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THANKS TO ROJA WHO CREATED THE FABULOUS ILLUSTRATION THAT APPEARS DURING THE FLASHBACK SEQUENCE IN
EPISODE 17
Episode 11
Noeline: So
why did'nt you kill the bitch, now she'll be gunning after us for sure."
Reb: "Yeah, don't I know it, I just could'nt bring myself to do it ok,
I stuffed up big time lets just leave it at that ok."
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Harold is at home, he goes over to the telephone and dials a number, a
woman's voice answers :"Hello."
Harold: "Good evening, may I please speak to Ann Reynolds."
Ann: "This is Ann Reynolds speaking."
Harold: "Hello Mrs Reynolds, this is Harold Freeman, governor of
Blackmoor Detention Centre, would it be possible for us to meet
sometime in the next couple of days, there's something really
important, I'd like to discuss with you, It's about a certain officer
you have working for you, a Joan Ferguson"
Ann: "What about Joan Ferguson.?"
Harold: "Lets just say it's got something to do with Rebecca Kean who
was recently transferred to Blackmoor, My daughter Katherine who
happens to be the social worker at Blackmoor has spoken to Reb Kean
about what happened at Wentworth, Katherine is a very intuaitive person
and what concerns me the most is that I also happen to believe
Kean's story to be true, also there is another alarming discovery I
have recently made that I'd like to discuss in more detail with you."
Ann: "I think we should certainly discuss this matter in person, I
won't be able to make it tomorrow unfortunately, however what about the
day after, say sometime in the evening after 19h00"
Harold: "That fine with me Mrs Reynolds, where would you like to meet,
I think I'll let Katherine come as well."
Ann: "At the Hilton, do you know where it is."
Harold: "Yes, will see you at 19h00 the day after tomorrow."
Ann: "Thanks Mr Freeman, I look forward to meeting you and Katherine."
Harold: "Goodbye Mrs Reynolds, you take care now."
Ann: "You too Mr Freeman and thank you for getting in touch with me,
Goodbye."
Harold hangs up the phone, just then Katherine comes into the lounge
Katherine: "Hi Dad, how was your day, did you manage to get in touch
with Ann Reynolds yet."
Harold: "Yes I sure did and she's very interested to meet with both of
us the day after tomorrow."
Katherine: "I must have a chat with Reb sometime tomorrow, to see if
she can give us some conclusive info with which to work with."
Harold: "I hope she has something as knowing something and having the
concrete proof thereof are 2 totally seperate things."
Katherine: "The thing is to try and get Reb to co-operate without
letting her know our suspicions about Cynthia Leach and Terry Walters."
Harold looks as if deep in thought
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Meanwhile in Reb and Noeline's cell
Reb: "Hey Burke, you still awake."
Noeline: "Yeah I am now thanks to you, what do you want now."
Reb: "Listen Noeline, I really wanted to kill that bitch, more than
anything, but I just could'nt do it somehow and not only for the reason
that I'd spend the rest of my life in this hellhole because of it."
Noeline: "Yeah you're right I could'nt to it neither, but we had better
watch our backs cos the rotton bitch is gunning for us for sure now,
even if we had killed her who's to say they would just give us another
screw just like her."
Reb: "Yeah, there's plenty of ugly bitch screws like her, Ill have a
chat to Kathy tomorrow about it, in the meantime we better look out for
one another, especially when Winter gets out the pound she'll be out
for blood, she tried to kill me at Wentworth while the freak just stood
there and watched."
Noeline: "Yeah, makes me realise old vinegar tits is nothing but a
pussy cat after all."
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The night has turned to day , Butch, Sassy and Rufus are lying in the
exercise yard, Katherine has just arrived at work, Jonathan has also
just arrived, the 2 dogs come and give them both a warm welcome
The women are sat at the diningroom for breakfast
Kathy, Dot, Susan, and Reb are sitting together, Margo and Noeline are
sat at a table close by
Kathy: "What!!!, you mean to say that bitch had the gall to come into
your cell and try and lay into you last night and try and blame Noeline
for it."
Reb: "Yeah, but we were waiting for her, and we got her, I tell you
Kath I wanted to kill her more than anything but I just could'nt bring
myself to do it somehow."
Kathy: "Yeah well, no one messes with me mates like that, I warned her
what would happen to her if she ever messed with me mates that first
day in the pound, it seems as if she needs another reminder, Im sure as
hell gonna give it to her."
Susan: "I overheard one Miss Carter saying to Mr Grant, that the leach
was gonna be off for a couple of days, she had to take care of some
important business."
Dot: "The place will certainly be more pleasant to be at without her
being around."
Reb: "That's the best thing i've heard since I've been at this stinking
dump, not having to see her ugly mug or listen to her crap."
Kathy: "Yeah well she'll still get a reminder from me once she gets
back, if or whenever it may be, Dot would you please pass me the salt."
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In the Kitchen
Susan: "..for a couple of days."
Edwina: "Thank heavens for that, at least now we can get things done in
here in peace."
Dot: "I've seen that face many times before and I'm still trying to
recover from the initial shock of having seen it for the first time."
All burst out into laughter
Edwina: "Now, now Dot, that was'nt very nice of you."
Dot: Yeah Ed I know, but its true."
Kathy: "Oh hell, the pot on the stove has just boiled over", she runs
over to the stove and takes the pot off the stove, "Oh bugger, look at
this mess, give us a hand in cleaning all this up Reb."
They clean the mess
Edwina: "Now girls the fun and games are over for now, time to get back
to the grindstone again." everyone starts working just then Beverley
comes in
Beverley: "Miss Freeman would like to see you now Kean." Reb puts down
the knife and accompanies her to Katherine's office
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Katherine is sat at the desk, there is a knock on the door
Katherine: "Come in." the door opens and Beverley and Reb come inside
Katherine: "Good morning Reb, please take a seat I won't be long." to
Beverley."I should be finished with Reb in about 30 minutes or so."
Beverley: "That's fine, just ring through to reception when you're done
and someone will come to take her back to her duties." Beverley then
leaves the room
Katherine: "So how are you really doing Reb, have you managed to settle
in here as best you can and make friends."
Reb: "Im fine thanks, I've become quite friendly with Kathy, Susan and
Dot."
Katherine: "Thats good to hear, now what do you know about all this
business with Marie Winter and her friends landing up in solitary
yesterday."
Reb: "Nothing, except they found dope in the cells, I guess
Winter was so sure of herself that she reckoned the screws would never
look there, who knows."
Katherine just looks at Reb: "Yes well, perhaps Marie Winter's being
put into solitary is'nt totally unwarranted or undeserved after all,
now to the reason I asked to see you today."
Reb: "Have you been able to get in touch with my mum, is she ok."
Katherine: "Your mum appears to be fine, but unfortunately she's too
busy to come and see you right now, she told me she may come again next
week."
Reb: "Yeah, that's typical Mum for you alright, if that was'nt it why
did you want to see me."
Katherine very somberley: "Reb the reason I have called you here is
because I have dicussed your situation at Wentworth with my father, the
Governor and he has arranged a meeting with the Governor of Wentworth
Ann Reynolds."
Reb: "What does he want to see Mrs Reynolds for."
Katherine: "I convinced him that you were telling the truth about what
happened at Wentworth, and quite frankly there have been quite a few
questionable and inexplicable things happening here too that need some
sort of clarification."
Reb: "I know that Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Morris hated the Freak as much
as the rest of us and they'd like nothing other than to get the bitch
out of there on her ear, the only problem is she always seems to be one
step and ahead of everyone and comes out smelling like a rose all the
time, ..wait Miss Freeman, there is something we can do, I composed a
blackmail letter to keep the freak in line and gave it to the chef Ray
Proctor as she was gunning for him too and we used it to keep the Freak
in line, maybe you can try get in touch with him."
Katherine: "I certainly will, in fact Ill try straight away." she looks
in her phone book and dials the number for Wentworth Detention Centre a
woman's voice answers : "Wentworth Detention Centre."
Katherine: "Good morning, could I please speak to Ray Proctor."
Woman: "Im afraid he no longer works here anymore."
Katherine: "Do you perhaps know where I can get in touch with him."
Woman: "Im sorry Madam, we can't release any contact details for any
members of the staff."
Katherine: "I see, thanks very much goodbye." to Reb "How odd, it
appears as if Ray Proctor is no longer at Wentworth, I was'nt able to
get a contact address for him either, Ill go to the Governor's office
shortly and try to get him to contact Mrs Reynolds again."
Reb: "I would'nt be surprised if Ferguson managed to arrange
something to get him booted out there somehow."
Katherine: "Yes something does appear to be suspicious about the whole
thing, I think Ill have to follow this up immediately, Ill send for an
officer to come get you." she calls the main office."Hi Jon could you
please come take Reb back to her duties, thanks." to Reb:" You know I'd
be extremely careful with Marie Winter, Im sure she'll be out for
revenge once she's released from solitary, I can't stress how important
it is that under no circumstances should you ever be alone."
Reb: "Yeah, thanks for that Miss Freeman." just then Johnathan knocks
on the door and enters
Johnathan: "Ive come to take you back to work, could you please just
wait for me at the security gate, I'd like to have a quick word with
Miss Freeman."
Reb: "Sure, no problem." as she leaves Katherine, "I'll let you know as
soon as we find out Reb, I might send for you later or early tomorrow."
Reb: "Sure thing, thanks again." she leaves the room, Johnathan closes
the door
Johnathan: "What's up Katherine."
Katherine: "I think we may have found a way to get solid proof that
something happened at Wentworth."
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Later in the excercise yard Reb, Kathy, Dot, Susan are sitting down
talking when suddenly Kathy says to Reb, "Feel like going for a walk,
Reb"
Reb: "Sure why not." they get up and walk
Kathy: "So why did Miss Freeman want to see you."
Reb: "Something to do with the Freak at Wentworth, the bitch near
killed me and I just remembered a blackmail letter that I had to keep
her in line."
Kathy: "So why did'nt you use it at the time, why suddenly remember it
now."
Reb: "I goofed up big time when I was there, me and the chef Ray
Proctor had the Freak on both our backs and we managed to keep her in
line till I blew it by saying that I did'nt give a stuff about anyone
and Desmond had it all on tape which she played back for the whole damn
prison to hear, when Proctor found about the whole thing, he just told
me to get stuffed, naturally I was pissed off and went after Desmond
and the Freak came in and I belted her one and that's how I landed up
here, she was just waiting to get me sent here and that was her golden
opportunity."
Kathy: "Do you still not give a stuff about anyone, I'd hate to think
you did'nt really like me and that you were just using me.'
Reb: "Listen Kath, I promise you I do care about you, Susan and Dot,
yeah ok maybe I don't really give a stuff for Margo or Noeline because
they would knife me in the back if push came to shove, but I know you
would never do that to me."
Kathy: "Thats all I wanted to hear, do you want to hear more about what
happened when Mum and Dad died
Reb: "Yes, I'd like to hear about it Kath
Kathy: "I'm afraid it's not very pleasant but here goes....
Kathy: "....Are you sure you
wanna hear this, Reb."
Reb: "Yes of course I wanna hear it Kath."
14 years earlier - two weeks after Jenny
Bates funeral, Kathy and
David are staying with their Uncle Phil Bates and his wife Maggie who
have 2 children , Jack (13) and Desiree (12), its obvious that they are
thoroughly spoilt. David is sharing a room with Jack, Kathy is sharing
a room with Desiree, Kathy and Desiree are in their room
Desiree:" Just make sure that you keep your stuff on your side of the
room, and don't let me catch you snooping in my drawers."
Kathy: "Oh I would'nt do something like that Desiree, honest."
Desiree: "Just don't forget you're only here because your dad is my dad
brother, just because you're here don't make you a member of the
family."
Kathy says nothing, she starts to put a few belongings into the drawer
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In Jack and David's room, David is admiring the new train set Jack
recently got for his birthday, David picks up one of the little trains
from the track..
David: "Wow, thats so cool, I really like this train over here", in his
excitement he trips over one of Jack's shoes and the train falls out of
his hands lands against the wall and one of the wheels fall off."
