"Whom Should I call?"
"Should I call grandpa?"
"NO!I can't tell grandpa,he already has so many things going on in his mind"
"Granny can't help me either"
"How do I get myself out of this mess?"
Several thoughts were crossing Melissa's mind.
"You wanna call someone?"Officer Benjamin asked.
The whole police station seemed to be enjoying the situation.A white light bulb was fluctuating continuously making the situation more spooky for her.
"Can you justify what you have done Miss Pearson?"Benjamin asked, lifting his glasses.
Melissa's lips were sealed.Air was rushing her chest and everyone was noticing it.
"You want a lawyer?"Officer asked, stuffing cashews in his mouth.
There was another officer sitting along with Benjamin who was observing Melissa rather teasingly.His eyes were x-raying Melissa from top to bottom which made Melissa even more confused and uncomfortable. Melissa noticed that the officers were already aware of the corpse and no one told them neither in front of her nor on the way to the police station.
"What do you think about this creature, Officer Hank?"Benjamin asked the other officer mockingly.
"You're rough huh?"Officer Hank asked Melissa, standing up and moving close to her.
"I want everyone here to treat me as a witness not as a suspect!"she said finally.She couldn't believe herself what she had said.
"Oh you know the rules hunh!Don't try to outsmart me Miss Pearson!" Hank said, resting his back on the table.
"You can't prove that I'm the killer!"she said, tearfully.
"Don't start me on that topic huh!Brad come here lock our beloved Miss Melissa Pearson and if female jail is not empty then lock miss smart pants in male's one.Make sure she feels comfortable hah!"
Officer Hank said, raising his eyebrows in wickedness.
"Just so you know, I'm asking again, do you want to call someone?"officer Benjamin asked.
"No,"Melissa answered, lowering her head.
Melissa was smart enough to understand that the officers were totally involved in some disreputable activity.A guard , Brad,came and handcuffed her and took her to the "MALE'S JAIL".No one was speaking for her as it was against laws to lock her in the male prison.
"Don't think we pity you Miss Pearson!"Hank shouted.
Melissa started breathing heavily as she was being taken to the male jail.She turned around to see Mr Heckle. Mr Heckle passed her a cunning smile as he had accomplished something humongous. Her fingers were trembling.As the guard opened the unlocked the door,she couldn't help herself from weeping.There were 4 other prisoners present in jail already.All of them eyed her when Brad shoved her in.
The already presented prisoners were professional criminals.One prisoner was a smuggler, two of them were serial killers and the remaining one was locked up for robbery. The jail was too small to fit five people in.The prisoners were way better than everyone standing against her.
"Welcome to our Home Missy!"Said one of them.
Melissa didn't reply.
"I'm George, you see the black guy, he's danny, standing in the corner is john and the young boy you see here is Chris"he said.
"I'm not what you think I am!"Melissa replied frustratingly.
"Yet you're still here" George said offensively.He advanced his hand in front of Melissa to shake hands in the name of courtesy.Melissa didn't answer his courtesy and shook her head in another direction.
George lowered his hand feeling the insult and stepped back.Melissa spent the whole night standing in prison,her arms crossed against her chest in a corner in order to avoid any physical interaction with the other prisoners.The other four prisoners were lying over each other like dogs sleeping and snorting.