"Jules," Sherrie got her attention from the other side of the cell. Juliet had spent the last week gaining everyone's trust in the gang and she felt like she had been doing pretty well. "I'm being transferred to another cell for the next couple days."
"Why?" Jules asked.
Sherrie shrugged, "one of the guards thought it'd be good for me to go to another cell for a little bit. Don't worry, I'll be coming back."
"Okay?" Juliet said, a bit confused. She'd have to make a mental note to tell Shawn about this when he comes later that day. This was getting very suspicious to her.
*
Juliet woke suddenly when she heard a key turn in the lock. It was in darkness, only traces of light coming from the barred windows that showcased the moon.
She heard the iron bars slide to open and saw the silhouettes of at least three people.
"Get up," one whispered. "Now."
Juliet was not one to question girls she was trying to form a trust with so she did as she was told. One of the women then snatched her arm and placed a hand over her mouth.
*
"Juliet," Shawn was stunned to see a beaten-down Jules as she sat to talk with him. Tentatively, because her ribs were sore. "What-?"
"I'm alright," she replied before he could finish his question.
"Who did this?" she could see the concern and anger in Shawn's features.
Juliet planned to ignore his question as she lowered her voice, "I'm pretty sure it was to be certain that I will be trustworthy. But this is good, Shawn, I'm in."
He disregarded the fact that she used his real name instead of Sonny, being too worried about her to care about covers. "It's not worth it if you're gonna get hurt or worse-."
"Sonny," she used the fake name that time lowering her voice even more so the guard standing behind her could not hear, "Something's very wrong. The girls snuck into my cell. Only one of the guards would be able to give the keys to them. I'm positive one of the guards is in on this. The question is- why?"
"One of the women might be sleeping with him," Shawn suggested. "Keep your eye out for anything more suspicious."
"No, from what I see, the women hate the guards."
Shawn reduced his tone to a whisper to match hers, "I'll try to look around a bit. And be careful."
"I will," Juliet almost rolled her eyes, but he was being sweet also so she had to give him points for that.
With that, they hung up the phones and went their separate ways to snoop.