Jack shouting: "You stupid idiot, I told you not to touch my stuff and
now you've gone and touched something and broken it ."
David looking as if he's about to cry: " Sorry Jack, I only wanted to
look, my dad was gonna get me one almost like it before.."
Jack: "Yeah, well your dad's not here is he, thats mine and I don't
want you touching it, it's bad enough having you in my room without
having you touch my things and breaking them as well."
David softly: "Im sorry Ill try fix it for you."
Just then Phil comes to the door and says: "What's going on in here,
what's all the shouting about."
Jack: "He picked up my train and nearly broke it, why does he have to
be here, Dad."
Phil: "Jack, you already know that David's mum and dad are dead and
that they have nowhere else to go except a home for children that don't
have a mum or dad."
Jack: "Yeah, well at least he wouldnt be in here, getting on my nerves
or breaking my stuff."
Phil: "It's allright Jack, Ill sort this out now", to David, "Go get
Kathy,
its time we got a few things sorted out as regards to the rules in this
house, Ill be waiting for you in the lounge."
David goes to Kathy's and Desiree's room: "Kathy, uncle Phil wants to
see us."
Kathy: "Why does he want to see us Davie"
Desiree: "He wants to tell you how to behave, while your living here in
our house."
Kathy and David go to the lounge, Phil is waiting for them, he has a
big thick leather belt in his hands, he is waving it to and fro, he
sees Kathy and David he motions for them to come in the room, they both
look fearful
Phil to David "I don't want you touching any of Jack's things again and
breaking them, remember you and your sister are only here because your
dad was my brother, I don't want any of you giving my kids any
problems, do you hear me ??"
David: "Yes uncle Phil."
Phil: "Good, glad to see we understand one another, you obey the rules
and you'll be fine , it seems as if your mother and father were too
lenient with you and did'nt give you any discipline, but here you'll
learn to do as you're told because if you don't you'll feel this on
your rear ends." (indicates the belt and hits the sofa with a force,
there is a vibration in the room as he hits one of the sofa,"
David and Kathy look on in horror
Phil: "I also expect you to earn your keep whilst you are here, you
will both be given household chores to do as my your aunt and I will
have our hands full trying to cloth/feed/educate 2 more kids, is that
clear."
David and Kathy: "Yes Uncle Phil."
Phil: "Good Kathleen, you can start by asking your aunt Maggie if she
needs any help with the dinner, you David can mow the lawn clean the
yard and feed the dogs."
Kathy and David leave the room , they look absolutely horrified and
terrified
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Later on after
dinner, Kathy
has had to help prepare the meal and wash the dishes by herself, when
finished she leaves the kitchen and goes into the lounge,menawhile in
the passage David has opened a cabinet and taken a
colourful
ornament out of the cabinet and is busy admiring it, just
then
Phil comes out of the lounge and sees David admiring the statue he
roars:"Just what do you think you are doing with that in your hands."
David gets such
a fright he drops the statue, it breaks into a a hundred pieces: "Im so
sorry uncle Phil."
Phil gets a
cruel expression
on his face: "Not nearly as sorry as your going to be, go wait for me
in the room Ill be along shortly."
David: "Oh
please uncle Phil it was an accident, I won't touch anything again,
please don't hit me."
Phil: "Get
upstairs now or it'll be worse." just then Kathy comes out the lounge
Kathy crying:
"Davie whats wrong."
Phil to David:
"Move it." to
Kathy: "Take note of what's about to happen to your brother, he is
about to find out exactly what happens when I get angry." he then goes
up the stairs , he gets the belt and goes into Jack and David's room,
screams of pain are echoing through the house like an unstoppable
freight train out of control for quite a while, after what seems an
eternity for Kathy, Phil comes out of David's room, his face is flushed
but it looks as if he thoroughly enjoyed administering the beating ............................... 30 minutes
later, Kathy goes
up to David and Jack's room,she sees David lying on his stomach crying
on the bed, she goes up to him: "Davie, are you allright."
David sobbing:
"Kathy , he really hurt me bad, It really hurts everytime I move
around."
Kathy tries to
hug David, but
he winces in sheer agony, she catches a glimpse of his back and the top
of his buttocks which are as red as a beetroot, Kathy starts to cry
herself, through his agony David is holding onto Kathy for some comfort. ..........................................................................
Back to the present
Kath and Reb are walking by themselves, Kathy has just finished with
the first part of her story..
Reb: "Bloody hell, Kath what happened to you and David was bad, it must
have been hard for you and Davie to have gone from a loving mum and dad
to that."
Kathy: "That, Reb was just the beginning, it gets a lot worse believe
me, Davie went through much worse of a hell than I did, but just seeing
what happened to him is what made me like I am today, you know what
gets me the most is poor Davie's in his grave Im stuck in here for at
least 2 more years and they're all still living their lives as if
nothing ever happened."
Reb: "Don't worry Kath, Ill be there for you, I know did'nt have it as
bad as you and Dave,at least me me and Danny, Mum and Dad just acted as
if we were in the way, they did'nt beat us or nothing, it was only
after Danny got killed in that car accident that Mum and Dad got full
of bull and I landed up in reform school."
Just then Terry comes over to them
Terry: "What's wrong with you 2 are you deaf or something, did'nt you
hear the bell, get inside now and start getting ready for dinner, or do
you want to find yourselves on malingering charges."
Reb and Kathy start to make their way into the main building, Terry
follows them inside
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Meanwhile in Katherine's office
Katherine: "Good afternoon, is this Ray Proctor speaking."
Voice: "No this is Vladi Nikitin speaking, can I help you."
Katherine: "Yes please, its imperative that I get in touch urgently
with Ray Proctor, there's something I urgently need to discuss with him"
Vladi: "Im afraid he does'nt live here anymore, he left here about a
week ago, I can give you his new address though, if you want, hold on a
tic."
Katherine waiting for about 15 seconds: "Right ..right..yes..thank you
very much Mr Nikitin, I really appreciate it."
Vladi: "No problem my dear, and please call me Vladi."
Katherine: "Thanks Vladi, I cant tell you how much help you have been
to me."
Vladi: "No problem, if you see Ray tell him , "Vladikins" sends his
love and wants to see him again soon."
Katherine: "I will do that, thanks again Vladi, Goodbye and take care."
Vladi: "Goodbye to you too my dear and take care of yourself as well."
Katherine hangs up the phone, she is headed for Harolds office, she
knocks on the door
Harold: "Come in." Katherine goes inside, Harold is alone
Katherine: "Thank goodness you're alone Dad, guess what I managed to
get an address for Ray Proctor, but unfortunately there is no contact
number."
Harold: "Dont worry love, Ann Reynolds says she will try to see this
Ray Proctor some time today, Its a good thing we decided make a weekend
of this, besides I havent seen your Uncle and Aunt Charlie for
some time now."
Katherine: "Yeah it funny the way they call one another Charlie, (as in
Charles and Charlotte) I know we phone them a lot but it's not the same
as seeing them, it would be great to just take a couple of days break,
Goodness knows we really need a few days away from this place, its only
a pity Jon can't come with us."
Harold: "Dont worry Kath, we'll be back sunday afternoon..." just then
there is a knock on the door "Come in"
Cynthia Leach comes inside: "Good day Governor, Miss Freeman, Mrs
O'Connell said you wanted to see me when I got here."
Harold: "Yes I did indeed, would you please wait outside for now Miss
Leach, I should'nt be much longer."
Cynthia goes outside she is pressing her ear against the door: "Harold
putting his finger to his mouth says: "Please don't forget to take care
of that matter we discussed earlier Katherine, and please tell Miss
Leach she can come in now."
Katherine smiling: "Ill get to it straight away, Governor." she goes to
the door Cynthia is standing outside, "The Governor will see you now,
Miss Leach."
Cynthia goes inside
Harold: "Please take a seat Miss Leach, there is something I need to
discuss with you."
Cynthia sits down looking at Harold in anticipation
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A restuarant sign says : "The pleasure parade." Harold and Katherine go
inside, they see a woman sitting at a table alone, one of the patron
sees them and approaches Harold: "Good evening Sir, do you want a table
for 2."
Harold: "Actually it's 3, we have come to meet with a lady called "Ann
Reynolds."
Waitron: "Right this way please Sir, you too please Miss." they follow
him to Ann's table, once at Ann's table
Harold: "Good evening Mrs Reynolds, Im Harold Freeman and this is My
daughter Katherine Freeman, Governor and social worker at Barnhurst
Detention Centre respectively."
Ann beaming as she clearly likes Harold: "It's a pleasure to meet you
at last Mr Freeman, you too Katherine."
Harold: "No the pleasure's all mine, and please call me Harold."
Ann: "Only if you call me Ann."
Harold: "Of course I would'nt dare call you anything else." they all
sit down Harold has ordered a glass of white win, Katherine a glass or
red wine, they all sit down and make small talk and have a few laughs
to lighten the mood after a few minutes
Harold: "So Ann, what's your personal views about this business between
Rebecca Kean and Joan Ferguson, don't tell me what you can prove but
rather what your gut instinct is telling you about the matter, like do
you believe Rebecca's version of events or this Miss Ferguson's
version."
Ann: "Honestly, I think there may be some truth in what Rebecca Kean
has said, the only problem is proving this whole jolly business, no
matter what happens Joan Ferguson always keeps coming out smelling like
a rose, everytime."
Katherine: "Mrs Reynolds, I just know that Reb is telling the truth
about this, I mean think about it, she's on her way to solitary, next
thing Miss Ferguson is hanging over the rails while she goes and gets
help, what could Reb have possibly achieved by throwing her over the
stairwell, does'nt the fact that she went to get help say anything to
you, I mean no one else was there to witness the event, so Reb couild
easily have killed Miss Ferguson and made it look like an accident I
mean who's going to believe that Reb could overpower Miss Ferguson,
from what I know from Reb's description of the woman she's at least 20
kg heavier and twice her size, but instead she went for help, think
about this Miss Reynolds."
Ann: "Katherine, I know what you are saying is right, but like I told
your father now, knowing something and proving something are 2
different ball games altogether."
Harold: "I know how you feel, Ann we had a murder committed in the
prison, just before Reb Kean arrived at Blackmoor, It was made to
appear as an accident, but the police were able to prove foul play,
Katherine suspected something and we managed to get the police to list
the cause of death as undetermined, instead or murder, two weeks ago
Katherine overheard something being discussed in the staffroom."
Ann: "I don't like what I think you are going to tell me, but I think
I'd better hear it anyway."
Katherine and Horold then start telling Ann about the conversation
Katherine overheard betweem Terry and Cynthia, as well as the trap they
want to set
Ann: "The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to
believe Rebecca Kean's story now."
Harold: "Ann whatever you do, don't go running into a thing blindly, we
know we have to be extremely descreet about this, from what I've heard
about Cynthia Leech is that she has some very dangerous friends on the
outside of the prison who wont think twice about bumping you off in the
middle of the night."
Ann: "Thats what's worrying me the most, also it's strange how both
Leech and Ferguson have managed to get away with things for so long."
she then tells them about the Marie Winter riot and how at the last
minute Marie changed her story implicating Heather Rodgers in
orchestrating the riot
Harold: "It certainly seems as if we both have a very pair of very
clever and slippery dames to contend with, we are going to have to
proceed with the utmost caution if we ever are to get them,
preferably at the same time."
Ann: "I could'nt agree more with you, Harold."
Katherine: "Mrs Reynolds, did you manage to locate this Ray Proctor, I
believe he and Reb Kean had a blackmail letter to keep Miss Ferguson in
line."
Ann: "I found the place where he stays, but he'll only be back
tomorrow, it appears as if he left town for a couple of days, I did get
the telephone no of the place he is staying though."
Katherine: "Thats great Mrs Reynolds, Dad and I are going to be in
Melbourne the
whole weekend, we'll keep on phoning tomorrow and will see him as soon
as we can."
Ann: "Would you like me to try and arrange it, Id like to be there as
well."
Katherine: "Yes that would be great, Ill give you the number for my
Uncle Charles Freeman , which is where we will be staying for the next
couple of days."
