“Ay yo Williams!”

Hearing her name called took her away from her thoughts.

“What’s going on Cheyenne, “Tasha says walking towards the front of her cell.

“Nothing much you know same o’l—–same o’l.”

“You’re lying.”

“How do you know?”

“My entire military career revolved around extensive training in learning how to tell if someone was telling the truth or not.”

“Damn—-Williams you’re like the real life version of G.I Jane!”

Laughing slightly, “No, I’m not I was just trained very well.”

“How you holding up in here?”

“I’m good as could be expected so are you going to answer my questions how are you?”

Tasha and Cheyenne couldn’t be more different. They came from different backgrounds and took two completely different paths in life. Behind Cheyenne’s hard exterior and tattoos she was cool and Tasha took a liking to her.

“I’m down ya know my mom won’t bring my kids to come and see me and that shit sucks. Yeah I know I messed up but damn I miss them. You got any kinds Williams?”

“No—–but there was a time when I wanted but I guess having kids weren’t in the cards for me.”

“So what let me guess your dude didn’t want kids or what he got someone else pregnant?”

“No she wasn’t ready for kids.”

Cheyenne looks at Tasha trying to make sure she heard her correctly.

“She?”

“Yes.”

“So you’re gay?”

“Yes.”

Cheyenne was dead silent.

“So now that you know that what we can’t be cool anymore?”

“Look Williams I maybe a hardened criminal but I ain’t no prick—–especially no homophobe prick, “Cheyenne smiles.

“That’s cool.”

“Besides, how can I be I know better than anyone how it feels to have the world turn their back on you. I was always the black sheep of my family and in my parents eyes I could never do anything right. So, the love I couldn’t get from home I went searching for it on the streets. Okay, well I know it’s not exactly the same but you know what I mean.”

“Yeah when I came out to my parents or shall I say my mom didn’t take it very well and for a while she turned her back on me to. We’re not as close as we should be but hey it is what it is.”