I was in the laundry room, putting the last batch of sheets into the drier. It was exhausting since I was the only one doing this. My supposed partner left without me noticing, hours ago. The room was hot from the drier going on and the folding.

It was such a struggle since I had to do balance on one leg. The room was quiet, no yelling, screaming, fighting. Only if home was this quiet. I folded the last sheet, putting it with the rest on the cart. The hallway light flickers, it was quiet as I made my way to my cell. As I turned around the corner, I was punched, dragged into a closet. A woman got on top of me and started to punch and kick me.

All of the sudden, I just got up and attacked her. It was the woman who gave me a dirty look the other day during lunch. I kept punching her, but she had hit me right in face, making me lose balance. My nose started to bleed and she scatterer out. I groaned in pain and headed out. My cell door opens Xiomara looks up from her magazine and sees me cleaning my face. She stands up, grabs my face.

"Who did this to you?" I shrugged her off and sat on my bed. "Ana." She whispers.

"I don't know who she was, just let it go."

"Come on." She grabs my arm and headed out. We went to a room and met with other two women. "This is Marisol." Xiomara greeted me to the other two older women. They reminded me of female versions of Coco and Angel.

"Betty, and this is Camilla." We nodded heads and shook hands. "Looks like you got fucked up."

"Who did that to you?" Camilla asked me.

"Some bitch." I looked up and there she was. She just entered the room and sat down to look at the tv.

"Pinche Ana." They knew by the look I had when she walked in. "She always got beef with someone who looks at her, even a glance." Xiomara puts her hand on my shoulder. "We got you, stick with us and you'll be safe."

"Im your eyes." Camilla winks. "Think of me of your guardian angel."

"I can get whatever you want, anything you can think of, I got." Betty smirks.

"Thanks." I gave them a smile.

"Why are you in here? You look innocent."

"Long story short, my ex boyfriend came in, beat me up and tried to kill me and I shot him." The women leaned back.

"Ay, that was self defense! Pinche system-"

"Su padre es el deputy."

"Bullshit!" Xiomara slams her hands on the table. "Eso es por que estas aqui."

"He did that shit to you?" Camilla pointed at my bruised neck. I just nodded.

"They better get yo case cleared."

"No worries Marisol, you'll get out of here." Betty holds my hand tight. "You are innocent."

"I know that, that mother fucker deserved it." We all busted out in a laugh. Xiomara passed out cigarettes for us to have. These women are fun to be around. I cracked a smile as they told me their jokes and shit that was funny.

"What you all do to get in here?"

"Murdered my husband for cheating." Betty said.

"Selling crack." Camilla followed. Xiomara stayed silent, drawing the cigarette.

"I tried to protect my daughter from her abusive boyfriend, I pulled the trigger." She formed a smile. "Nobody puts hands on my baby." Xiomara looks at me. "You remind me of her." She stops, she didn't want to talk about it anymore. "Who do you have waiting for you?"

"My brothers, my fiancé and his daughter."

"I fucking knew someone that beautiful couldn't be single." Betty shakes my shoulders, playing around.

"We'll be back." Xiomara and Camilla left to go to the vending machine to get snacks, leaving me and Betty. She comes closer to me.

"You want payback? For what Ana did?" She whispers in my ear. "Meet me in my cell tonight, before lights out." Betty leans back as the other two came back. We stayed until it's sundown, everyone started to go to their cells.

"Marisol?" Xiomara calls me as she saw me follow Betty.

"Ill meet you in a second." I entered Bettys cell and she dug through her belongings. She handed me a toothbrush, sharpened at the end.

"Its time to show her who's boss." I had an idea.

"Question, what do you have to do to go to solitary?" Betty gives me a wicked smile.

—

We were having breakfast, Xiomara, Camilla and Betty knew the plan. Camilla whistled, meaning Ana had just came in. Xiomara nods and I stood up.

"Ana, remember me?" She acted all tough.

"Hows your nose?"

"Honestly, I feel a lot better now." I brushed her hair back, she was getting weirded out. "Do you just hit anyone who just looks at you funny? Or are you just trying to hide the ugly." The women chuckled. Ana scuffs.

"You had it comin. Now, you watch your back." I grabbed her arm as she tried to walk away from me. I pulled her in close to me.

"I was wondering, have you been to solitary before?" I played with toothbrush behind my back.

"Why it matter to you?"

"I wanted to see if you would be happy go to back. You messed with the wrong bitch." I grabbed her arm and made it look like she stabbed me. I managed to get a cut on my side. Xiomara and Camilla ran to me, making it look like I was hurt.

"I didn't do anything!" I gave her a wicked smile as I sat on the floor, watching the guards take her away.

—

I started to get used to this, Xiomara, Betty and Camilla were fun to be around. It was weird to say but, I liked it here. I had another visit today, so did Xiomara. We went and sat down. Xiomaras daughter came, with her grandson. My leg bounced, waiting. The doors open and I saw Letty and Coco. A smile beamed as Letty came to me.

"You cut your hair, looks nice." I Complemented. It was shorter, cuter.

"Amor." Coco comes up to me and gives me a quick kiss, before any of the guards saw. We took a seat at the round table. Coco had saw the bruising on my cheek from Ana.

"You should see the other one." I joked. He held my hands. He played with my finger, where the ring was supposed to be. Coco had longer hair, looked sick too. He was fidgeting, I noticed that as he walked in. "Todo bien?" He looks up, sniffing.

"Yeah, i just fucking miss you."

"He does." Letty tells. "A lot." I cracked a smile. "Its cute but really sad when he writes letters to you." He wrote me letters?

"Ill be home soon, just hang on." I knew Coco wasn't good. I can tell. "Hey, Letty, can I talk to Coco, por favor?" She nods and gets up to the vending machine. "Corazon? You okay? You can tell me." Coco grabs my hands and kissed them.

"Roberto is stable now, I just heard that on the way here." The bastards made it. But, I knew that wasn't the reason. Im worried now. "Enough about me, what about you?"

"I just made some friends, they're good people. One of them is right there." I nodded my head behind him. Coco turns to see Xiomara, holding her grandson. "They got my back."

"Good." I miss his touch. The way he held me, kisses me. I need him. His touch was a drug, always wanting me for more. "When you get home, I have a surprise."

"I can't wait." Letty comes back, leaning back, looking around the plain white brick walls. "Hows Angel and Ez?"

"Lost without you." Letty chimes in. "Everyone seems to be lost when you left."

"They're okay, hanging in there." I wanted to ask about papi, but he probably wouldn't know. He hasn't seen me since I got in. It did tear me a bit. Not even a call.

"Te querio, los dos." I gave them a final smile as the guards were coming in. Xiomara and I said goodbye and headed out. Letty and Coco sat there, watching me leave.

"Tu esposo?" She pushes me gently. "I bet he's lucky to have you. Tu hija tambein?"

"Si, Letty y Coco."

"You'll be out and be with them again."

"Hopefully everything goes back to the way it was."