Ann: "That's great, Id like to be rid of that woman once and for all,
but Harold it seems as if this Cynthia Leach is even worse than Joan."
Harold: "I think you may be right Ann, she has a tendancy to really
ride the prisoners she dislikes and will do her utmost to get them on
charges at the
slightest provocation, Rebecca Kean has already been to solitary twice
in the short time she has been there, both times at Cynthia Leach's
hands."
Marie, Janie and Jenny appear at the door to the recroom, Susan and
Kathy are playing chess whilst talking to Reb and Dot, one look at the
chessboard shows that if Kathy does not make a certain move on the
board she will be checkmated by Susan's next move
Reb: "Yeah look what the cat dragged in, I see it's Winter and her flea
circus again, they actually let you out of the pound." Kathy, Dot and
Susan laugh other also laugh
Marie: "Why don't you shut your face Kean, before I shut if for you."
Reb: "Yeah Winter, you already tried it the first day I got here
remember, and
look where you landed up, flat on your back begging for mercy, do you
fancy having another
go right here, right now."
Marie: "I'll face you anytime of the week Kean." she lunges towards
Reb, with reflex reaction Reb gives Marie a hard punch in the kidneys
Marie: "You bitch, Ill get you, I swear."
Reb: "Had enough, want some more of the same," looks at Janie and
Jenny, "You wanna have a go as well." they all make a move towards Reb
Kathy makes a move on the chess board, it's not the move she
should have made to avoid being checkmated on Susan's next move
Susan: "Check and mate."
Kathy looking at the chessboard shaking her head: "Oh bloody hell, not
again!!,"gets up from the chair with lightning speed
and faces Marie, Jenny, Janie and indicates the chessboard:"
Look
what has happened to me, look what you've gone and done
Winter, because you can't keep your big trap shut for more than 5
seconds everytime you enter a room, and you and your "friends" make
trouble wherever you go,
your ugly foghorn voice made me lose concentration and lose
the game, now why don't you and those two
galars with you (indicates Jenny and Janie) be good little girls and
vanish in the direction you all came from so we can go back to having
some peace and quiet in here."
Marie: "Yeah well its not over yet, Ill get you both you and Kean,
Bates for what you did, I can promise you."
Kathy: "Why I'm so scared now Winter, tell me how do you plan on doing
it, get your 2 "mates here" plus another couple of heavies to corner me
while
your friendly bitch screw Leach looks on??" Kathy gets the same look on
her face the day Marie and her friends attacked Reb in her cell, Kathy
says to an extra: "Keep knit for a screw coming." to Marie: "Tell you
what Winter, Ill let you and both your friends take a shot at me right
here, right now, how does that sound, 3 against 1 with you all taking
the first swing."
Marie, Janie, Jenny all charge Kathy, all land flat on their backs in
quick succession before they have even finished taking their best shot
simultanoeusly at Kathy.
Kathy: "Get up, Winter." all slowly rise to their feet, "you have 5
seconds to get the hell out of here now, before you really get it, and
Im sure I
won't have to do it alone though I can if I have to."
Marie, Jenny, Janie all stumble to the door: "Well it ain't over yet,
you bitches." they then quicky vanish from the doorway as Kathy is
making a step towards them
Kathy: "Now that they've gone, we can get back to having some peace and
quiet in here, how rude of Winter and come in here and interrupt us and
make trouble the
moment she gets out of the hole." all laugh as Kathy is very funny when
she is in
this type of mood
Another chess game is starting, Dot excuses herself from the table and
goes to watch the telly
Reb: "I heard the Leach is back on duty."
Kathy: "Yeah, and we're still gonna have to sort her out sometime
today, Im gonna ride her when she shows up till she's ready to really
have a go at me, where's Noeline and Margo."
Reb: "They're busy trying to sell the stuff we nicked out of Winter's
cell, the day they landed in the pound."
Just then Margo and Noeline, come into the recroom
Margo: "Geez what's up with Winter, Janie and Jenny, we walked past
them on the way in here and they all seemed to be in pain, when I asked
Marie what was wrong, she told me to rack off and mind me own business."
Reb: "They charged me and I got Winter in the guts, then when Turner
and Tyler came to all have a go at me, Kathy stepped in and they all
charged her at the same time, but landed flat on their backs."
Kathy: "Winter was temporarily on the position she is best suited to,
with her trap shut."
Noeline: "Yeah, we'll she won't keep her trap shut long enough, I can
tell you."
Reb: "Never mind that now, did you manage to peddle the stuff, where's
the dough, to Noeline" Keep knit for a screw coming"
Margo: "We managed to get rid of all of it, here's the dough", she
moves towards Reb and hands her the proceeds under the table
Reb turns her back and starts to count the money, just then..
Noeline: "Screw."
Reb quickly hides the money behind the bookshelf, Cynthia walks in and
looks straight at Reb with a cold hard expression
Kathy with mock sincerity: "Good evening Miss Leach, how was your day
off yesterday, I can tell you what our day was great yesterday with you
being off duty yesterday."
Cynthia glares at Kathy then glares at Reb who is smirking: "Do you
find that amusing Kean, does having to scrub toilets for the next 2
weeks during recreation period seem amusing to you, as for you Bates
carry on with your insolence and you'll find yourself scrubbing the
corridors for the next month."
Kathy: "Why, just because I asked you how your day off was yesterday,
and told you how our day was yesterday with you being off duty, what's
so insolent about that." all burst into laughter (it's more the way
Kathy says it that funny than the actual thing being said) Susan is
especially laughing hard and seems unstoppable
Cynthia roaring: "That's enough, you can all go on cleaning duties
right now, I want this room so spotless that I can see my reflection on
the floor and so I can put on a white glove and not find a speck of
dust in it, you will not go for lock up until it's clean by my
standards, even if were up all the night," Bates, Kean, Short, you can
all get mops and buckets right now, you will scrub that toilet stall
until its sparkling as well as scrubbing the corridors with a scrubbing
brush, get moving."
Kathy indicates that everyone do as Cynthia says, on the way to get the
buckets
Reb: "So everything is going with the plan, we corner the bitch and we
give her a taste of her own medicine, she'll never touch me again."
Kathy: "Yeah, Ill have her so scared she'll jump at her own shadow in
the dark, you should have seen her ugly face when she came to the pound
to lay into me and it backfired on her."
Reb: "Yeah, even uglier than it is now im sure, geez hope I don't get
nightmare's Kath."
Kathy: "Don't worry, you wont, not while I'm still here, eh bloody
hell, the leach is coming make as if you're scrubbing the floor, Suze
you help her, Ill make as if Im doing the stalls."
Cynthia comes in :"You know Kean being in that position really suits
you, come to think of it, it suits you as well, Short."
Kathy goes to the sink and puts water in the bucket, she starts humming
a tune, Cynthia is looking more enraged by the second
Cynthia: "Shut up Bates, when you work I expect you to be quiet, the
only voice I want to hear is my own."
Kathy: "That's all we ever hear when you are present in the room
anyway, Miss Leach, so what differnce does it make if I want a little
music to go in tune in tune with your voice." Susan bursts out
laughing, Kathy and Reb keep a straight face
Cynthia: "Get up Short, you're going to solitary."
Kathy: "Susan's not going anywhere, screw, neither is no one else for
that matter."
Cynthia is upon Kathy in a flash: "Your insolence has just landed you a
48 hour strech in solitary, get moving."
Kathy: "Now.!" , Reb picks up the bucket and throws the dirty water all
over Cynthia's skirt, as Cynthia is looking in sheer rage and about to
attack Reb, Kathy has already punched Cynthia's lights out, as Cynthia
is on the floor, she says to Susan, "Keep knit, the screw's gonna get
it." Kathy jumps on Cynthia and has her neck in another choke hold,
Cynthia looks scared
Reb: "Tell me you ugly bitch screw, how does it feel to be on the
receiving end for a change." she then goes over to Cynthia and starts
kicking her in the groin and legs
Cynthia: "Let me up, let me up."
Kathy: "I told you screw, what would happen if you attacked my friends,
what I would do to you, and I meant it, she delivers a few painful
blows to Cynthia's kidneys, "Have you had enough yet, screw, tell me
will you ever try what you tried the other night ever again."
Cynthia: "No, I won't."
Kathy: "Ok screw, I believe you mean it, tell you what the conditions
are you lets us all go back to our cells and get a good nights rest,
when you go back to the recroom you will announce that all go back to
their cells, if I hear anything else than what I have told you to say,
Ill tell the women I had you flat on your back, and you'll be a
laughing stock in here for ever, got it, screw.!!
Cynthia: "Yes let me up."
Kathy: "Now don't forget to clean your skirt its gonna look like you
pissed your pants, All laugh except Cynthia, meanwhile Jonathan has
come in: "Is anything wrong here Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "No its just an accident, ill go to the staffroom to change ,
Kean, Bates, Short clean up this mess on the floor now, after they've
finished would you please take them back to their cells Mr Grant, its
lock up time I gave all the women in the recroom extra cleaning duties
as punishment for insolence, but Im sure they've learned their lesson
now, Ill will take my break now, Ill be back on duty in 30
minutes time in one of the other blocks, that's if you don't mind
patrolling this block."she storms out the room in sheer rage
Jonathan: "You better get to it girls, lock up should have been 30
minutes ago"
Reb, Kathy and Susan quickly mop up the mess and are back in their
cells for lockup in 15 minutes as Jonathan has gone to the recroom
noticed it clean and said they can all go to their cells
Dot: "Goodness young man, thank heavens you came when you did, I
thought I was going to be here all night with the mood Miss Leach was
in earlier."
Meanwhile Reb has taken the money she hid in a secret place, Ill square
up with you in the cells Burke, Ill give you yours tomorrow Gaffney
Jonathan: "Well its all over now, best get you back to your cell, they
all go back to their cells."
Reb: "Night Kath, see you in the morning, G'nite Susan and Dot."
All are in their respective dorms changed and waiting for lights out
which happen 5 minutes later
Noeline: So what happened."
Reb: Lets just say we fixed the leach for now, she wont be hassling
her, geez Noeline you shoud have see her face she was scared senseless,
I don't think she'll dare come in here now
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Meanwhile in the staffrom the rage on Cynthia's face is impossible to
miss, just before she goes on her next rounds she mutters: "Ill make
you all pay, you'll all regret what you did to me, but especially you
Kean, Ill make your life a hell in here as much as I can I
don't know how yet but the time will come when you no longer
have your friends to protect you, when that day comes and believe me it
will Ill make your life such a hell on earth that you'll regret the day
you were ever born,I have ways of making you pay in ways you never
imagined possible, Ill make sure of that I promise you." Her face is
puple with pure hate and anger however she quickly composes herself and
makes her way to the other cell block she has to patrol."
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Episode
13
Cynthia walks
along the corridor when suddenly she gets another flashback to the past
15 years earlier
An inmate with a slight resemblance to Reb Kean approaches Cynthia as
she doing her rounds, shë seems in a hurry and nearly knocks
Cynthia over, the inmate's name is Penny Lane
Penny: "Miss Leach, you've gotta come quick, there something wrong with
Edith, I think she's having another one of her bad turns."
Cynthia:"Slow down Penny, where is Edith now."
Penny: "In her cell, lying on the bed."
Cynthia: "Right we better get going, well come along Girl, I might need
a hand y'know." they both run to Edith's cell, Edith is lying on the
floor in agony, "OMG, you better go get the doctor now Penny, Ill see
what I can do for Edith," Cynthia picks Edith from the floor, "Don't
worry Edith, everything's going to be all right, the doctors
on
his way, just hang in there."
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Cynthia unlocks one of the cells and walks in
Cynthia: "Winter, wake up, you and I have things to discuss."
Margo: "Marie, whats going on, what are you doing in here, Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Shut up Gaffney, I came here to talk to Winter, not you, hold
on maybe you can be in this after all."
Marie: "Is there something we can do for you Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Oh Winter, you're so right there's something you can do for
me, and you will do for me, by this time tomorrow night, I want it so
that both Kean and Bates end up in solitary."
Marie: "Trust me there's nothin I'd like more than to see those 2
bitches spend some time in the pound, only thing is Bates is like a
barracuda when she gets going, you can't lay a finger on her without
coppin one hell of a
beating in the process."
