The Tycoons little redhead

llhole. And now, just when I thought things couldn't get wo

wn, stay out of trouble, and just get through the days without drawing attention. For a while, it seemed to be wor

other inmates started targeting me. Mostly because of my red hair that seems to stick out like a sore thumb. And o

or there, my lunch being gone or my uniform dumped somewher

of them, the same usual bunch that never seemed to leave me alone, smir

pair of scissors, waving them aro

little

rolling

ng to annoy the shit out of me

rn with this hair. It's this weird rust color, not

k to work, but they weren't going to let that happen. One of them grabbed my arm while the other came at me with

son system doesn't play fair. I got my ass handed to me. My face was swollen, my ribs bruised an

er hardened convict, was the one who stepped in wh

when I woke up I was in the infirmary, with her siting close by.

was the beginning of something

ne who didn't know her. But after the fight, after we shared that silence in

nna be fin

sing me a bot

'll be a

sarcasm wasn'

surviving, she was thriving, if you could even call it that. She was one of the top dogs in this place. But deep down she didn't

scape from

e bluf

my head. She gave me a half-smile,

But we need more people in the game

d an ey

ctly is gonn

yard, where a few of the other women were sitting, playing cards.

need

sa

ll need someone who can break into the control room, someone who can handl

ed impossible, but then again, everyt

re the ones who ca

her expressi

ep is to get them on our

ut it. I thought about getting out of here, abou

on't slow you

me tagging along wo

she grabs my s

. If I'm leaving y

I couldn't help smi

. I'm

d; me, the backup; two other women, Maria and Tamika, who had skills in lockpickin

want out of t

her taki

hey don't got half the mind

teeths before

he hacker, though she was a little more secretive about her skills and her past, she gave her full support and never once dragged us down. Lila was a former prison

r ex husband seven years ago. He claimed she had attempted killing her own kid when in reality it was her bastard of a husband. He used her past

understood it more th

d locking and unlocking doors, memorized the schedule of guards, and figured out where the blin

ay we decided t

ough the maintenance hall, and into the storage area where the escape tunnel was hidden. Brigg

guard appeared, just when we tho

ng for everyone to stop. But it

the hell

m to the ground. The rest of us kept moving, trying to make it t

ut to make it, another

fro

can't get

s grew louder by the minute. The guard caught Maria who struggled to get his hands o

s blew over and everyth

! N

g, hard, towa

o!

heart poundin

here! Don'

about

she grabbed my wrist, h

ime. Just go, a

out of yo

e a questio

y needed a decoy, and my brain proce

e fine. J

had to be the one to stay behind. I couldn't l

d be here soon. The moment we all get ca

u dare ge

turning my back. I heard the thuds of their feet against the f

I could even take another

You!

d us. Or, more specific

uc

my chest as I turned quickly, fac

I just needed to buy them enough time to get away. Strong hands slammed me down, a

ould outsmart

me to my knees. His breath was ho

y eyes stayed fixed on the door, the d