was that Eric had entered Thea’s hospital ward
Skylar might claims that Erie was the one whan attached Thea, but who could prove that that wasn’t the case!
Even if there was insufficient evidence to prove that Eric was guilty, he would still be a suspect and would have to be detained at the detention center while the authorities investipated the case.
It only took three days for Elaine to be sentenced. On the third day, she was transferred from the detention center to the prison. She was locked up while
till recovering from all her injuries. Due to the fact that her laryngeal burn wasn’t treated in time, she could barely speak now.
Might fell. This was when the prison management slackened.
Elaine had just fallen asleep when someone grabbed her by her hair without warning and pulled her up. She jolted awake, only to be flung onto the ground.
The few female cellmates of hers stared at her, finding pleasure in her misfortune. One of the women said, “Beths, that’s her. I heard that she offended Mr. Frey, so he gave specific instructions for her to come enjoy life in prison..
“Look — there aren’t any prison wardens out there anymore. Isn’t this a sign for you to have a go at lor,
The middle aged woman named Beth Culver was the one who dragged Elaine out of her bed. Upon hearing that, she laughed.
Siner Mr. Frey has given his instructions, It’d be wrong for us not to give Ms. Shelton an enjoyable life, don’t you think? Ms. Shelton, you haven’t had
י
She took hold of Elaine and dragged her toward the toilet in the comer. Grabbing a handful of collet paper, she stutted it into Elaine’s mouth. “Have more to eat. Ms. Shelton. Have more to ext”
The few of them burst out in laughter as they went forward to hold Elaine down
Elaine struggled with all her might. When Beth stuffed the paper into her mouth, she bit down hard on her finger. She did so with so much strength that Beth’s finger started bleeding immediately.
on her
Beth hadn’t expected Elaine to have the guts to bite her at all. She pulled her hand back in pain. Following that, she e gave Elaine a backhand smack on cheek. The prisoners surrounded Elaine, taking turns to beat her up.
Even after all the commotion that resulted in Elaine being covered in blood and lying still on the floor, none of the prison wardens outside came over.
Right when she was about to lose consciousness, she heard Skylar’s voice in her head, saying, “If you continue to misbehave in prison, your younger brother will take your place in prison.”
In the end, she lost the remaining ounce of strength within her. She opened her tightly clenched fists.
While she was in a daze, she heard the people around her mocking her. “She’s bleeding from her mouth, Beth. Shall we brush her teeth?””
Someone else answered, “There’s a brush for the toilet right here. It’s a little dirty, but it’s just right for brushing her teeth”
Beaming with glee, Beth urged, “What are you people waiting for, then? Go ahead.”
While they tugged at Elaine, a photo that she had hidden on her fell out. She was in so much pain that she felt utterly weak. She couldn’t even open her eyes.
Both picked up the photo and mocked, “Wow, Ms. Shelton, you’ve got quite a unique taste. You’re secretly hiding a photo of such a young boy. He’s pretty good–looking. Go and put this up by my bed. He’s my type.”
Elaine was unaware that the photo had fallen out. The moment she heard “young boy“, her eyes shot open.
She saw Beth holding Eric’s photo in her hands, uttering filthy words with that mouth of hers.
Somehow, she found the energy to climb to her feet and pounce at Beth like a madwoman. “Give it back to me. Do not lay your hands on my things!”
Sering her like this prompted Beth to lift the photo high up in excitement. “Woah, look at this. Look at her. She’s getting all worked up. I’ve set my eyes on him now. That makes him mine!TM
Red–eyed, Elaine tried to snatch the photo from Beth. With one hand lifting the photo up in the air, Beth gave Elaine a hard slap with her other hand, Right after, she yanked Elaine by her ear with much force and slammed her head against the wall.
All of a sudden, a sharp ringing started in Elaine’s ear. Though, she couldn’t tell if it was because of the slaps from before or because Beth had pulled her ear too forcefully.
The prisoners grabbed her and threw her to the floor. All she could hear was the deafening ringing in her ear that made her feel like her head was about to explode. A sharp pain shot through her eardrum, and she felt like something was flowing out of her ear.
Nonetheless, she couldn’t be bothered with all these. Forcing herself to withstand the pain, she scrambled to her feet and leaped at Beth again. “Give it back to me. Give it back! 1’11 jall you!”
She jumped on Beth and wrapped her hands around her neck like she had gone berserk. She held onto Beth’s neck so tightly that none of those around them could pull her hands away.
The prisoners around them didn’t think that Elaine would have so much strength all of a sudden. This frightened them
Beth, who was on the brink of suffocating, went blank in a panic. In a trembling voice, she called out, “You’re insane. Let gol I’m going to call for help!”
Elaine refused to let go. She glared fixedly at Beth through bloodshot eyes as she strangled her.
In the end, one of the prisoners shouted, “Help! Help–Elaine is killing one of us!”
