I saw you two a few nights before I got sent to the hole. My mind might be broken, but my eyes weren’t.

It started with the compliments,it always starts with that. He made me feel like the most important gal in the whole unit. I grew up in squalor, never had anyone pay me those kind words. I can admit I was a little taken aback. If I had hindsight, I’d tell myself to "run girl." It always start small, a compliment here, a private lesson or two about my form