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“Where’s my clothes?” Kaylah’s voice ricocheted through the empty dressing area, confusion and frustration a jagged edge in her tone. She stared at the bench where her tattered sundress and undergarments once lay, now replaced by a folded prison uniform—a shackle in fabric form. Snatching a towel, she scrubbed herself dry, hurrying to cloak her nakedness.
Torres’s words echoed, a cruel gavel strike: “You’re just another prisoner now, señora. No more privilege—wear the uniform like the others. Your old clothes are gone.”
Her fate sealed, she faced this cold abyss as an inmate.
“You’re a despicable excuse for a human,” she spat, finger trembling. “I’ll see you rot for this.”
Torres’s chuckle was a mocking lash. “You’re the prisoner here, Señora Jordan—no power, no threats. This isn’t America—you’re mine. Now get dressed.”
Unfolding the garb, her breath caught—a pink silk thong and bra, delicate and perverse amid the stark prison. She traced the fabric, soft as a whisper, straps frail. A prude even with Steve, she loathed such lingerie. “I won’t wear this mockery—give me something normal,” she demanded with indignation.
“We rarely get women here—those are it. Wear them or face worse. You’ll get use to them eventually,” Torres sneered, relishing her embarrassment.
She couldn’t decide which tormentor was viler—Reggie or Torres. Slipping into the humiliating silk lingerie, anger and shame crashed into a confusing mixture in her mind. She covered the sexy undergarments beneath the orange uniform, vowing retribution to herself.
“Now march that pretty white ass back to my office,” Torres boomed, his authority laced with cruelty.
“What about my husband? Is he safe? Can I see him?” she pressed, desperation threading her voice.
“He’s unharmed—for now. But his safety’s on you. I’m keeping Señor Lopez uninformed about the Morales cocaine and fentanyl found in your car, but Lopez’s reach slithers in here. Cooperate, and I will shield you—defy me, and your husband becomes their prey,” Torres warned, his voice smooth with menace.
“Cocaine and fentanyl? You planted that. Neither one of us would ever touch that garbage. I’m not cooperating anymore. I wan’t to talk to the U.S Consulate. Where’s my phone call?” she shot back, her defiance igniting.
The insults she continued hurling at their local product, claiming herself too good to ever use it, would soon be met with an appropriate response, Torres mused to himself.
Their voices clashed off the stone walls as Torres led them down the corridor, Reggie obediently trailing, grimly pondering how much of his stash would frame Kaylah and her husband. The captain’s greed stank like rot, his badge a mask for darker enterprises. Empty cells mocked their march.
“As I remember things, you made your call already, señora, but there was no answer,” Torres lied with a smirk dripping charm. Kaylah’s gut screamed that he was blocking their lifeline.
“You never let me make a call, you lying bastard! People will look for us—you’ll pay.”
“No one’s coming. You and your husband are mine now, Misses Jordan—although perhaps not ‘misses’ for much longer,” his sneer slicing her worth.
“Why are you keeping me with him?” Kaylah asked, referring to Reggie. “Why not with my husband or in one of these other empty cells?” she demanded, fear clawing as they neared their destination.
“You don’t run this show,” Torres spat, his malice glinting. “Want another negro in your little love nest for a threesome? Be the center of attention—the star?” His taunt was a venomous dart.
“No, p-please,” she stammered, fear choking her. “I’m sorry—I didn’t mean to overstep.”
“I see you’re as stubborn as I anticipated, but that will soon change,” Torres cryptically suggested…
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