Rodriguez drove to the Women’s Detention Center in Riverhead. Captain Ebersole arranged a visit with Mercedes Delacruz. Rodriguez arrived at the prison and was met by a guard. As they walked, some of the inmates shouted at him. Some were calling him p***y magnet and big d**k, among other things. Rodriguez found it amusing. The guard escorted him to a room alongside the library. A few minutes later Mercedes was led into the room by Eric, her prison lover. When she saw Rodriguez, the surprised look on her face said it all. “What the f**k are you doing here?”
Eric warned her, “Remember what we talked about, inmate.”
“‘Inmate?’ f**k you, Eric. You didn’t call me inmate the last time you were f*****g me.” He looked at Rodriguez who stared straight ahead. Eric, more commanding this time, respo
