Author's note: - This is a follow on to the previous chapter of Becca XXX Hard Time. Please read it before reading this or you will not understand the plot or characters
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Becca XXX. Hard Time. Ch 06.
"If you're name's not Melody Thomas, who the fuck are you?" I asked.
She stared back at me as though she was ashamed of her true identity.
"Sasha..." she replied. "... My name is Sasha. Louise. Hamilton."
A kaleidoscope of euphoria and shock washed over me as though I was bathing in a rainbow.
This young girl in front of me was the reason I was in Bronzefield. She was Charles Hamilton's daughter. My theory about being in ultra-deep cover must have been correct. Lexa and Ethan had set the whole thing up in order to get me in front of this girl. She was our only way of finding a man who couldn't be found.
My head was full of questions which needed answering by Melody, or Sasha, as she had now revealed herself to me. I also had questions for Lexa, but until I could get out of here, they would have to wait. The team at The Facility must have somehow unearthed the fact that Charles Hamilton had a daughter whom was presumed dead. How they found out that she'd switched identities with someone else was a mystery to me for the time being.
It didn't matter how they'd found out about her; I was now friends with my target's daughter. I had to be careful not to spook her, especially with Arrow thinking I was a spy.
"Are you Charles Hamilton's daughter?" I asked.
"What? Yes, how did you know that? Do you know my father?" Melody seemed shocked.
"Does he own The Hamilton Corporation?" I replied.
"Yes... oh shit... you didn't work for him? Did you?"
"No, no, nothing like that. I worked for a large accountancy firm and we helped them out with import duty on some of their goods after Brexit. I recognised the name. Holy fuck, it's a small world."
"It really is. Did you meet him?"
"Not personally. I was just an account assistant, crunching numbers and compiling spreadsheets. I looked him up on the internet to see who he was," I replied.
"Did it say he was a rapey, incestuous cunt who wanted to marry his own daughter?" hissed Naomi.
"Funnily enough, no," I giggled. "But it did say that he was a multi-millionaire."
"He is," sighed Melody. "And here I am stuck in prison doing time for someone else's crimes and getting gang raped once a week in the basement."
We all went silent, not really knowing how to respond to that. I wondered if she wanted her old life back to replace the one she was currently living. Being fucked by your own father and living a life of luxury may have been the lesser of two evils.
"Is that why you want to escape?" I asked. "Do you want to go back to your old life?"
"In a way, I suppose I do," she shrugged. "It's a damn sight better than this," she held her arms up to emphasise where she was.
"You can't go back to that," Naomi snapped. "You deserve a better life. You're no more free living with your dad than you are in here."
"No, but the living conditions would be better," she smiled. "I'd rather be back there than in here."
"Do you have a plan?" I asked.
"What sort of a plan?"
"A plan of escape?"
"Not really. I've looked at several options, but none of them seem viable at the moment."
"It's impossible," said Arrow. "No one has ever escaped from Bronzefield and no one ever will."
"Thanks for your positive input," laughed Naomi. "You're always so helpful, Arrow."
"It's true. Think about it. If you're going to escape, it will have to be at night so you're not missed until the morning. That means you've got to escape from your cell, get through umpteen locked gates to get outside, avoid all the alarms and cameras, scale a fence and then climb a thirty-foot wall," she pointed out, while never looking away from her gaming screen. "You'll then be pursued by hundreds of police and helicopters with thermal imaging cameras while you're dressed in prison clothing. Even if you did escape, you'd be caught within hours."
Arrow was right. I'd thought the same thing when I'd been assessing an escape plan while I was locked in solitary. Melody put her head in her hands as though she also thought the same.
I was about to add my comments when I heard the jangle of keys and heavy footsteps coming along the landing. We all fell silent and waited for the screws to pass.
They didn't.
Bang - bang.
The screw knocked on the metal door, but didn't wait to be invited in.
"Is prisoner Sloan in here... ah there you are," said Edwards. "We've been looking for you."
"I'm here Miss Edwards," I replied, getting up from the bottom bunk.