Cynthia: "Come now Winter, surely you can give me a better answer than
that, I mean I'm the one that decided you were going to be top dog, I
can just as easily replace you with someone that can do the job,
besides you don't have get in a fight with them, you just have to wait
for the right moment and make it appear as if they attacked you for no
reason, or make it look as if they wrecked something, its just a matter
of careful planning and timing."
Marie: "Yeah, and with a screw to witness the whole thing, what could
go wrong."
Cynthia: "Remember Winter, this time tomorrow I want to find both of
them in solitary, it's time they learned who runs things in here, can I
count on your support as well, Gaffney?," Cynthia goes over to Margo
and
hands her some drugs, it looks like cocaine, "There's more where that
came from if you get it right."
Margo: "Thanks Miss Leach, you can count on me to get Kean and Bates
thrown into the pound as well."
Cynthia: "Good I knew a bit of friendly persuasion would help you see
things my way, " she leaves the cell and locks it and mutters under her
breath, "Yes, Gaffney I always knew you had no backbone or self control
and would sell
your own mother to get one last fix, but fortunately I can use your own
misgivings to my own advantage."
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Marie: "I think you and me need to have a little talk, Gaffney, about
me and me mates being set up and landing in the pound."
Margo: "Sure thing Marie, it was Reb and Kathy, they set you up so
you'd land up in the pound."
Marie: "Yeah and you had nothing to do with it, right."
Margo: "Of course not Marie, why should I."
Marie: "If that's the case then you can hand me over the dough, you've
been flashing around then."
Margo: "Hold on Marie, who says I've got any dough on me."
Marie: "Hand it over Gaffney or ill thump ya."
Margo picks up her shoe and gives Marie all the money, "There you go,
satisfied."
Marie: "Yeah for the moment, what'll be better though is to see those 2
bitches rotting in the pound, and then Ill take back what is rightfully
mine."
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The next day at the shower block
Reb and Noeline are walking along the corridor, Kathy, Dot and Susan
are behind them
Kathy: "G'day, Reb, Noeline did you have a good nights sleep last
night."
Reb with her classic smirk: "Yeah, just fine Kath, how about you, last
night was the best night's sleep I've ever had since I've been at this
stinking dump."
Noeline: "Yeah great, no having look at any of the screw's ugly mugs in
the middle of the night."
Reb: " Yeah especially not one certain ugly fat, bitch screw, I only
hope we never have to ever see it again."
Kathy: "Yeah well, she knows what awaits her if she does." just then
Cynthia appears, "GLAHFOT Miss Leach."
Cynthia snarling to Noeline and Dot: "Get moving you 2, if you dont
want to
find yourselves on charges for malingering" not you Kean, Bates, Short,
"Kean, both you and Bates will report for extra cleaning duties after
morning tea for the next week, Short, you can scrub the corridors."
Reb: "Yeah, is that right?? what for."
Cynthia: "As punishment for malingering when you're supposed to
be in the shower block and also for the stunt you all pulled last
night, and Kean as an additional charge for insolence in failing to
carry out a direct order now, you will report for extra cleaning duties
during your recreational period for the next 2 days, if you want to
make it longer just carry on ,now move it."
They all move quickly towards the shower block
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At breakfast, Reb, Kathy, Susan and Noeline are sitting at a table,
Marie, Margo, Janie, Jenny are sitting at another table
Susan: "I see Margo's sitting with Marie now.'
Kathy: "Yeah is'nt it strange who quickly people change sides, so
fickle and unreliable, could you please pass me the sugar Noeline."
Reb: Kath, what was it you said to the fat ugly bitch screw before we
went to the showers this morning."
Kathy: "What was that?? Oh GLAHFOT, I sometimes say it to people, I met
this
bloke when I escaped from the hole once so I could go to see Davie's
grave, it's a great saying that has a double meaning, this is what it
means , Im sure you can figure out
for yourselves what I meant by it when I said it to
the leach on the way to the showers."
They all kill themselves laughing
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Later in the day, Harold and Katherine are outside by the swimming
pool, Katherine is in the water, when a middle aged man comes
outside
Charlie: "Phone call for you Harold, a lady by the name of Ann
Reynolds."
Harold: "Oh good, I've been waiting for her call." Harold rushes in to
answer the phone
Charlie: "Now whats all that about, I wonder, its been a long time
since I've seen your dad rush to the phone as quick."
Katherine: "Dad, really likes Ann Reynolds, she's the governor of
Wentworth Prison."
Charlie beaming: "I see, that explains everything."
Just then Harold comes out: "Great news, Katherine, Ann has managed to
locate Ray Proctor. we are to meet at the "the Pleasure Parade." at
18h30, both Ann and Ray will be there."
Katherine: "That's great Dad, I would be interested in what he has to
say about this, now how about coming into the water for a swim, you too
Uncle Charlie, say when's Aunt Charlie coming for a swim."
Charlotte: "Here I am." she jumps in the pool
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Later in the laundry", Noeline has gone on skip duty, Marie is on the
press, Margo, Jenny, Janie on the folding and driers
Marie: "So you all know what to do."
Janie: "Yeah, we've just gotta make sure a screw's close by, preferably
the leach or Walters."
Margo: "So the plan is for one for us to wreck the cell and
have the leach close by to catch them in the cell and chuck
them
in the
pound."
Marie:"Yeah"she cackles and pulls down the steam press
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In the kitchen
Noeline comes into the kitchen for a pick up
Noeline passes Reb and whispers: "You better watch your back, I notice
Winter and Margo are thick as thieves again."
Reb: "Yeah, I sorta noticed when they were sitting together this
morning, thanks I
will." "goes over to Kathy, "Listen Kath I think Winter's up to one of
her lousy schemes again, we better watch our backs.
Kathy: "Yeah, I've now doubt Winter's got some evil plan forming in
that pea brain mind of hers, the sneaky underhanded lousy
bitch."
Just then Sassy comes into the kitchen and goes over to Reb and Kathy
Kathy jokingly: "Hey Sassy, no long time no see, are you on the
scrounge again."
Edwina jokingly: "Sassy is very well fed, there's no reason
for her to scrounge."
Reb: "She's just looking for a bit of love and attention, are'nt
you Sassy, " Reb then picks Sassy up and pets her, Sassy is purring
loudly
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Later in the recroom Reb, Kathy, Susan and Noeline are playing cards,
Susan and Dot are watching the telly, just then Dot says she wants to
go to her cell to read a book
Kathy: "GLAHFOT Dot, see you later." all chuckle and carry on with
their card game, about 5 minutes later
Reb: "Which one of you cheating slags gave me a dud hand."
Noeline:"Who are you calling a cheating slag, OMG look what the cat
just dragged in."
Marie, Janie, Jenny walk in
Kathy: "GLAHFOT Winter and all, come in here to cause trouble
again no doubt." all laugh
Marie: "Come quick, it's Dot she's passed out in mine and Margo's cell."
Kathy: "Oh yeah, pull the other one, what would Dot be doing in your
cell, Winter."
Marie: "She came to ask me for the book back that she lent me last
week."
Reb: "Lets go." her and Kathy go, just then Noeline follows them, Marie
stops her,"I would'nt go after them not unless you want to go to the
pound as well, Burke."
Noeline: "You lousy doublecrossing snake, Winter, what have you gone
and done this time."
Marie: "You'll see."
Kathy and Reb run into Marie's cell looking for Dot, the place looks as
if a tornado struck it but they don't notice this at first as they are
looking for Dot, just then Cynthia comes in
Cynthia: "Well, well, well, I see you've seen fit to totally destroy
the contents of someone's elses cell, you both can go to solitary for
48 hours."just then Terry appears behind her
Reb: "Yeah, well you know we did'nt do it you fat lousy, ugly bitch."
Terry: "SHUT UP Kean, you'll do as Miss Leach says right now or you'll
get 48 hours more on top of the 48 hours you've already got."
Kathy: "Who's gonna make us go to the pound, you 2 dont make me laugh,
you know full well Leach, that Reb and I had nothing to do with this,
and that its some dirty scheme you and Winter plotted out, to get us
chucked in the pound."
Cynthia: "I beg your pardon, how dare you accuse me like that Bates."
Kathy: "Oh I dare, you're a lousy nasty vindictive bitch Leach, you
,Winter and her mates are all tarred with the same ugly brush, always
causing havoc and misery wherever you go."
Terry: "THATS ENOUGH BATES, I can promise you that If we have to get
more than 2
officers to estcort you and Kean to solitary, you'll both spend at
least 2 weeks there
instead of 2 days, now what's it going to be, do you move to solitary
right now now or do we have to get reinforcements."
Cynthia: "Move it now, get outside Kean, you too Bates."
Kathy glares at Cynthia for about 30 seconds then just shakes
her head and whispers to Reb,"I think they've got us this time Reb, by
golly are we gonna make Winter and Leach pay when we get out."they move
out the cell, they pass Marie, Margo, Janie, Jenny
Reb: "Enjoy it while you can Winter, we'll even the score when we get
out I can promise you."
Cynthia: "MOVE it Kean, or you'll get another day in the pound."
Marie's cackling can be heard as they walk the corridors towards the
solitary cells
Kathy and Reb are placed into the solitary cells opposite the main
buildings, there are 5 solitary cells, Reb is placed into the 1st cell,
Kathy is placed in the 5th cell which is at least 50 metres away from
the 1st cell.
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Later in the evening 18h25
Harold and Katherine enter "The Pleasure Palace." Ann is already sat at
the table with a man, the waitron takes them to the table where Ann is
sat
Harold: "Good evening Ann, may I say it's an absolute pleasure to see
you again, you look lovely this evening."
Ann: "Why thank you Harold, you look good yourself, you look lovely too
Katherine."
Katherine: "Thank you Mrs Reynolds, its good to see you again."
Ann: " Likewise, please sit down, by the way this is Ray Proctor ."
Ray: "Pleased to meet you both." he shakes Harolds hand and then
Katherine's hand all sit down
Katherine and Harold:"Likewise a pleasure to finally meet you at last."
They all make small talk it emerges that Ray has found another job in a
restuarant in a nearby town and is about to move to a new apartment in
a few days time
Katherine: "Ray, do you remember how Reb Kean got sent to Blackmoor a
few weeks ago."
Ray: "Yes, she did a very ugly thing, she gave Marlene that horrible
cookie and she was horrible to me and the other women."
Katherine: "Ray, I know Reb has done some bad things, but do you
remember a letter that she gave you."
Ray: "What about the letter."
Ann: " Ray we now know that you and Reb were blackmailing Joan Ferguson
with it."
Ray is totally speechless
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2 hours after Reb and Kathy are placed in solitary, the cell is
unlocked and Cynthia and Terry come in
Cynthia: "ON YOUR FEET KEAN"
Reb: "You lousy fat ugly bitch, what do you want now, Im
already in here because
of some trumped up charge you and Winter made up to get me and
Kathy put in the pound, what more do you
want."
Cynthia: "Wrong answer Kean, remember what I told you when you first
got here that I would not tolerate your insolence and insubordination
and that I'd make you
experience pain, well now you're going to experience just how nasty I
can
get when I get really, really mad."
Terry goes over to Reb and yanks her from the bed, Reb kicks him in the
shins, he gives her a backhand, Reb flies across the cell towards
Cynthia, Cynthia has put on her black gloves, just then the sound of
ferocious barking takes place outside the cell
Cynthia to Terry: "Hold her I want to give her a few hard belts." Terry
has Reb in a vice grip, Cynthia grabs her baton gives Reb a few hard
whacks across the head and a few to her ribs, Reb is left gasping for
breath in sheer agony
Cynthia: "Ill be back here tomorrow sometime Kean, I better see a
massive improvement in your attitude or you'll get more of the same
treatment, do you hear me."
Reb: "Yes."
Cynthia goes over to Reb, hits her hard once more in the
ribs:
"Yes what!!!" the dogs barking outside has become even more ferocious
Reb: "Yes Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Good, it amazing what a little encouragement can do to
improve
your manners, I better see a vast improvement tomorrow in your general
demeanour or else!!!," her and Terry leave the cell the dogs are still
barking,Cynthia muttering to herself
"One day, Ill have those flea ridden mongrels out of here, then there
will be one to stop me then."
