Chapter 2
Who was he? Evelyn's son? She said she never had kids. Maybe she just never wanted to talk about it.
I didn't see her for the rest of the day. She was probably talking to her son. What did he mean I had to get away from him? Who was he talking about? He wasn't anything like the other man who comes to see Evelyn. That man is old and dark. Nothing like this guy. I wonder what his name is?
"His name is Tobias, but all his friends call him four" says Evelyn. Four like the number?
"I thought you said you never had kids." I say
"I know. I just never liked talking about it. My family was never really stable. He always hated me for leaving him. I never expected him to come visit me."
"I'm sorry" is all I can say. She nods and goes back to eating her food.
It's been a week since visiting day and I still can't get Tobias off my mind. I've recently been getting panic attacks. I get nervous whenever people come close to me. This jail is ruining my life. I have to get out of here. I'm giving the blame back to my brother.
"Have anyone to call this month Prior?" the guard says to me. we get monthly phone calls to anyone in this jail.
"Actually I do." I say. the guard looks surprised but leads me over to the phone. I call Caleb. I'm putting an end to this bullshit.
"I know I've been here for two years but please let me do this. Put me under truth serum for all I care. I'M TELLING THE TRUTH GOD DAMN IT!" I shout at the guard.
"Truth serum it is." Says the guard with a tired look on his face. He leads me to the confession office down by the front hall. We go inside and the guard sits me down in the chair in the center of the room. He goes into the closet in the back of the room and gets a syringe and fills it with the truth serum. (Tris cannot manipulate the serum) He injects me with the serum in complete silence. he walks back to the front of the room, turns on the recorder then sits back down in the chair across from me.
"So, what do you want to confess Prior. Make it good, I have stuff to do.
"I didn't commit the crimes."
"Really? Are you hacking the system?" He says surprised.
"Nope. I have no freaking clue how to do that shit" I respond
"Watch your mouth Prior. Even though your statement is true, I can still hold you here."
"Sorry sir."
"Okay, so if you didn't commit the crimes, who did? And why would you take the blame?"
"My brother, Caleb. And trust me, I didn't want to take the blame but he had a reputation. Accepted into Harvard at 16, excels at everything. But I didn't. I was a little goody-two-shoes, not so much anymore because of all this, but I had no reputation to lose. I loved my brother and I wanted him to have a life, so I let him. Which was an awful decision because now I'm stuck here.
"You have a decent point. I'll see when I can set up a date for a trial in Candor."
"Thank you thank you thank you! Oh my god, I'm finally gonna get out of here!" I shout
"Well we aren't so sure just yet, you can head back to the commons now." I happily leave the room and walk back to the commons.
we aren't so sure just yet, but most likely. These grey uniforms and inedible food will soon be of the past.