Divas Prison Ch11

Becky wasn't allowed back into her cell until the very end of the day when everyone was locked up for the night. Not that it had bothered her that much, she had a quick look into her cell during the afternoon to check Paige was ok and was witness to the closest thing to a teenage tantrum she'd seen in a long time. Sometimes she forgot how young Paige was. Paige was absolutely incensed that she had been confined to her cell for the rest of the day for no reason. She was running the whole thing in her head over and over and she did nothing to anybody. She tried to stop the torment she went through as a new arrival happening to someone else and it got her in trouble. She was enraged but by the end of the day she had exhausted herself. When Becky was allowed in to join her she found her curled up in a ball in a corner, it looked like she had shed a few tears. Becky felt bad for her but decided to poke the bear a little. "So, thanks for locking me out all day." Paige looked up with a look of disbelief. "If that's what you've got to say, don't talk to me."

"Well I've got a right to be upset, I couldn't get to my stuff because you" Becky felt a laugh coming she couldn't stop "have been a baaaad wittle girl." Paige realised she was being messed with but couldn't just turn off her frustration. "Did you not see what happened? I didn't do anything and they dragged me off in handcuffs!"

"Whoa yourself lass, I saw it all, it's happened to all of us and it probably won't be the last time you go through it. The guards like to show their power sometimes because they can and we just have to suck it up, it's the down side of being the inmates."

"Alright, alright" Paige got into her bunk. "So what happened to the others? Sasha, Naomi and...whatever that new girls called." Becky made herself as comfortable as she could in her bunk as well. "Sasha and the lackey got locked down same as you. Nobody saw the new girl for ages after everything, looked like the guards took her off the block, she only came back a few minutes ago, we didn't get a chance to talk to her before they sent us all inside for the night."

"Well she's the only one who I can ask about it, guards are useless and I wouldn't trust a word from Banks' mouth any day of the week."

"You think you can get to talk to her after what happened today? Cause more problems they'll put you in the lock for sure."

Paige thought about that for a second "Well I guess we're going to find out."

Paige hung back so she was one of the last to get her breakfast tray, heading past her usual table to where this new girl was eating, by herself again. Paige sat straight down, not waiting for any invitation. "Hi, mind if I join you?" The new girl squirmed on her seat, not making eye contact or replying. Paige looked around and saw nearly every guard was looking right at her. None of them were moving but everyone was watching. Paige knew things could go very wrong for her if she didn't handle this well. "It's ok, you've got nothing to worry about. I was the new girl until you got here, I know how scary this place was to me at first, thought you would like someone to talk to."

The new girl looked up, still apprehensive but finally responding. "Thank you" she said very quietly. "Thank you for standing up for me too."

"There you go, half way out of your shell. Now, I'm Paige, what's your name? "

"I'm, um," She seemed hesitant to answer. "Ashley, call me Ashley."

Ok, Ashley it is. Do you want to meet some others? Ashley looked around and nodded timidly. "Great, don't worry, they're a great bunch of girls. She looked around and gesture for Becky and Natalya to join them, which they did. "Ok, introductions, Becky, Nattie, this is Ashley." The two sat down and they continued to eat.

"So, Ashley, how long you with us?" Natalya asked. Ashley made no attempt to answer, or even acknowledge the question, like she didn't realise it had even been asked. "Ashley? Hello? Ashley?" Paige tried to make contact. Suddenly Ashley snapped back, like she only just realised they were talking to her. "Sorry, that's me, what did you say?"

Paige gestured towards Natalya and she asked the question again. "How long are you in for?" Ashley looked to the ground, her face falling. "Thirty years, I killed two people driving drunk." Nobody knew what to say to that, everyone had their own opinion but Paige was the first to speak. "Ok, Remember we are all here for doing something we shouldn't have done. We're all being punished for as long as we have to do time in here, but in here, we're all the same." She was paraphrasing things that Lita has said to her, but seemed to be making some connection to her as she responded "You shouldn't be so nice to me, I'll punish myself for the rest of my life, I wish I'd got longer. You see, my brother was in the car with me. It my fault he's gone. I'll never forgive myself. Never." Tears were falling fast and Becky put her arm around her. Paige looked around, almost expecting the guards to react. A couple were watching even closer than before now. One was even taking notes.

"It's ok lass, you have to get your chin up, or this place will swallow you whole." Becky said. "She's right" Paige confirmed, "If it wasn't for these girls, I'd have gone under in days. You've got to move on and focus on yourself and getting through your sentence."

"Thanks" Ashley said through tears, "thanks for not judging me for what I did. Thanks for being so kind."

