sorry for the wait! Well here's another chapter

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Only an hour after finishing her lunch, Cal came back for her. He stood in the cells doorway for a moment with a smug look on his face. Selina chuckled as she stood up and walked over to him and put out her wrist for him to put the restraints on.

"How's it going, handsome? Long time no see."

Cal straightened up and pulled the cuffs from his belt and clasped them around her wrists. Cal didn't bother to tighten them, they just sat loosely on her wrist; Selina could've slipped out of them easily.

"I don't know why they think we should even bother with these things." Selina smiled at Cal appreciatively as he continued. "Anyways, it's all has been goin' great! Trish and I are gettin' married next month!" He stepped out of the cell and motioned her to follow beside him.

"That's great, handsome! Aren't you glad you listened to me!"

Cal laughed as they walked down the corridor towards the elevator. "I sure am! I would've never thought that a babe like Trish would ever be into a guy like me. I always thought she was just one of those really nice girls!"

The whole way Cal chatted with her; filling Selina in on what she had all missed since she got transferred to the women's state pen. He only stopped when they came to the all too familiar door of Dr. Zuleika's reception room. Cal opened the door and motioned her to step in. Like before Trish sat at her big desk working busily at her tasks.

When she heard the door open she looked up and smiled as Selina walked in. Her smile brightened when she saw Cal following her in.

"Selina! What a pleasure to see you! Why don't you have a seat, Dr. Zuleika is just finishing with her last patient then she'll be right with you."

Selina smiled, "Thanks" and walked herself to the chairs while Cal perched himself on Trish's desk and started chatting with her. Somehow the girl managed to keep on working.

About five minutes later, Harvey/Two-Face came strolling out of the office. He was a rather calm mood, which meant it could only mean that Harvey was in control for the moment.

When he saw her a warm crooked smile lit his face. "Kitten! Fancy seeing you here again! I hope this means that you are here for an evaluation for a parole hearing."

"You got it handsome. I hope you've been behaving since I've left." Selina smiled at him, she felt very happy to see him in such a good mood.

"Oh, you know me. I have my good days and my bad. Today has been a really good day, and it just got better. Actually I've been on a streak for the last week. I don't think Two-Face has taken control once in over a week!"

"That's great Harvey! Keep it up, you never know; at this rate you might be able to get that brain of yours back to one piece again."

Harvey chuckled as Cal cautiously came over and strapped another pair of cuffs onto Harvey's wrist; these ones Cal made tight. Then Cal turned to Selina and removed her loose fitting cuff.

"Well you two better be off. I wouldn't want to get either of you into trouble."

Harvey gave Cal a bit of a dirty look but winked at Selina with his good side as he was ushered away by Cal. Selina continued sitting in her seat as she waited patiently for Dr. Zuleika to call her in. Once again she was left unattended by any guards. Selina hoped that this was a good sign that she was getting out.

A few minutes later the phone on Trish's desk buzzed and she picked up the phone and spoke a few words then hung up the receiver. Trish looked up and smiled at Selina.

"Dr. Zuleika is ready for you now, Selina. Just go on in."

Selina smiled at the girl and nodded her thanks and got up and walked to the door. Slowly and quietly she opened them and walked through. Like always the doctor was sitting behind her desk, rifling through various papers and making notes as she went along.

After a moment, she looked up and smiled at Selina. "Aw! Selina! It is so wonderful to see you. Please take a seat on the sofa's I'll be right with you."

Selina walked over to the couches and took her typical perch in the corner. Selina felt a little odd being here. She felt more like she had re-offended and was being dragged back to talk about things she really had no interest in. But Selina vowed to herself that she would never allow herself to be holed up in the dreary place ever again; no matter what.

Dr. Zuleika finally rose with her note pad and folder and took a seat across from Selina. Then she began her flurry of question most of them were the typical questions, giving Dr. Zuleika a feel of how things had been going thus far at the penitentiary.

An hour later, Dr. Zuleika put her pen down and studied Selina for a moment, and then she smiled.

"Things look good for you Selina. You have the trust and faith of many important; I don't think I've ever had so many recommendations for parole from so many people."

"I hope you're right doctor. You can only cage a cat for so long before it becomes restless and tries something foolish. Cage's don't sit well with me, I'm not the sort of person who sits around and watches as life flies by. The only reason I'm still here is because I genuinely want to change and I needed to pay for my past sins."

"Selina, you are a genuinely a good person. Your compassion for humanity runs deep, and I strongly suggest you pursue a field that you can use compassion. You have special talents, Selina! Use them for the good humanity!"