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Inside the main building
Cynthia: "I've got to go off duty in 30 minute's time there's just one
thing I have to do before then."
Terry: "Ill go to the other wing, by then Johnathan should be on duty."
Cynthia: "See you tomorrow." Terry goes in the opposite direction,
Cynthia unlocks a cell door and steps in, she puts on her black gloves
Cynthia: "GET UP Short."
Dot: "Good Lord, what are you doing in our cell, Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "You shut up and mind your own business Perkins, or you'll get
the same as Short here." to Susan : "I said get up Short." Susan gets
up, Cynthia goes over to her, "Its time for a body search Short, I have
reason to believe you're in possession of some contraband items."
Cynthia
pushes Susan up against the wall and roughly starts fondling and
touching her,
meanwhile Dot has jumped out of the bed
Dot: "Leave her alone, she's just a kid."
Cynthia: "Oh yes that may be so, but what's THIS." she produces a
packet of contraband cigarettes, "You're on an insubordination charge
Perkins, for failing to obey a direct order given to you, as for you
girlie, this speaks for itself, not only are you on a charge for
keeping contraband items in your cell, you will scrub the corridors for
the
next week during the recreational period, DO you hear me." no answer,
"Come
now Short, you don't want me to add a charge of dumb insolence to the
list of charges as well
do you." no answer, Cynthia goes over to Susan, she slaps
Susan hard across the face twice, "Do you hear me now
Short."
Susan sobbing: "Yes Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Good to see you learn so fast, get back to bed now, you'll
report to me straight after dinner for cleaning duties tomorrow," she
walks out, just as she's about the close the cell, "Ill make you regret
your ever having played a part in Bates' and Kean's little
stunt
the other night for a long long time to come, I can promise you that
Short." she leaves
Dot gets out of bed and goes over to Susan: "You all right luv, what on
earth is that wretched woman talking about."
Susan throwing her arms around Dot: "Oh Dot, its because of that night
we set her up, you know night before last, and now both Reb and Kath
are in the pound."
Dot: "But what would you have to do with it, what happened."
Susan tells Dot everything from the day she first overheard Cynthia and
Marie's conversation on the way back to the kitchen
Dot's face seems to age 10 years in a few brief seconds but just says:
OMG
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Episode 14
Ray, Ann, Harold and Katherine are sitting at a table in the "Pleasure
Palace" Ann, Harold, Katherine are all looking at Ray expectantly.
Ray: "So how did you find out about this, did Reb say something about
this."
Ann: "Yes, she did, she told Katherine all about this letter, Ray."
Katherine: "Ray, I know instictively when someone is lying to me or
not, don't ask me how but I have just got a sixth sense about when
someone is lying or not, and I know Reb was telling me the truth about
the incidents involving her and Joan Ferguson, Reb has lied to me about
a couple of other things, but believe me when I say I know she's not
lying about her and Joan Ferguson."
Ray: "This Miss Ferguson wanted me to arrange an accident for Reb in
the kitchen, but at the last minute I could'nt go through with it, so
Reb came up with this idea to make a letter that would protect me and
Reb from Miss Ferguson."
Everyone is dumbstruck finally Harold: "Ray are you actually saying
that Miss Ferguson actually wanted you to arrange an accident for Reb
Kean so that she would be killed."
Ray: "Yes but I could'nt do it, I could never do it, at the last minute
just before Reb was going to the stove, I stopped her and told her
everything about what Miss Ferguson wanting me to make her have an
accident."
Katherine: "Reb actually did'nt tell me about this accident Miss
Ferguson had you plan for her, she did however mention the letter,
that's why we have asked to see you, what you've just told us gives us
much more ammunition to work with now, Ray do you still have the
letter."
Ray: "Yes, I have it in a very safe place, no one else knows where it
is but me."
Ann: "The thing is we have to be very discreet about this whole thing,
its of the utmost importance that no one finds out about this except
for all of us and Reb, Katherine could you please talk to Reb about
this and ask for her co-operation with us, the only hope we have in
dealing with this situation is to have 2 collaborating witnesses."
Katherine: "Of course Mrs Reynolds, I realise that this letter alone
isn't enough evidence by itself, they could always claim it was written
by anyone."
Harold: "Ann, I realise what a grave situation this is, and only one
other officer knows about this, Jonathan Grant, I have'nt even told my
deputy governor about my suspicions yet, if we have any hope at all of
catching Ferguson and Leach and getting them booted out of the Prison
service, we have to keep this whole business as descreet as
possible, I can't emphasise enough that we need to let as few people as
possible know about this, as Katherine says and I believe her, that
Cynthia Leach is one of the most disturbed, sadistic people she has
ever encoutered, if she gets a hint of what we are up to, there's no
doubt in my mind at all that she will take whichever means possible
with which to get herself out of the hangman's noose."
Ray: "This seems to be a very wicked wicked woman and now she's giving
Reb a hard time, maybe even worse than Miss Ferguson."
Katherine: "Ray I can promise you something right now, Joan Ferguson
does'nt even come close to Cynthia Leach when It comes to a real,
dangerous corrupt officer, I happened to come to work one day
and Sassy the siamese cat came to meet me at the car one day
,I
saw with my own eyes how Sassy changed in 5 seconds flat from
an affectionate cat that she usually is into a
spitfire
wildcat with every hackle rising on her body and growling
loudly
at the mere sight of Cynthia Leach leaving her shift from work one day."
Ray: "OMG what have I done, what have I done to poor Reb." his face is
flushed he suddenly jumps up from the chair and runs to the mens room."
Ann, Harold, and Katherine are totally dumbstruck for a few seconds
then ...
Katherine softly: "I think he realises just how dangerous Cynthia Leach
really is...
Dot: "It's ok love, Ill look after you I'll talk to Mrs O' Connell
about this, Mrs O'Connell may be a strict no nonsense officer but she
won't allow the leach to come in her again."
Susan: "Dot, the worst part of all was the way she was touching me, I
feel so violated and dirty."
Dot with a grim look on her face: "Anyone that kills that *****
deserves a medal for what she did, I don't like to say bad things about
anyone, but she's pure evil personified, picking on such a sweet
innocent young girl such as yourself, she should be shot."
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In Kathy's cell in solitary that's some 50 metres away, it's the cell
Reb was in solitary before, Kathy is asleep, Sassy is lying on
the
bed, Sassy gets up and starts growling, Kathy wakes up
Kathy: "WTF, oh bloody hell not again." just then Sassy goes out the
cell, the door opens and Cynthia and Terry come in
Cynthia: "Get up Bates."
Kathy: "What for, what do you want now Leach."
Cynthia: "I don't like your attitude Bates."
Kathy: "Oh yeah, so the feelings 100% mutual Leach, I can promise you
that, now thats out the way Ill ask you once more what do you
want."
Terry goes over to Kathy and makes as if he wants to drag her off the
bed, just before he gets there Kathy jumps up: "What now Walters, are
you the leach's little lapdog now."
Terry tries to punch Kathy but she moves out of the way, at the same
time she delivers 2 quick blows and has him flat on his back gasping
for air
Kathy to Cynthia: "Now for the 3rd time Leach, what do you want??." she
looks at Terry who is slowly getting up from the floor , "Have you had
enough Walters, do you feel lucky, do you wanna try it again??" Kathy
has unwisely turned her back to Cynthia Leach
Just then Cynthia throws herself at Kathy, she manages to hit Kathy at
the back of the head with her baton, Kathy feels a searing pain, butshe
manages to overpower Cynthia with 2 chops, she has Cynthia
lying on the floor, Kathy picks up the baton just then Terry tries to
overpower her, just then Kathy passes out, Cynthia gets up from the
floor takes the baton and piles into Kathy who is lying unconcious on
the floor, she hits Kathy in all the places she hit Reb, the dogs are
barking ferociously outside but as only Terry and Cynthia are on duty
there is no one to help Kathy
............................................
In Reb's cell which is pitch black now, she is lying on the bed tossing
and turning just then the door opens, Cynthia and Terry come inside
Cynthia: "Get up Kean."
Reb: "What for now, can't you leave me in peace to get some sleep, "
Terry: "Miss Leach told you to get up Kean, when an officer tells you
to do something you do it."
Reb reluctantly gets up, she sees Cynthia clearly now in the dim light,
Cynthia now looks totally deranged and out of breath
Cynthia: "You did'nt answer me the way you were supposed to
Kean,
It seems as if I have to teach you another lesson in manners."
Reb: "Im sorry Miss Leach, it's just that you woke me up, I thought for
a moment you were my mum, she also used to come into my room
at
night when I was trying to sleep and start to hassle me."
Cynthia: "So that's how you spoke to your own mother is it Kean, is it
any wonder she does'nt want anything more to do with you."
Reb: "That's how I used to speak to her, I don't speak to her
like that anymore."
Cynthia goes over to Reb she gives her a cold intimidating stare, Reb
returns her gaze after about 30 second Cynthia slaps Reb hard across
the face twice: "How do you address an officer when you speak to them
Kean."
Reb: "Sorry Miss Leach, as I said I forgot..."
Cynthia: "SHUT UP KEAN." she continues to give Reb a cold intimidating
stare
Reb: "What can I do for you, Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Now that's the answer I like hearing Kean, you see it is'nt
so hard after all is it."
Reb: "No Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Get to bed Kean."
Reb: "Yes Miss Leach, thanks Miss Leach."
Terry and Cynthia leave the cell, once they have left
Reb: "Yes Miss Leach, Up Yours Miss Leach." she takes her pillow and
throws it with all her might across the room she then gropes in the
dark trying to find it, when she does she throws herself on the bed and
starts crying
..................................................................................
Kathy wakes up her whole body's aching from the beating Cynthia gave
her whilst she was unconcious
Kathy: "Bloody bitch really piled into me," the scene changes
13 years earlier 1972, there are kids playing at school during lunch
break, Kathy now 10 years old is playing with her friends Maureen and
Sandy when her cousin Desiree and a couple of Desiree's friends come up
to her and her friends
Desiree: "You little maggot, what did you put in my sandwiches."
Kathy: "What your mum told me to, cheese and tomato."
Desiree: "Whats this then," she opens up her sandwich and there is sand
between the cheese and tomato
Kathy: "Well I did'nt put it in there."
Desiree: "Wait till I tell mum, you're gonna get another hiding."
Maureen: "You know you're a real horrible person, Desiree, every week
you come to us whinging that there's something funny in your
sandwiches, you probably put the sand there yourself so that you could
get Kathy in trouble."
Sandy: "Yeah how come it's always sand Desiree, huh??
Desiree to Kathy: "Wait till you get home, we'll see who's story mum
and dad believes." her and her friends walk away
Maureen: "I'll ask mum and dad if you can stay with us on weekends from
now Kath, at least you won't have to put up with them then."
Kathy: "That would be great, you mum and dad are so nice, just like my
mum and dad were before daddy got killed."
..................................
Later after the boys have played footy, they are in the changeroom,
David Bates is there with his 2 friends Stuart and Jack, they are busy
changing back into their school clothes in seperate cubicles when
suddenly Jack starts screaming, David and Stuart start running out of
their cubicles to see why Jack is screaming, David is only dressed in
his underwear as he did not have time to get dressed, as they reach Jack
Jack: "I saw a big spider run across the floor, I just got a fright for
a second sorry guys."
David: "No prob, Jack here I was thinking you was being strangled or
something, "he and Stuart start to go back to their cubicles, just then
Jack: "Davie what happened , I can see the top of your bum, it looks
redder than a beetroot."
David: I fell and hurt myself, it's just a bruise, nothing to worry
about, come on guys we better get moving faster already before old
pokerface comes in her looking for us." he moves towards his cubicle
and gets dressed as fast as possible
Both Jack and Stuart are looking very worried as they are dressing,
just then the teacher they called "old Pokerface" comes in as they are
coming out, he sees them : "Please explain exactly why youré
still here otherwise you'll all be in Detention this afternoon, Bates??"
