“Hill,do you have visitors today?” Marquise my cell-mate asked.
“ Yeah my sister is coming up today and she's bringing her friend I guess. I don't really know what that's about. She wants me to meet her though so I put her name on the list.”
“ Oh yeah? She fine?” Marquise asked grinning “ Y'all doing one of those bathroom visits?”
“ Man please shut your ass up!” I said laughing. It was no secret that a lot of the guards would turn their heads the other way during visiting hour. For the right price. Being one of Jamel's top soldiers on the outside granted me certain privileges on the inside. No one had fucked with me at all during the year I'd been locked up. Though that didn't mean I was going to let any muthafucka in here catch me slipping. Ever. It was prison and the men in here would turn on your ass for a pack of Ramen noodles and a honey-bun if they got hungry enough. I just made it a habit to stay below the radar and not flaunt shit in their faces. Sleeping with one eye open had become normal for me.
It had been working for a little over a year. With any luck I'd be out sooner. My lawyer had visited me earlier that week and said with my good behavior we could petition the judge for early release. I didn't want to say anything to Tamera or our mom until it was a sure thing. Tamera was taking me being locked up harder than I was at times it seemed but my baby sister didn't have me fooled like she thought. I knew I'd created a spoiled monster in her. I knew she felt bad about my situation but as long as her lifestyle didn't change...she wasn't that broken up about what I was going through. I just decided to relax and wait until I knew something for sure. I didn't want to get anyone’s hopes up unnecessarily, mainly my own.
“ Hill let's go! You have visitors!” I heard a guard call out.
“ Okay man I'll get with you later.
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