Chapter 51Abi and Megan were locked inside a drab gray makeshift cell set aside as death row where Megan lived for nearly nine years. Locally, women did not as often receive the death penalty. Unlike men's prisons, only one cell was isolated from the rest. The cubicle had one tall window not wide enough to get a head or body through. The glass was double-paned and embedded with crosswire. No matter from which angle viewed, the scene outside was of the tall concertina wired double fence and far beyond the clearing, the forest, which had evidently invited a few over the years to attempt an escape.
As if making a personal statement about her identity, Megan had hung some of her art by using bubble gum to stick the papers to the walls. The front wall of bars opened out to an empty larger room