David: "Sorry Sir, I thought I saw a spider, whatever it was it's gone
now though."
Fuller(Old Pokerface) : "You all have exactly 3 seconds to get out of
here and consider this your lucky day Bates or you would be in
Detention this afternoon if I were'nt in the good mood I'm in today."
David: "Yes Mr Fuller, thanks Mr Fuller." all 3 boys rush out of there
before the 3 seconds are up.......
Back at the Pleasure Palace, Ray has composed himself and comes back to
the table
Harold: "Are you ok Ray."
Ray: "No because I can't stop thinking about Reb, what have I done,
that horrible woman is probably torturing her now."
Ann: "Ray, I don't think It's that bad, If Reb does what she's told she
will be alright, but we must try to get both Miss Leach and Miss
Ferguson before something else happens, will you help us."
Ray: "You tell me when and where, and Ill bring that letter so they can
be punished for what they have done."
Katherine: "We'll let you know when and where, Ill tell Reb when we get
back what we are planning to do about Miss Ferguson, but we need
co-operation from both of you."
Ray: "I will do anything you say, Katherine, both these women must be
stopped."
Harold: "I could'nt agree more, Ann could I get you something else to
drink."
Ann: "No thanks Harold, I think if I have anymore I won't be in a fit
state to go to work tomorrow."
Harold: "Katherine, Ray what about you 2." both shake their heads no,
"We'll we might as well leave now, Don't look so worried Ray, we will
sort this out."
Ray: "I only hope you are right, Mr Freeman."
......................................
The next morning, both Kathy and Reb can hear it, Kathy is still in
pain as it was quite a beating she had whilst she was unconcious
Kathy grimaces as the door opens and Beverly comes in with Dot,
Beverley to Dot: "You have 2 minutes Dot, Ill be waiting outside."
Kathy: "Oh thank goodness, Dotty how are you, how's Susan."
Dot: "That wretched Leach woman came into our cells last night and
traumatised that poor girl, and produced a bunch of contraband
cigarettes to put her on a charge, I spent the whole night trying to
calm her down, poor little thing."
Kathy: "Ill get Leach when I get out of here, she gave me a workover
last night."
Dot: "How did she manage to do that."
Kathy: "Both her and creepy Walters came in here and she got me whilst
I had my back to her, she came and gave me such a whack at the back of
the head.."
Beverley: "Your time is up Dot, lets go, we'll be back later Kathy."
Kathy: "Thanks Miss Carter, see you later Dot."they leave the cell "You
beat the crap out of me Leach, my heads pounding, Ill make sure your is
too, you deranged, crazy, totally freaked out bitch."
........
In Reb's cell Dot has just delivered the breakfast
Dot: "You allright love, you look a bit peaky."
Reb: "Yeah, well would'nt you be a bit peaky if you had a visit in the
middle of the night by some ugly lousy bitch screw."
Dot: "As a matter of fact, Susan and I did get a visit last night by a
ugly bitch screw, so did Kathy."
Reb: "What!!!, what did she come to you for, and what was she doing
with Kathy."
Dot: "She came to torment Susan, then she hit Kathy as Kathy had her
back turned to her."
Beverley: "Come along Perkins, I don't have all day, we'll be along
later for the tray, Kean."
Reb after Beverley and Dot have gone: "You sure are one totally phsyco,
crazy, mean, totally ******* up bitch leach, you make the freak look
like a saint, you freak Ferguson what have you done to me, I swear to
God Ill make you pay some day for this I promise you, but before I come
for you, ill get this phsco bitch first, Ill sent her straight to hell
if I have to."
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Harold is and Ann are alone at Ann's place
Ann: "You know I really had a great time tonight, Harold."
Harold: "So did I, I'd really like to see much more of you Ann."
Ann: "Likewise, but I'm afraid its not going to be easy with our
Prison's being so far away from us."
Harold: "Dont worry, Ill make a plan to come and see you, besides I'm
due for a vacation, I think Ill take a couple of days off and come to
see you, Im sure Janet O' Connell can hold the fort for a couple of
days without me."
Ann: "That sounds great Harold, Id really like to spend some time with
you alone."
Harold: "Ill call you tomorrow before we go back, don't worry together
we'll sort this thing out, but I'm really going to have to go now Ann."
Ann: "It was a great evening Harold, thank you."
Harold: "But next time it will be even better, because we'll be by
ourselves," he gives Ann a goodnight kiss and leaves as he leaves Ann
looks very happy
........................................
Later in the evening Cynthia has come back on duty, she is standing
over Susan who is scrubbing the corridors she comes over to Susan
Cynthia: "You know something Short, It's very befitting to see you in
the position you are in now, maybe I can arrange to see you in it more
often, what do you think of that, Short, Susan does'nt answer her, "I
asked you a question Short." Susan does'nt answer, Cynthia goes up to
her and kicks the bucket over, "Get up and get on you feet, Short."
Susan slowly rises to her feet but won't look Cynthia in the eye, "Look
at me Short and answer my question which was do you want to find
yourself in this position more often."
Susan forces herself to look at Cynthia and answers, "No Miss Leach."
Cynthia gives Susan an intimidating stare for a few seconds then with
lighning speeds gives Susan 2 hard resounding slaps across the face:
"Are you contradicting me Short."
Susan : "No Miss Leach, I don't want to scrub floors forever that's all
I meant, I did'nt mean to upset you or give you the wrong answer, Im
sorry."
Cynthia: "Oh girlie, you have'nt even begun to pay what you owe me for
your part in the little escapade the other night ,whixh is
what
really upset me, now go get a bucket and mop and clean up this mess
before I put you on a charge, and Short, Ill decide exactly how long
you'll be on these extra duties for, now move it."
.....................................
Later on an unnamed extra is delivering the meals to solitary
when Cynthia snarls to the extra, "Put the tray down, get out and wait
for me." she is in Reb's cell, Reb is lying on the bed
Cynthia: "GET UP." Reb gets up fast but says nothing Cynthia walks over
to her, "Wherever are your manners Kean, when an officer comes into a
room, you get up."
Reb: "Why all you ever do when you come in here is rant and rave
whatever I do anyway, so what difference does it make anyway."
Cynthia with lightning speed gives Reb a punch in the stomach and 4
hard whacks across the face, "Wrong answer, I promise you I'll teach
you manners and respect , now what do you say."
Reb: "Yes Miss leach, sorry miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Stand up straight." somehow despite Reb's pain she manages to
stand up straight and look Cynthia in the eye, Cynthia gives Reb
another hard slap, "Now what do you say Kean."
Reb: "Thanks Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Good girl, I can see that with a bit of friendly persuasion
you can do it after all, someone else will pick up your tray later."
Reb: "Yes Miss Leach, thanks Miss Leach."
Cynthia gives Reb one long last cold stare of contempt before she
leaves the cell as she closes the door
.....................
15 years earlier
She sees the inmate resembling Reb Kean (Penny Lane) who is sitting in
the courtroom after having being found guilty of the murder of
Cynthia's mother along with her accomplace Harry laughing at her
saying, "You sap Leach, you really are one sucker, you fell for my sob
story hook, line and sinker and I bumped off your old lady." thats the
exact moment when Cynthia changed overnight from kind caring officer to
the evil, sadistic, pathologically violent officer she became, her
expression changed the moment from the one she had before to the one
she has had ever since, no one, but no one would ever get the kind of
sympathy and kindness she once gave so freely
.......................................
The next day Reb and Kathy are released from solitary
Kathy: "Rotten ugly bitch gave it to me when I was out cold, I had
Walters on his back on the floor and turned my back for one sec, next
thing the psycho bitch hit me on the head, I managed to get the thing
out of her hands and wanted to give her a taste of her own medicine but
passed out, when I woke up again, I was aching all over."
Reb: "That fat psycho lousy bitch came into my cell 3 times in the
pound, the first time she layed into me and I did'nt pass out, the
second time she came in must have been after she piled into you,
because she looked totally deranged and freaked out, more so than
already, she hit me everytime she came in there, only the second and
third time was'nt as bad as the first."
Kathy: "Reb, I tell you now, we've gotta do something about this
******* up bitch, Dot tells me she's on Susie's back."
Reb: "Yeah, Dot told me the same thing too yesterday, Ugly physcho
bitch came to their cell in the middle of the night..."
Just then Janet O Connell comes into the cell
Janet: "Kean, Bates, You've just been released from solitary, do you
want to find yourselves back there, why are you not back at work."
Kathy: "Sorry Miss O Connell, we'll go back right now."
Janet: "You go back to work Bates, Kean you come with me to the social
worker she wants to see you, Kathy goes towards the kitchen, Reb goes
with Janet to Katherine's office, Janet knocks on the door,
Katherine from inside, "Come In."
Janet comes in : "Kean to see you Miss Freeman."
Katherine: "Thanks Mrs O' Connell, come in Reb and sit down", Reb comes
and sits down, "Katherine to Janet, "Can I just send for an officer
when Im done, this may take a bit longer than normal."
Janet: "Thats fine just ring through to reception when you're done."
she then leaves the room
Katherine: "Reb what on earth happened to you, that you and Kathy both
landed up in solitary."
Reb: "Lets just say that Winter got her revenge from before, with a
little help from a certain ugly bitch screw."
Katherine: "What!!!, don't you think you better tell me what happened.
Reb tells Katherine about the set up then: "That fat psycho bitch came
into my cell 3 times when I was there."
Katherine: "OMG Reb, you better tell me all about this, I saw Ray
Proctor the other night and we all thought he was overreacting when he
ran away from the table suddenly in tears, but now I see he was'nt
Reb stunned: "You saw Proctor, Ray Proctor???
Katherine: "Yes we certainly did, and he told me something very
interesting, something very important about Miss Ferguson which backs
up your story in full, which incidently you forgot to tell me about
Reb: "OMG you mean about the Freak arranging a "little accident for me"
I don't know how it must have slipped my mind somehow."
Katherine: "I'm glad Ray Proctor told me as you will both have
collaborating evidence that Ferguson was out to get you and wanted you
either dead or badly injured, I must say Ray was extremely upset and
very worried about you."
Reb: "So what happens now, does Proctor still have the letter, is he
prepared to use it."
Katherine: "Yes he is prepared as long as you're willing to go along
with him, but if we have any hope at all of
catching Ferguson or Leach we have to make sure that yours and Ray's
version of the events are one and the same."
Reb: "That's great to be able to get back at Ferguson, but what does
Leach have to do with all of this."
Katherine realising she said something she should'nt have composes
herself and says: " What happened whilst you were in solitary, and what
happened to get you sent there in the first place."
Reb: "That bitch Winter and Leach had me and Kathy thrown into the
pound on some trumped up charge, Winter and her cronies came running
into the recroom saying that Dot had passed out in Winter's cell so
Kathy and I went to go see if Dot was alright, we were so busy trying
to find Dot that we
did'nt see that the cell looked like a tornado had struck
it ,next thing we know the ugly bitch
screw appears with Walters and chucks us in the pound, once in the
pound a couple of hours later Leach and Walters come into the cell they
put me in as
I'm trying to get some shut eye and the Leach starts piling into
me for no reason."
Katherine: "How did it actually happen."
Reb: ....and then she left my cell and later on that night she went to
Kathy's cell to
antagonise her, somehow she managed to hit Kathy on the head whilst
Kathy had her back turned to her, whilst Walter's was still flat on his
back, the Leach's blow to Kathy's head was so hard that Kathy passed
out, thats when the Leach piled into her as well while she was out
cold,
I heard the dogs barking like crazy outside, next thing she comes back
into my cell with this totally deranged look on her face screaming at
me to get up, I knew I had
to be careful as she might have killed me otherwise, I'm sure she would
like to anyway."
Katherine: "That's horrific Reb, I certainly will ask to see Kathy
later on today and ask her about this as well, I'll also be seeing
the governor about this incident as well." Katherine picks up the phone
and dials a number, "Hi Mrs O' Connell?? would it be possible for me to
see Kathleen Bates some time later today......, 12h30 is fine thanks."
