The Three Souls by Bill Thomas

Author:Bill Thomas [Thomas, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781623098506
Publisher: BookBaby

THE THREE SOULS—Chapter 11

I sat in the cooler for about ten days. Finally Schultz said I would be getting out and be back at my job in the library soon. I proceeded to ask him some more questions, but he remained closed-mouthed about everything. I was sure I would find out more when I got out of the cooler.

I wondered about whether or not Vinny and David would still be able to work on their art. I thought about how Pickett said that in over fourteen years he’d never seen anything like this. Right before I went in the cooler I got word that my lawyer was coming to talk to me about my case. I also had acquired some good behavior and was going to get an overnight with Kitty, but I didn’t know if that would happen now. I found out that the warden could change his mind in a heartbeat, and if that was the case he could put me back in the cooler. I heard Schultz fumbling with his keys.

“Chambers, you’re getting out. But if I hear any more shit out of you, then you’re going back in.”

“I hear you, Schultz.”

The door slid open and after ten days in the cooler I was face to face with Schultz.

“Chambers, you look like shit.”

“You would too if you had to spend ten day in here. Where are we going?”

“You’re going to clean up, and then you’re going back to the library.”

I was escorted to the bathrooms and then taken back to the library. When I walked in I saw Pickett thumbing through the card files. His left eye twitched rapidly as he looked up and saw me in the room.

“Look who’s here… The man everyone is talking about.”

“Everyone is talking about me?”

“Sure, after that article: Van Gogh and Mozart are reincarnated in the Huntsville prison. Man, this is Huntsville, nothing happens in this hellhole. Except for when they electrocute someone. But we haven’t done that for a while. You’re a star, man. Everyone wants to talk to you. Holbrooke didn’t know what to do. On one hand, he didn’t like the publicity, but on the other hand, the reporters wouldn’t stop calling.

“What happened to Vinny and David?” I asked.

“They’re still here.” Holbrooke was going to destroy their work after the publicity in the paper, but then he decided to leave it alone for fear of a backlash from sympathetic supporters.

“Why did I get put in the cooler?”

“To give Holbrooke a chance to decide on a game plan. Somebody is going to want to interview you eventually, but I don’t know if you should be talking to reporters.” Picket stepped back and adjusted his glasses.

“I’ve got to get to work. I want you to catalog these books.”

Pickett cut off the conversation as a couple of guards walked by to check on the library.

Pickett said I was a star. How crazy is that? Holbrooke was pissed but he couldn’t touch me because I now had sympathetic supporters. It sounded like Vinny and David were getting quite a bit of press also.

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