A week later, Rose Iron Prison.
"What exactly is happening outside?" Aiden approached the prison reception and asked the guard in charge there.
Since morning, crowds wielding signs and banners had congregated on the main road outside the prison, shouting slogans that included but were not limited to "Punish the thief severely," "The sentence is too light," and "Demand execution by firing squad."
"Warden, haven't you seen the news?" The guard reporting seemed very aware of the cause, "The maid who stole from Sophie Carter was brought to our prison yesterday."
"Hmm, I remember that." Aiden paused, recalling briefly, "So those people outside..."
He had seen the news about the theft at the residence of the singer Sophie Carter and had skimmed through it. Subsequent news had been intermittently reported in the newspapers, but Aiden had mostly just glanced at the headlines without reading in detail.