Reb: "That's not all of it either, the bitch went to go see Susan and
Dot as well that same night, before she came to see Kathy and myself
the second time, Dot told me yesterday when she brought the meal to the
pound."
Katherine: "What was she doing in their cell, it seems as if the
woman's not content to just torment one person at a time, I wonder how
many others she visited that night, anyway it's all the more reason for
you to work together with us in order to get both her and Ferguson
booted out of the prison service for good."
Reb: "Miss Freeman don't get me wrong, I'm all for Ferguson being
booted out of the Prison service, but what I don't understand is how
you're gonna get the Leach booted out, I never thought I'd ever say
this
but I think I'd rather face the Freak any day than the Leach."
Katherine quickly composing herself not unnoticed by Reb: "Lets just
say I've heard similar stories to the one you've just told me about her
going into inmates cell's in the middle of the night from some of the
others, at the very least I can tell the governor about it
and
see what can be arranged to ensure it never happens again."
Reb: "You know something about the Leach don't you, it's got to be more
than you're telling me now."
Katherine: "Lets just say I do know sonething which would be far better
for you not to know about right now, the main thing right now though is
to see
that she is stopped from carrying on these so called "Midnight Raids."
anymore."
Reb: "Yeah you're right, it would be great to not have to look at her
ugly mug in the middle of the night, Im sure have you been able to get
in touch with my mum, did she say she would come to see me again."
Katherine: "I'll give her a call later today and let you know what she
says later, I suppose I better call an officer to escort you back to
duties I want to have a talk with the governor before I see Kathy." she
phones through, "Reb whatever you do, be very careful with Miss Leach,
don't give her a reason to send you to solitary or put you on a charge."
Reb: "Ill sure try, the only thing is the bitch doesnt need much of a
reason, she's always looking to charge someone or get them chucked into
the pound."
Katherine looks worried but says nothing for a few seconds then: "I
know but try not to antagonise her and you should be alright."
............................................................................
Later in the kitchen, Reb is busy stirring the pots on the stove, Kathy
comes back into the kitchen and goes over to Reb
Kathy: "We need to talk alone sometime later today, I've just been to
the social worker."
Reb: "Yeah, I have something to tell you as well, maybe we can talk
during exercise period, best better get on with preparing the lunch
though, that bitch screw Leach was in here just now giving everyone the
evil eye, seems as if she's got her knife into Susan for some reason."
Kathy: "Yeah, I'm gonna ask Susan what the hell happened that day we
got chucked in the pound."
Sassy has just come into the kitchen, meowing , Reb and Kathy turn
around, Reb picks Sassy up whispering, "I missed you when I was in the
hole the last couple of days," Sassy is purring loudly for a minute or
so suddenly she stiffens, her ears prick up and she struggles to get
away.
Edwina: "Right girls you all know what to do, that wretched Leach woman
is
no doubt on her way here right now," no one needs a second
reminder, about 10 seconds after everyone is doing their repective
duties, the kitchen door opens and Cynthia Leach comes in , the silence
apart from the women working to get the lunch ready is so palpable you
could hear a pin drop after about a minute
Cynthia: "Short, don't forget you are on extra cleaning duties during
your recreation period today." Susan does'nt answer, "Did you hear what
I said Short."
Susan: "Yes Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Report to me straight after the recreation period bell goes,
don't have me come looking for you."
Susan: "Yes Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "You know something , its about time some of you were shifted
out of here as you are far too cozy , Kean and Bates as of tomorrow, I
think its time you were moved from kitchen duty to laundry duty."
Edwina: "Why, I'm very happy with Kathy and Reb working in my
kitchen, at least they give me a hand in the kitchen unlike some I've
had working here before, who just fool around the entire time they are
here
and get in the way."
Cynthia coldly and with minimum politeness: "Oh but Mrs Blackmore, it's
not up to you to decide who works in here or not, it's entirely up to
the officers in charge and the governor himself."
Edwina: "Can I have a word outside with you in the corridor please Miss
Leach." both her and Cynthia go outside once outside the others gather
round the door listening, "Listen here, I
don't care what you think, I can promise you Ill fight you in the
governors office If I have to about this, as I am the cook I'm sure its
my prerogative to have working there whoever I choose to have working
with there with me, If you like we can go to the governor's
office right now to get this
matter sorted out, when I go back inside and any of the women working
in the kitchen want to change, Ill leave it entirely up to them,
however if they all want to stay, Ill fight you every step of the way,
you hear me Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "You are getting far too big for your boots lately and think
you are irreplaceable, dont fool yourself Mrs Blackmore, if you cross
me I can have you replaced so fast."
Edwina: "Is that all, if you've finished with your long tiresome
speech, I have lunch to prepare so if you'll excuse
me I have to get on with it, anytime you want to go to the governors
office let me know and I'll be there, but just remember I'm not a
prisoner that you can push around whenever you feel like it, I don't
have to swallow your bull like all those other women in there so if you
have nothing else to say why dont you make yourself scarce."
Edwina then goes into the kitchen: "Right how far are we, is the lunch
almost ready to be served."
Cynthia meanwhile is standing outside absolutely fuming (her face
slowly turning purple with rage) she mutters: "I can promise you
something right now Blackmore, Ill make it my own personal mission to
have you and
those flea ridden mongrels and that darn cat of yours removed from
these premises at the soonest possible moment even if I have to
play really dirty to do it, no-one makes a fool out of me in front of
the scum in here and gets away with it." she then turns and walks up
the opposite end of the
corridor visibly seething with sheer rage.
Inside the kitchen Edwina: "Is everyone in here happy working on
kitchen duty, please let me know if you're not as I can possibly find
myself in the governor's office later today trying to explain why not
to have any of you rostered somewhere else, like the
laundry for example."
All : "We are very happy to be working here, we don't want to work
anywhere else."
Reb: "Please don't let them send me to work with Winter and her cronies
in the laundry."
Kathy: "Me neither."
Susan: "Please don't let them put me in the laundry Mrs Blackmore."
Dot: "Ed, I think I'd die if I had to spend a whole day in the laundry
with the likes of Marie Winter and her friends
Edwina: "That's all I needed to know, don't worry that wretched Leach
woman has one hell of a fight on her hands, if she thinks she can come
in here and just shunt people around everytime she feels the need
Katherine: "Dad, I've spoken to Reb Kean and Kathy Bates and they say
Cynthia Leach came into their cells when they were in the pound, not
only that but apparently earlier than the first time she went to see
Kathy in solitary she went into Susan Short and Dot Perkins
cell and tormented the life out of Susan, apparently she has
Susan
on
cleaning duties because of some contraband cigarettes found in Susan's
possession."
Harold: "Katherine, I know how you feel but on paper it looks as if
Leach has done things by the book, you and I may know different but the
solid proof is another thing altogether, besides Leach was able to
produce the contraband cigarettes so the honest truth is that she
appears to have been totally right in the punishment she meted out to
Susan Short, however these midnight raids are something I will not
tolerate in any prison I'm running, in fact I'm going to be having a
meeting later today and I'll make it crystal clear that under no
circumstances are officers are to go into the inmates cells
unaccompanied, I will also not put Leach and Walters on the same work
detail, Ill get Janet O'Connell on it straight away, I wish I could
dismiss the Leach woman on the spot but the law does'nt permit it
without hard
solid evidence ."
Katherine: "I have told both Kathy and Reb not to antagonise Leach, Dad
I was worried, twice with Reb Kean and once with Kathy Bates
I
came close to telling them about what I overheard in the staffroom that
day, but I was quick to change the subject somehow."
Harold: "Katherine, under no circumstances can they know what you heard
that day, at least not until this whole thing is over, not that I don't
trust them but the fewer people who know about this the better, Oh yes,
I'm going to be getting in touch with Ann Reynolds today as soon as I
get home."
Katherine: "Thats great Dad, I think you and Mrs Reynold's make a good
couple, besides its been a long time since you've had a woman in your
life."
Harold: "I know its been a while ever, since your mother passed away
some 6 years ago, you know in some ways Ann reminds me of your mother a
bit."
Katherine: "Thats great Dad I really like Mrs Reynolds, I think you are
well suited" Katherine looks at
her watch, "My goodness how time flies, I better get back to work
straight away as I have lots of work to not least of which having to
get in touch
with Reb's mother and try and convince her to come and see her daughter
somehow, everytime I call her she makes up an excuse not to come."
Harold: "Good luck, Ill see you at home later, say why don't you invite
Jon for dinner as well."
Katherine: "Now you're talking, see you at home later." she leaves
Harold's office
Harold picks up the phone: "Janet??, could you please come to my office
at once, I have something very important to discuss with you....ok Ill
expect you in 10 minutes, goodbye." he puts down the phone looking deep
in thought
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Outside during exercise period Kathy and Reb are walking alone
Reb: "So what did you want to talk about, what did the social worker
say to you.??"
Kathy: "She wanted to know about what happened in the pound, I told her
about Leach and Walters coming there and the Leach piling into me while
I was out cold, I also told her about Leach visiting Susan and Dot just
before she came to us."
Reb: "Yeah well I told her the same thing, she said she was going to go
to the governor about it, but she knows something she isn't telling us
about Leach, she nearly gave herself away twice when she was talking to
me."
Kathy: "Yeah, I got the same impression myself, I wonder if she has
something on the Leach."
Reb: "Whatever it is I think its only a gut feeling or she does'nt have
enough proof to get that fat ugly bitch screw Leach booted out of here,
but
we may just be able to get that Freak Ferguson with my letter and mine
and Proctor's testamony."
Kathy: "Proctor??, that's the prison cook that was at Wentworth before
they sent you to this dump is'nt it, oh hell Reb here comes Winter
and her mates again." Marie, Janie, Jenny are slowly approaching them
Reb: "What do you want Winter, this is a private conversation so just
rack off in the direction you just came from."
Marie: "Did you have a nice time in the pound, I must say you were'nt
missed."
Kathy: "Ok Winter, you've had you last laugh at our expense so why
don't you and your 2 yappy dogs turn around and crawl back to where you
came from before you find yourself flat on your back where you belong
with your big ugly trap shut."
Marie and her friends leave as they can see Kathy means business
Kathy: "As you were about to tell me before we were so rudely
interrupted."
Suddenly Margo comes along: "Gday Reb/Kathy, glad they let you out the
pound."
Reb: "Gaffney, you backstabbing double crossing bitch why don't you
rack off as well you're not wanted here anymore than Winter is."
Margo: "I'm sorry Reb, they made me do it, Marie and the Leach."
Reb: "Oh yeah, you'd sell your best friend and own mother for
one
last fix , you make me sick Gaffney, now for the last time RACK OFF"
Margo: "Please Reb, I have a problem please listen to me."
Kathy: "Gaffney, what part of RACK OFF don't you understand, we're not
interested in your story, so one final time RACK OFF do y'hear."
Margo then leaves looking dejected, "You know if there's one thing I
can't stand is a two-faced double crossing bitch no matter what the
reason."
Reb: "Yeah, I know what you mean I definately won't make the same
mistake twice and trust her ever again."
Kathy: "When I woke up in the pound after that crazy bitch layed into
me the first thing I remembered was...
............................
1972 (13 years earlier)
Kathy has just come home from school as she walks in the front door
Maggie: "You can wait upstairs in your room for your uncle to get home,
he'll deal with you as soon as he gets here."
Kathy: "Why what did I do."
Maggie: "You and your brother never learn do you, do you think it's
funny to keep putting sand into Desiree's sandwiches."
Kathy: "I did'nt put anything into them, she must have put it there
herself."
Maggie goes up to Kathy and slaps her across the face: "How dare you
call my daughter a liar, get out of my sight, I'll make sure your uncle
really gives you the hiding of your life when he gets back."
Kathy goes upstairs crying a few minutes later Desiree comes into the
room they still share
Desiree smiling: "I told you mum would believe me instead of you, and
now you're going to get a hiding from daddy when he comes home."
Kathy: "Yes I'm sure that makes you so happy does'nt it, you can do
whatever you want and I always get the blame."
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David Bates and
his 2 friends Jack Murray and Stuart Granger are busy
leaving the school grounds when David's cousin Jack and a couple of his
friends come up to them Jack Bates indicates David and says to them
Jack B: "This is what I have to share my room with, a stupid ugly
clumsy clutz."
