Fallen
#24
I was shocked when Sucre hugged me. However, I hugged him back. As soon as I hit the last step of the stair case he had bombarded me, allowing me no time to take in my surroundings. It was only when he let go that I took in the others around me. I looked to my left, eyes landing on a stunned Lincoln. He knew that I was trying to figure out what his brother was planning, but he never though that I would go as far as I did. Hell, I didn't even think I would go so far!
"Lincoln!" I exclaimed as I ran to and jumped on the man. I wrapped my arms around his neck, legs around his waist, just like a child would. "Who is she?" T-Bag asked anyone who was listening. "Lyndi Deacon." Westmoreland answered. "The paper girl?" T-Bag asked with a confused look on his face. Westmoreland nodded. Michael stood next to Sucre, mouth agape as he watched Cali and Lincoln.
"Are you okay?" I asked Lincoln. "I'm better than that." He said, "I'm free!" he added the last part in a whisper. "You okay, Pretty?" I heard someone ask from behind me. "Cali?" Michael said. I gave Lincoln a look of dread before turning to the one person who years ago had pushed me away. "Scofield." I replied coldly. I could tell that he was confused and hurt at my tone. "How long have you been back?" He asked walking toward me. "Long enough." I answered shortly maneuvering around him. I did not want to talk to him, especially in front of all these men! I made my way to Darius and James. "Look, you two need to get out of town. Do you know where Crimson Flights is?" I asked. "Yeah." Darius answered. "Good. Your plane leaves in an hour. There should be a guy there by the name of Randy, give him the car keys. He'll take car of it." "Where are we going?" James asked. "How's Australia sound?" I whispered to them. "You serious?" James asked. I smiled, "Have fun! Now go or else you'll miss your flight!" I said. Darius turned to C-Note "I'll see you soon, bro." he said. "Thanks for the help, money." C-Note replied giving him a quick hug. "Anything for family, dog." Darius replied before sending me a wink. Then, they were gone.
"So, since we're all gonna be here for a while, how about a tour?" I asked trying to avoid contact with Michael. The men just looked at me, "Okay, well this is obviously the living room; you've seen the dining room and kitchen already. The kitchen is stocked with food by the way, feel free to raid it. Follow me" I said taking them down the hall "The first door on the left is a bedroom, the room on the right is another bedroom and the room at the end of the hall is a bathroom." I said quickly opening the doors to the rooms before making my way up the stairs. "Up here we have three more bedrooms, two on the left, one on the right, as well as another bathroom on the right. The basement is probably the coolest place in the whole house. There is a T.V., pool table, among other things down there. So, any questions?" "Who's staying in what room?" Sucre asked. "Stay where ever you want, it doesn't matter to me." I answered. "Well, since you don't mind. I think I'll be bunkin' with you, sweetheart!" T-Bag said as he licked his lips taking a few steps toward me. "I mind." Lincoln said stepping between T-Bag and I. "Thank God for Lincoln" I thought. "I'm pretty sure that everyone but you minds about that, pendejo." Sucre said to T-Bag. "Ya'll'r no fun!" T-Bag whined while he leaned against the wall. "Well," I said stepping out from behind Lincoln "That's settled then. Any other questions?" I asked hoping that there would be none. "I thought your name was Lyndi." Westmoreland said. "It is." I replied. "Then why did Michael call you "Cali"?" he asked. I sighed "My birth name is Cali; about four years ago I changed it." I said. "Why?" C-Note asked. "Long story." I answered. "What do we call you then?" Sucre asked. "Whatever you want, I don't care." I said as I made my way past them and back downstairs. The rest of the group began to follow; once the others were far enough away Michael pulled Lincoln aside.
"You knew she was here?" He accused "All that talk about writing a paper was bullshit!" He exclaimed angrily. "Mike, I'm sorry. She didn't want you to know that she was here." Lincoln said trying to calm his brother. "You told her about the escape!" "I did not! If you think that I would have put her in the kind of danger she was in tonight, you're crazy!" "Then how did she find out?" "I don't know; ask C-Note, she was with his guys!" Lincoln said. Michael nodded and exhaled angrily. Lincoln grabbed Michaels shoulder. "Look, don't make a big deal out of her being there. What you need to worry about is getting back on her good side. I don't know what you did that pissed her off, but something tells me that the escape was a piece of cake compared to getting things back to how they were with you two." Lincoln lectured. "I don't even know what I did to make her so angry! She called me Scofield, Lincoln. The only time she ever called me that was when we were young and hated each other." Michael said sadly. "I know, Mike… Come on. Let's go get something to eat. Five years of prison food is enough to kill a man!"