A few days past and Juliet continued to get on Sherrie's good side. She was certain Sherrie was in the gang, because every time they were out of their cell, Sherrie would go and join the bunch of girls Juliet was told were in the gang.

Juliet did not speak to anyone else in the yard. She mostly stayed by the fence, observing the bunch Sherrie was with. They seemed like everything was normal, or at least normal for being in prison for murder.

But one girl looked anxious. She didn't have the appearance of a killer, but she was still in the group nonetheless.

Juliet would just have to wait. Wait until Sherrie finally deemed her trustworthy enough to join the exclusive prison club.

So she remained patient.

*

After two weeks, Juliet was getting nervous that she would never be admitted into the group. She would get visits from her "brother" Sonny Malley everyday. Shawn would give her the messages Lassiter gave him. And he would also make inappropriate comments that a brother should not be making.

"Karen's getting anxious," Shawn disguised. Juliet was surprise at times how well he could hide his hidden meaning. He usually is so out there and blunt, but not when he is Sonny Malley. "She said they might work on your appeal."

How to answer that? No?

"All right," Juliet nodded, but she hoped to reveal the concealed "no, I'm getting close" in her eyes as she met Shawn's stare. He's psychic, he should know her answer. "But don't worry, I'm doing fine here. Can't wait to get out, but I'm fine."

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow," Shawn said. "Love you, little sis."

Juliet was stunned for only a second before recovering with a "love you, too, bro" and hanging up the phone. He was playing her brother, of course he was supposed to say, "love you", but out of all their conversations in the prison, he had never said that before.

It's probably nothing.

*

Sherrie was lounging on her bed when she got back to the cell, escorted by one of the guards. She wasn't fond of the firm grip he had on her arm, some of the guards didn't touch the inmates but this guy had a controlling air around her. She had seen him with the other girls and she was the only one he held onto. Juliet was glad when they reached her cell and he was forced to let go to get the key to open the bars.

Although, Juliet did not appreciate the push he gave her inside, she snapped like what she thought her alternate Jules would do, "I can walk all right by myself." The guard only smirked and left. That smirk gave chills to Juliet, which she concealed in front of Sherrie.

"Hey Jules," Sherrie said. "I have some friends who'd like to meet you."

"Alright," Juliet approved carelessly.

Sherrie smiled.

*

The next day in the yard, Sherrie led her to a gang of tough-looking girls.

"You Jules?" A woman who appeared to be the leader with messy dark hair in a ponytail said.

"Yeah," Juliet said, hoping to sound tough without trying to hard.

"Heard some stuff about you," grinned the girl. "Execution style?"

"That's what the DA says," Juliet replied.

"Yeah. So Sherrie's been telling us about you. She says you're a good friend, trustworthy."

Juliet glanced at Sherrie.

"Anyway, any friend of Sherrie's is a friend of ours, right girls?"

A chorus of "yeah" followed.

"So if you need any protection from anyone. Including one of the guards, just remember us."

"We see the way Stoner handles you," a girl with dirty strawberry blonde hair said who was standing right next to the leader.

"Stoner doesn't handle me," Jules said.

"You got attitude, Malley," the leader spoke; approaching Juliet so she was only a foot away from her. "And that can get you in trouble around here. Remember us."

"Okay." Was all Juliet said to her before the leader turned her attention to someone else, talking to her about appeals.

"Mary's something, isn't she?" Sherrie joined her. "Killed her husband with a hatchet. Or at least, that's what the DA thinks. She's on her last appeal."

"What do they got on her?"

"A girl who said she heard Mary threaten to kill him and a security tape that showed her going into the apartment around the time of the murder. She swears that someone else was in the apartment with him, but the tape didn't show anyone but her come out. But I think I heard the woman who testified against Mary is dead now."