"You've got a visitor," she said.
"A visitor? Who is it?" I asked in shock.
No one knew I was in Bronzefield so I certainly wasn't expecting any visitors.
"Your solicitor," she smirked, knowing I was expecting someone more exciting. "Let's go."
"About time," I exclaimed. "I thought they'd forgotten about me."
"Less chat - more movement," snapped Davis from the landing. "You've got an hour and the clock's already ticking."
"Coming Miss Davis," I said.
"Good luck, Becca," said Naomi as I made to leave. "I'm sure it will go well."
"Yes, good luck," said Melody and Arrow in unison. "Let us know how it goes."
"Thanks. I will. See you in a bit," I smiled back.
I left the cell with the two screws and they led me down the stairs to the interview room. It was the same room I'd been in when I'd sucked off Spalding and his two colleagues in exchange for the wine.
My heart was pounding as we approached the door as I had no idea what to expect. I was going to have to discuss the murder of a drug dealer as though I really was Rebecca Sloan. Now that I'd found my intended target, I had to stay in deep cover. There was no point in trying to talk my way out of here.
"Fifty minutes left," said Edwards. "Make them count."
She knocked the door and waited to be invited in. She appeared to have a lot more respect for the solicitor than she did for the prisoners, that was for sure.
"Enter," said a female voice from behind the door.
Davis opened up and stuck her head in.
"Prisoner Sloan is here to see you, Miss Bradshaw," she said politely.
"Send her in please," replied the solicitor.
Davis moved aside and gestured for me to enter the room.
"Please be aware of the time, Miss Bradshaw. We'll be back in fifty minutes," said Edwards looking at her watch.
I slipped passed her and searched the room for my new best friend. She was stood staring out of the window on the other side of the desk with her back to us. It was as though the screws didn't warrant her full attention.
"Ok," she replied. "Please close the door on your way out and give me and my client some privacy."
Her voice was familiar to me, but it sounded like she was masking it with an authoritarian tone to make herself sound more commanding.
I stood in front of the desk and heard the door close behind me. The woman had long dark hair and a slender figure. She was wearing a black skirt-suit which was far too short for someone in her profession. It barely covered her ass and I wondered if she used her sex appeal to get her own way in a place like this. The male guards must have been drooling as she walked through the prison to get to me.
"Sit down," she ordered.
"Nice to meet you too," I said sarcastically. "I'll stand if it's all the same to you."
She continued to stare out of the window. There was nothing to see out there other than a barbed wire fence and a huge wall. This woman was already starting to annoy me with her superior attitude. It was as though I was just an inconvenience to her and that she didn't really want to be here.
"Are you enjoying the view out there?" I asked with more sarcasm. "Is there something worth looking at?"
She slowly turned around to face me and I noticed that she was wearing a white shirt which was unbuttoned to reveal her cleavage. Her breasts were full and pert and I knew I'd seen them before. My gaze moved higher as she turned her head and her face came into view.
I recognised her straight away and let out an involuntary gasp.
"There's definitely something in here worth looking at," she replied as she stared at me out of her cat-like eyes.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
This woman was the sexiest person on the planet as far as I was concerned.
I'd been in love with her since we'd first met.
She was my lover, my boss and my mentor.
It was Lexa.
"Hello, Becca," she smiled. "How are you?"
"What the fuck," I gasped, glancing back at the door to make sure it was definitely closed. "Lexa?"
"Are you ok?" she asked with concern in her voice.
I'd thought about this moment since I'd first been arrested. I'd wondered what I'd say to her after I thought she'd betrayed me to the police. I was so angry with her at the time, but that was before I realised why she'd done it. My attitude towards her and Ethan had gone from one of revenge to one of acceptance and respect. I'd been put into deep cover to complete my assignment and I knew that I'd be back in her arms once it was achieved. I had no idea that she would actually come and visit me in prison under the guise of being my solicitor and yet, here she was, standing in front of me like some sort of an illusion. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
Of all the things I could have said to her, I just blurted out the first thing in my head.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" was the best I could come up with.