"Thank you Doctor, I'll do my best to follow your advice; I truly will."

"I know you will Selina. I believe you when you say you want to change. Some would call me a fool for believing, but I've counselled my share of the worse psychopaths and chronic liars to know when someone is lying to me.

"Our session here is done. I will submit my review, and you shall find out your fate shortly. Hopefully it's for the best."

"Thank you again, Doctor."

Selina stood and walked out of the office, were Cal waited to escort her back to her cell.

Selina spent the rest of the day confined in her cell. It reminded her of the ten painful months she'd spent here. Only now she didn't get the two hours of freedom, but at least; if things went well, she'd out of before the end of the week.

The next morning Selina was awoken by a guard knocking on her door. Selina rolled out of bed as the guard came in carrying here breakfast. The guard set it on the small beside her bed then turned to her.

"I was instructed to tell you that your hearing is in an hour. Your lawyer would like to speak with you beforehand. He should be here in half an hour or so, so be ready."

The guard tipped his hat and locked her in her cell again. She knew that guard, thought Selina. She grabbed the tray he had left behind, as she tried to recall his name. It was a popular name, a name you hear all the time. She started picking through her breakfast. It was bacon, a good looking omelette and a slightly over done toast. Was it Brad? No...Barrett...no that was wrong too. Brent, yes that was it!

Satisfied that she'd successfully recalled the guard's name, she quickly finished her breakfast and straightened herself out as well as she could. With her hair brushed and face washed she felt a lot more awake and more like herself; now if only she could ditch the ugly orange jump suit.

Selina went about stretching her stiff limbs while she waited for Kadin Grey to show his face. While she stretched thought of the months she spent here and didn't know how she managed. Between being driven nuts by her fellow inmates and being unable to do any sort exercise, she didn't know how she did it and knew that she couldn't tolerate doing it again. She didn't care what happened in the future, she wasn't coming back here again; no matter what.

After about forty-five minutes, Kadin Grey finally walked into her cell. Selina had been sitting on the ground waiting impatiently for the hearing not knowing what to do to make the time go by faster, when he finally walked through the cell door.

"Selina!" He said with a big smile as she stood up to greet him. "You are looking great today!"

Selina returned the smile as she brushed herself off. "Thank you Kadin. You're lookin' not bad yourself."

Kadin chuckled and rubbed his chin. "Thank you. Anyways I thought I should let you know how things are going to proceed so nothing catches you off guard. First they are going to go over your past offense, ask some questions. Answer them as honestly as possible without incriminating yourself. Then they are going to talk to come 'experts' and evaluate whether you are sane and rehabilitated or if you are still a danger to society. Then they are going to let you speak for yourself on why you think you should be released on parole."

"Sounds easy enough, to me. I hope you've maintained your former confidence in eligibility for parole."

"Oh yes. I checked and re-checked your file. Everything seems solid on paper. You've just got to convince everyone else that you're as dependable as the papers suggest."

"That shouldn't be too hard either."

"Ha ha your confidence is very reassuring." Kadin turned around and looked outside the cell. "Guard, Ms. Kyle is ready to escorted to her hearing."

Kadin stepped back from the door as the guard came through with a set of cuffs. It was the same guard who had delivered her breakfast earlier. The guard cuffed her tightening them tighter then Cal had but they were still loose enough that she could easily slip out of them.

Kadin looked down at her wrist's a moment. Apparently there loose fit hadn't passed his notice. A moment later he smiled. "You might want to tighten those before we enter the board room."

The guard smiled sheepishly, "Yes sir."

Kadin turned and walked out of the cell and the guard motioned her to follow. She followed him through the twisting and turning halls and up an elevator before they finally stopped at huge set of rather grand door. She'd seen grander but in this place it stuck out. The guard tightened her cuffs and then Kadin pushed through the doors.

The room they enter into was reminiscent of a court room, with a large and high sitting desk at the front of the room that took up the entire wall. Behind the desk sat six people that Selina assume were the review board members. She each one of them bore their eyes into her as they walk to the desk where Kadin motioned her to take a seat.

Selina tried to be as passively sweet as possible. Like it was her natural aura not something that she was trying to put on.

Then the review started. Their reiteration of her pasted crimes was surprisingly short. They knew even less then she thought they knew. This caused her to have even more hope. She answered her questions confidently and like she had always had. And just as Kadin had suggested the parade of experts and professionals passed through and gave their opinion on whether she should be released on parole. All but one said that she was stable and no longer a danger to society. The one who testified against her was a guard from the state pen, who had had it out for her since she'd gotten there. His evidence against her wasn't really all that incriminating against her.

