Solitary Confinement – Block X, Maximum Security Prison.
"How much time has passed?" the woman murmured to herself in the small, empty room, but there was no one to answer. She had no idea whether only days had gone by, or weeks or even months, and she had no one to talk to.
There was no window in the room to tell the day or the night, nor did it have a clock or any other features, except for one. It was just stone walls, stale air, a steel, unmovable toilet… and a small, flickering screen mounted high in the corner.
It was placed just high enough that she could not reach it, and it played one video. Only one, in a loop. It played day and night, serving as a cruel reminder of what had happened outside the prison walls. It played the recording of her daughter's trial, specifically her sentencing.
Over.
And over.
And over again.
'Guilty on all counts!!!!'
The woman's lips trembled, but no words came out at first. Her eyes refused to blink. Her body remained stone still.
