Prison Time by Shaun Attwood

Author:Shaun Attwood [Attwood, Shaun]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781780578330
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Published: 2014-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

Off lockdown, I greet T-bone on the yard.

‘What’s going on with you and Jade?’ he asks.

‘She got back with her boyfriend. I can’t blame her. It was good while it lasted, but how can I expect a woman like her to want to go out of her way to come and visit me in this shithole?’

‘It’s because you haven’t stepped up to the plate,’ T-Bone says, smiling confidently.

‘What are you on about?’ I ask, confused.

‘I forgot, they don’t play baseball in England,’ he says, shaking his head. ‘They play cricket. You need to stick it in her wicket. Tell her how you truly feel about her.’

‘When I did that last summer, she backed away,’ I say.

‘And so did you back away. You need to tell her to leave Sancho alone.’ Sancho is the name prisoners call the man who steals his partner. ‘Tell her to get back down here, so you can give her a bit of old English know-how.’

‘I can’t satisfy her needs from in here, though!’

‘It doesn’t matter. She’s fascinated with you. If she’s with Sancho, it’s just ’cause it’s convenient for the moment.’

‘She’s engaged! I can’t expect her to put her life on hold for me.’

‘She obviously already did. She visited you. Has she found a yoga expert who can get into extreme positions while tickling her thang?’

I laugh.

‘How many times has she visited?’

‘A few.’

‘She’s in love with you, then.’

‘How do you figure?’

‘For her to be messing around with a guy in the joint like that, she’s got to be up to something serious.’

‘I don’t know.’

‘At least you’re not thinking with your thang, but I think you may have stepped on it. Do you love her?’

‘In a way. I was head over heels last summer.’

‘Have you told her what your feelings are – your desires, your aspirations?’

‘I’ve covered it.’

‘But it must really come from the heart. Put a little soul into it, brother.’ T-Bone points at a bird of prey gliding, slowly, majestically, as if it owns the sky. ‘That’s a hawk. It’s a sign for me that the day’s gonna be all right. I’ll catch you on the weekend.’

I return to my cell more optimistic about Jade. T-Bone has that effect on me.

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