The time finally came when it was finally her turn to be able to speak. Selina stood up from the seat she'd been sitting in for over half an hour.

"Thank your viewing my case for parole. I won't take too much more of your time, I'm sure you are all very busy people. Never did what I did for greed. I started stealing to survive then, I started doing it for the animals I love so much and for the longest time that's why I did it. I'm not try to condone what I've done, I just want you to understand. I realize now that there's just some many other ways I can help my animals that still within the law. I deeply regret my actions of the past but I promise I will never do it again. I plan on making up for my past and I intend on following through on that promise. Thank you for hearing me out."

Selina took her seat while Kadin addressed the court. After a few words the board members all stood and went to a room just behind them to make their decision. Selina and Kadin waited where they were while the board members stewed over their decision. It was the longest hour Selina had ever been through and it was a great relief when they finally walked through that door.

All but one took their seat behind the desk. The one that remained standing was the one that had done the most talking; she was a rather striking middle aged woman who oozed authority from every pore.

"Miss Kyle upon review your case we have unanimously voted that you shall be released with a one year parole." Selina breathed a sigh of relief at her words. "Your case is refreshing. It isn't often, here at Arkham, that special cases such as yours to be so clean cut. I pray that you don't reoffend because next time, Miss Kyle, we won't be so kind.

"You will be given living quarters for you to start off with. You will also be given a job. If you do not like either your new job or apartment you are welcome to try and find your own. Your parole officer will explain everything too you. Congratulations miss Kyle, you are a free woman."

"Thank you." Selina meant every word.

"Case dismissed."

Kadin stood and motioned the guard forward. As the guard came forward Selina stood and offered her wrist's too the guard; he promptly removed the cuff from her wrists and she let out a grateful sigh.

Selina and Kadin walked for the exit and as they passed through the doors Kadin took the lead, leading her down a different set of halls. They came to a stop in front a considerably less grand door. Kadin opened the door and motioned her in.

The room she entered was a small office. Kadin rounded one of three desks and started rifling through drawer.

"Take a seat Selina. Before you can fly this coupe, we've got some papers to fill out and an apartment to assign. Normally we don't give our parolee's an option but for you Selina I'll make an exception."

Selina sat down; suddenly she realized that they hadn't been follow by a guard. She smiled as the news finally started to sink in. She was free! She still couldn't believe it. She never thought the day would actually come; she had hoped desperately it would but it never seemed like it would be a reality.

Finally Kadin found what he was looking for and flopped a pile of papers in front of Selina.

"Well I'll let you start these while I find those files on available apartments. The job thing is for you Parole Officer to do and that may take a couple of days."

He crossed the room and started rifling again through a filing cabinet. After about a minute or two he returned to the desk with thin folder. He took a seat behind his desk and waited patiently for Selina to finish.

She went as fast as she could but also tried to be thorough, she didn't want to have to return here because of some screwed up paper work. When she final handed it to Kadin, he handed the file to her in exchange.

"There should be about ten apartments in there. They aren't anything fancy but some are better than others. I'm afraid that none of them are pet friendly, but like Mrs. Anthony pointed out; you are welcome to find your own place when you can afford it. You are expected to pay rent and all your own bills. Arkham just provides a place to start."

"Thank you Kadin, for everything."

"Oh I did nothing, you did it all Selina. Now look through those apartments and let's get you out of this dreary place."

"That sounds great. Am I leaving today then?"

"Yup. And anything that is returnable that the police seized during their investigation will be returned to you at the front desk and there will be a cab waiting to take you to your apartment which is where you will meet your parole officer."

Selina nodded in acknowledgement, and started scanning the apartment descriptions. Most of them were no more than glorified broom closets. They were all in the lower side of the city were all the scum was, not that Selina wasn't use to that but she was hoping for middle class.

Finally she chose the only one with a full sized kitchen and living room. Over the past two years, Selina had come to hate small rooms and she didn't intend to live in one anymore.

Kadin smiled at her choice but said nothing. He reached for the phone on his desk and dialled a number. After a brief conversation and what sounded like the address to her new apartment he finally hung the phone up and stood.

"That was your new parole officer. I thought I'd let him know you were on your way and where you were going. Come, I'll escort you to the front desk."

Selina stood and together they left the office.


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