Two guards approached at that point, Paige was immediately on edge, looking quickly between the guards and Ashley, ready to defend herself. "Your work assignment has come through." This was a great relief for Paige, standing up, not only that she wasn't in any more trouble, but that her long wait to be able to get some money in of her own was over, she wanted to pay Becky and Lita back for their generosity and get a steady supply of little comforts without the guilt of being in debt. However, as she got up, it wasn't her day. "Not you, her." He pointed to Ashley. "Admin block, be ready in five minutes." The guard walked away. "Ooh, admin block, that's a really comfortable place, not too physical, comfy surroundings, you've done well there." Becky said. "And you're around the warden and his head guard, not a bad thing if you do a good job." Natalya added, other possibilities on her mind. Paige didn't say a word, she just sat back down at the table with a look on her face that rivalled what she looked like while fighting off the guards the day before. Ashley had noticed that too. "I guess I have to go, I'll see you later on I guess."

"Yeah" Paige said "maybe". Her tone was that of hate. It wasn't far off base either. All the anger she had from the previous day was coming back. Paige left the table as well and took a walk. Becky and Natalya let her blow off steam for a while. Paige ended up heading to the shower room to try and wash the bad feelings away. She knew that another outburst would get her sent to the lock for a while, as it's what the guards threatened her with yesterday. A hot shower did make her feel better but it did nothing to answer any of the questions she had. After drying and dressing, she rejoined Becky and Natalya. "Any sign of the guards pet?" She asked, but was met with scolding looks from both of them. "Don't be like this, you talked to her today same as us, she's not a bad person any more than you or me" said Becky "If you start with this attitude towards her, how are you any better that Banks over there?"

"I know, you're right. I'm just still a little steamed over yesterday. I'm sorry, and I will say the same to her when she come back."

"That's good, you don't want to get into another war in here." Natalya said. "However I do think that there may or may not be something more to this girl than she's let on. Something she's not telling us. She didn't respond to her name being called right in front of her. And how on earth did she manage to land such a cushy work assignment one day after arriving?"

"Exactly!" Paige said, a little over-enthusiasticly. "I've been waiting weeks, months to get work in here, and she walks straight into one, it isn't fair, and I want to know why!" Natalya put her hand on Paige's shoulder. "Calm down, you're getting worked up again, do you want to get thrown in the lock or something. Maybe you should lay off the coffee." Paige looked at her like she was mad. "I'm calm, I'm calm, but I'm not giving up my coffee!" This made the others laugh, Paige's coffee lust had become well known since she first got it.

"Anyway" Natalya continued. "Paige does have a point, nobody has gotten this sort of privilege right after arrival before, I think there's definitely more to her than we know."

"Ok, but so what?" Becky said, "Say you're right, there's not a lot we can do anyway, if she doesn't want to tell us we're going to have to live with it."

Natalya looked a little confused. "There's plenty that I can do, I'll put in a phone call to my family, there will be somebody who knows somebody who can get into the right records and find out what's going on with her." Neither Paige or Becky knew she had these links. "So you know somebody in the DOC?" "Or the police?" They both asked. "Yes, yes and yes to any others. There's not much we can't get a hold of. I mean you do know who my family are don't you? You know who I am?" The blank faces that Natalya was facing showed that they had no idea what she was talking about. "Wow, that's nice, means you aren't sucking up to me like so many others." Curiosity was taking other both the other women now. "So come on, who are you?" Natalya spoke a little quieter now. "My full name is Natalya...Hart."

Everything seemed to click in both Paige and Becky's heads. "Hart? As in...THE Hart family?" Natalya nodded. Both the other two got more hushed and leaned in a little more. "Oh my god, I can't believe I didn't realise, your family is like that Godfather movie, you're real life mafia, you're practically famous right?" Becky was a little excited while Paige was listening intently. "That's the image we have yes. It's not as glamorous as the movies though. But I can try and get us answers. I'll make a couple of phone calls and we should know something in a few days."

Paige suddenly snapped out of the near trance she was in. "Oh man, I nearly forgot about that." Yeah, sounds good, we get outside in a bit, can you make the call then?"

"Sure thing, will be nice to get outside right?" Becky wasn't having that. "Oh no, don't you dare change the subject. You're not telling us that and walking away. There's so much more I want to know!" Natalya smiled "yeah ok, I'll tell you, but only because I know I can trust you, if you didn't know who I was before, you deserve the truth. But I really want to get a bit of exercise. How about we talk later?" Both Paige and Becky nodded.

Their yard time came up a little while later and Natalya went to the phones as promised. Paige wanted to go listen in but Becky stopped her. "We said she'd talk to us, so let's give her a chance. We'll find out soon enough."

A/N: So while looking into one persons story, we've stumbled onto another. Natalya's story will be told next but we will get the info on Ashley. Are you more sure or less sure of what she's hiding or who she is?

I listened to the Talk Is Jericho podcast with Becky Lynch while finishing this off today. Definitely worth a listen, especially for fans of hers.

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