Chapter 136: PHONE SEARCH
At the police station back in California, Felicia and Mary were in the backyard of the prison cell, discussing casual things before all of a sudden, Madam Laura walked over to them and dragged Felicia’s hair, making her yelp in pain.
"Ahh", she cried out. The feeling of her hair being dragged out from her scalp gave her an headache.
"Where is my phone?!" Madam Laura screamed at her face, her veins popping out of her old wrinkled skin.
"What phone are you talking about? No one here has a phone, isn’t that part of the rules?" Felicia questioned Madam Laura who wasn’t in her happiest mood with an oblivious tone. Even though her face was etched with so much pain from her hair being pulled forcefully, she managed to give a believable expression.
"Don’t try to act smart with me", the boss threatened. Earlier, she had planned on calling one of her men from outside of the prison, only to find out that her cell phone was missing. If any of the wardens were to find that phone, she would be the one to be questioned and the phone would never reach her sight anymore, limiting her chances of escaping from there.
"But she didn’t take any phone", Mary said and a glare from Madam Laura immediately made her mute. The aura emanating from Madam Laura was very intense and choking. Now, Mary regretted not having persuaded Felicia to return the phone that she had stolen.
Madam Laura let go of Felicia’s hair and ordered her lackeys, "Search her", she pointed at Felicia, who was rubbing her hair after it had been released from the furious middle-aged woman’s grasp.
The lackeys marched towards the pregnant woman and started searching all over her body, nearly stripping her naked but unfortunately for them, they found nothing.
"Search the old one too", the boss instructed the lackeys and they went towards Mary and nearly stripped her naked as well, all in the name of searching for a phone.
"Nothing boss", one of the lackeys announced which took Madam Laura by surprise. She stared at them intently, frustration written on her face.
Walking toward Felicia, she raised her hand, ready to hit her across the face, and asked with frustration, "Where did you keep my cell phone?"
"I don’t know what you are talking about", Felicia quickly denied.
"But you were the one who cleaned my cell and you must have found it and you took it, now you had better hand me my phone else, I will make your life a living hell while you are still in here," Madam Laura threatened but neither Mary nor Felicia was willing to speak. Their silence nearly drove her insane.
Grunting in frustration, Madam Laura left there and marched towards the cells with her lackeys who followed behind her.
"It must be in your cell", said the boss. The two women widely opened their eyes in surprise and they immediately followed along.
As Madam Laura marched, anyone who bumped into her would either be slapped, hit, or punched to make them get out of her way. Every other person who was passing quickly halted their steps and let the woman pass first since it was evident on her face that she wasn’t in a good mood and no one wanted to be hit or get on her bad side.
"Where is Felicia Evans’ cell?" Madam Laura demanded from the inmates who were around and they immediately pointed at the empty cell that was on the other side without any second thoughts.
Madam Laura’s lackeys immediately opened the cell and started their search. They searched every nook and cranny but still nothing was found.
"Nothing here boss", one of them announced again.
Madam Laura clenched her hands tightly as she turned them into a ball of fists.
"Where is my phone?!" The boss demanded from everyone through gritted teeth, her voice making the people around shudder with fear. When no one answered, she continued, "If I don’t find my phone by the end of the day, all of you had better get ready to suffer", she pointed her fingers at each and every one of them before she left.
As soon as her footsteps were no longer heard, heavy rains of murmur started to flood the cells.
"Who do you think took her phone?" questioned an inmate. The phone has never been stolen before or went missing either so this problem was a new one.
"I don’t know but they had better hand it over to madam Laura", said another.
"I heard that a pregnant woman was the last person to clean her cell so she must be the one to have taken the phone", another. It was not a surprise that everyone knew about the phone but they were worried if they didn’t find it.
Felicia heard her name being mentioned and she quickly bolted from there. Getting to the bathroom, Felicia looked at both sides before she entered.
After entering the bathroom, Felicia reached for the water closet, gently opened the lid, and kept it aside. Inside the water closet filled with water was a small plastic bag that had a phone in it. Reaching in to take the phone, Felicia tore the plastic bag and hid the phone back into her brazier. She lifted the lid and covered the water closet before leaving.
The search for the phone was discreet because it was forbidden to have one and no warden should find out that there was a phone, otherwise, they would all be in a lot of trouble. Everyone started turning the cell room upside down while Mary and Felicia both lent a hand or two as they searched to not be on the list of suspicions.
After a while, everyone gave up on the search since the phone couldn’t be found and concluded that a warden could have taken it.
After everyone had settled down, Felicia went back to the bathroom to finally make a call.
She quickly brought out the phone from her brazier and dialed her brother’s number.
"Hell, who is this?" asked Tobias when the call finally got connected.
"Tobias, it’s me, Felicia", Felicia quickly replied when she heard his voice.
"Felicia, is that you?" Tobias asked to be sure, his voice holding excitement and longing.
"Yes, it’s me", she replied again.
"Wow, it’s nice to hear your voice. Wait, whose phone number is this?" He asked her.
Felicia contemplated if she should let Tobias know that it was a phone that she had stolen from an inmate or not but after remembering that she would need his help in escaping, she decided to tell him the truth.
"This phone is from an inmate, I only borrowed it", she replied.
"WHAT?" Tobias exclaimed. "Are you trying to get into trouble?" He questioned her. "You better return that phone before the wardens find out about it", he warned her. Even though he was far away, he could already sense the amount of trouble his sister was already stirring up, which was bad for her since she was in jail.
Felicia sighed in frustration before interrupting Tobias, "Will you just keep quiet for a minute and let me talk please?"
"Alright talk", said Tobias.
Felicia took a deep breath before she spoke, "I want to escape from here, will you help me?" she asked him.
"What? Are you crazy? Why would you want to escape from prison? Are you planning on getting into more trouble?" He fired questions at her one after the other.
"I want to get out of here so that I can take my revenge on Erika", she replied.
"Have you forgotten that you are heavily pregnant?" He asked her.