Jack M: "Don't you ever get tired of singing the same old song, Bates."
Jack B: "I was'nt talking to you, Murray."
Stuart: "Yeah, I know you were just waffling on and on again were'nt
you Bates, like a stuck record."
Jack B: "I can say whatever I want, whenever I want, to whoever I want
so there Granger."
Stuart: "Yeah I'm sure you will Bates, but don't be surprised or
complain if one minute youré standing up talking crap and
the
next minute your lying flat on your back with a broken jaw, now why
don't you and your buddies rack off and leave us alone before I pop you
one.
Jack B: "Yeah ok
we're going"
looking at David: " but just wait till you get home buster, you'll get
for then I can tell ya." Jack and his friends walk away
Stuart: "Don't
worry Davie,
he and his mates won't start on you while you're with me and Jack, it
was great last week when they came to pick a fight with us and we
turned the tables on them and they got put in detention instead of us."
Jack: "Yeah it
was classic
was'nt it Davie." he then makes a move to clap David on the back but
instead gets David on the top of his rear end, David jumps and winces
in pain, "What's up Dave, I did'nt hit you that hard."
David: "Sorry
Jack, its just that that bruise really hurts right now."
Stuart: "What
did that prick
cousin of yours mean when he said you'd get for when you get home, come
on Davie something happened to you you've gotta tell us what it is, did
your uncle do that to you."
David: "Yes, but
there's
nothing I can do about it, last year one of the teachers noticed a
bruise on my back and I told them my uncle was beating me, when they
came to see my Uncle and Aunt, my uncle and aunt told them I was lying
and they were so convincing that the teacher believed them, when the
teacher left my uncle beat me so bad I had to stay off school for a
whole week, thats why Kathy and myself are absent so much only
Kathy does'nt get it as bad sometimes when they give us hiding's its so
bad that we have to take off school, they just phone the headmaster and
tell him that we are sick."
Stuart: "OMG
Davie thats bad
as I've said before I'll talk to mum and dad about you staying over at
weekends, Jack here can do the same, so at least you don't have to put
up with them then."
David: "That
would be neat,
only problem is I'm scared for Kathy being alone in the house with
them, only thing is If she could spend weekends with Maureen and Sandy
then I'd go for it in a flash."
Jack: "Maybe we
can get our mum's and dad's to talk to your uncle and aunt."
David: "Yeah,
but please
don't say anything to your mum and dad's about the beatings otherwise
me and Kathy will really get it," he looks at Stuart's watch it's
5.00pm, "I've gotta get home, Ill see you guys tomorrow, promise me you
won't say anything about this to anyone."
Stuart and Jack:
"We promise, we'll see you tomorrow."
David: "Cheers
guys, see you tomorrow." he then starts walking away fast in the
direction of where he stays
Stuart to Jack:
"We've gotta
do something about this Jack, we can't let poor Davie get hidings like
that anymore." the tears are running down both boys faces .......................................
David has just
walked in the front door Phil is waiting for him
Phil: "Where the
hell have you been."
David: "I'm
sorry uncle Phil, I was playing with Jack and Stuart and we lost track
of time."
Phil: "Well I've
got the cure to help you remember the time in future, get to the room
now."
David slowly
starts to go up
the stairs, Phil reaches in the cupboard and takes out a thick leather
belt he then heads up the stairs.........................
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Reb indignantly: "So the sadistic bastard beat the hell out of both of
you that day, because your bitch cousin put sand on her own sandwiches
and because your brother was a few minutes late in coming home."
Kathy: "Yeah we both got it alright, but somehow, some way after that
day we were able to get away from them at weekends, I would spend
weekends with either Maureen or Sandy and Davie would spend weekends
with either Jack or Stuart, we used to dread having to go back to
Phil's place on Sunday night though after having had such a fun
weekend."
Reb: "Yeah, I can imagine my mum and dad did'nt beat us or nothing but
I remember one day
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8 years
earlier 1977
There is a young
boy and girl
sitting at the breakfast table, the girl Reb Kean is about 12 years
old, the boy Danny is 10 years old, we see Deidre Kean and her husband
Douglas come into the kitchen
Deidre: "Have
you almost finished your breakfast, the school bus will be ready in 30
minutes."
Reb: "We're
almost finished
Mum, but before we go Danny and I want to show you and dad
something, we were so happy about it yesterday but by the time dad came
home we had already gone to bed."
Deidre: "Alright
Rebecca, but please hurry up as your dad has to leave for work very
soon."
Reb to Danny:
"Come on Danny
lets show mum and dad," they both pick out a book from their
schoolbags, they open up the book both Danny and Reb had scored 100% on
a maths test they had done 3 days previously.
Deirdre looks at
it appearing
to be disinterested: "My that's very good Rebecca, and you too Daniel."
she hands it over to Doug, he appears to be a lot more interested than
his wife, he smiles
Doug: "Thats
great , I'm so
proud of both of you, tell you what how about we go out to celebrate
Saturday, what do you say to that."
Reb and Danny:
"That's great Dad, can we go to the fair Saturday."
Doug with a
twinkle:"We'll see what your old dad can do, maybe we can even go..."
Deidre:"This is
all very nice
but maybe we can carry on with this conversation at dinner tonight,
Harry you really have to be getting along to work now and so do I,
Rebecca and Daniel carry on with your breakfast, Ill expect you to be
ready in 10 minutes."
Doug gives both
Reb and
Danny a hug, says goodbye, Dierdre also leaves the room to get ready
for work, both Reb and Danny look a little bit dejected by their
mother's total lack of interest
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Kathy: "So your old lady did'nt seem that interested in anything you
and your brother did."
Reb: "The only interest the woman's ever had was how fancy she could
dress and how much money she could make, I really thought things had
changed between us when Lou and Lurch beat her senseless and I tried to
make up, I tried to change them but she seems quite happy to let me rot
in here forever, I know Miss Freeman has tried to get her to come a few
times, but she keeps making excuses not to come."
Kathy: "Who knows she might still come for all it will be worth, maybe
she really has a legit reason for not coming."
Reb: "Yeah and I can't wait to find out what it could be."
Just then the bell rings, the women are all heading inside Margo tries
to approach Reb and Kathy again
Reb: "Rack off Gaffney."
Margo: "Please you've got to listen to me, I overheard the Leach and
Winter planning to get you both chucked into the pound again, It won't
happen today but it could happen in the next couple of days."
Reb looks around does'nt see a screw, punches Margo in the gut and
pulls her into the nearest cell: "Ok Gaffney start talking."
Margo: "It's like this, the plan is to plant drugs in both yours and
Kathy's cells and for there to be a cell search, getting you
both a long stretch in the pound and extra time.""
Kathy: "I must say, I've gotta give the devil her due, she never stops
trying, ok Gaffney thanks for the tipoff you can rack off now."
Margo: "If there's anything I can do to help let me know."
Reb: "Don't worry Gaffney, you owe us big time we'll let you know when
the time comes, now as Kath said Rack off." Margo goes
Kathy: "We've gotta stop those bitches before this even gets started, I
owe the Leach for that beating I took in the pound that day and I owe
Winter for making it happen."
Reb: "Do you have something in mind."
Kathy: "I sure do, first thing is to get Winter a long stint in the
pound, once she's there we'll deal with the Leach." just then Janet
appears
Janet: "Why are you 2 malingering don't you have somewhere to go, the
dinner bell will be going in 10 minutes, are'nt you both supposed to be
on kitchen
duty."
Kathy: "Oh yes, we forgot about that, sorry Mrs O'Connell."
Janet: "And you Kean, where are you supposed to be."
Reb: "Im supposed to be there as well."
Janet: "Well get to it then, the dinner won't miraculously become ready
on
its own you know, by the way Kean, Noeline Burke was transferred to
Barnhurst Detention Centre a few minutes ago, so
you'll have the cell to yourself at the moment, now please get moving
or Ill put both of you on a charge."
They move towards the kitchen as they get there, Edwina is waiting for
them: "Reb and Kathy will you please get to what you are supposed to be
doing at once, you can only thank your lucky stars that leach woman has
gone home for the day."
They don't need to be told twice
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In Katherines office
Katherine: "Good afternoon, Mrs kean, this is Katherine Freeman, how
are you doing."
Deidre: "Im fine thanks, what can I do for you Miss Freeman."
Katherine clearly stunned and looking irritated: "Mrs Kean have you
given anymore thought about coming to see your daughter, she really
needs you right now."
Deidre: "It's obvious you're not going to leave this matter alone,
alright tell Rebecca I'll come and see her the day after tomorrow at
14h00, but I don't want the man I've just met finding out that I have a
daughter in prison."
Katherine trying her utmost to keep her composure: "Don't worry Mrs
Kean, there's no way I'd tell anyone about it, Im sure Rebecca would'nt
either."
Deidre: "Ill be there at 14h00 day after tomorrow, it will be the last
time I come there though.'
Katherine: "Thats fine, good day Mrs Kean, Ill let Reb know you are
coming to see her."
Deirdre: "Goodbye Miss Freeman."
Katherine puts down the phone and mutters: "You really are one totally
conceited,
pious, stuck up, self absorbed, self centred bitch."she then
gets up from
her chair and goes out the office she heads towards the kitchen, Reb is
busy putting food on the plates
Edwina: "Good day Miss Freeman is there something I can do for you."
Katherine: "I'd just like to have a quick word with Reb Kean if thats
allright thanks Mrs Blackmore."
Edwina: "Thats fine my dear, Reb?" Reb goes outside
Reb: "Whats up."
Katherine: "Your mother is coming to visit you the day after tomorrow
at 14h00."
Reb: "Cool, so you managed to get a hold of her, thanks miss Freeman.'
Katherine: "Don't mention it, its part of my job."
Reb: "Yeah but thanks again, at least you get things done and you
listen to people when they tell you something."
Katherine: "Anytime, anyway you better get back to work as I'm about to
leave for the day,but I've still got work to do when I get home, like
making arrangements to meet with Ray Proctor at the weekend."
Reb: "Thanks Ill see you tomorrow or so."
Katherine: "Ill keep you up to date with any further developments."
Reb: "No worries."she goes back into the kitchen, Katherine walks down
the opposite end of the corridor
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Katherine gets home, Harold is on the phone to Ann Reynolds
Harold: "Thats great Ann, Ill definately be there on Saturday, If she
wants to come, Ill bring Katherine as well maybe even her
boyfriend Jonathan Grant who is an officer so you can meet him."
Ann: "Thats lovely Harold, but I was hoping to spend some time alone
with you."
Harold: "Dont worry my dear, we'll soon be rid of whatever interference
may come our way, Ill personally see to it."
Ann: "Great I look forward to it."
Harold: "Not as much as I do, anyway see you Saturday, you take care of
yourself till then."
Ann: "Bye Harold."
Harold: "Bye Ann" he puts down the phone sees katherine, "How do you
fancy going to your aunt and Uncle Charlie again this weekend and
bringing a certain handsome young man with us for them to
meet."
Katherine: "That's a great idea Dad, I'm sure Jon would love it there,
besides I have business to take care of as well."
Later in the recroom, Reb and Kathy are playing cards suddenly ...
Reb: "OMG Kathy I've just realised something."
Kathy alarmed: "What is it."
Reb: "Now that Noeline's gone, that fat ugly freaked out psycho bitch
can come into my cell anytime she likes and I can't do anything about
it.'
Kathy gets up from the table fast and leaves the room she sees Margo,
"Have you seen any screws about I need to talk to one right away."
Margo: "I saw Miss Carter a moment ago, she was talking to Mrs O'
Connell down the next corridor."
Kathy: "Thanks Gaffney." she then turns the corner and sees Janet and
Beverley walking towards the recroom
Janet: "Where do you think you're going Bates."
Kathy: "I was looking for an officer."
Janet: "Now you've found 2 officers who are on a tight schedule, I
suggest you get yourself back to the recroom as we have an announcement
to make as regards to some changes taking place in the prison."
Kathy goes back to the recroom, just moments later Janet and Beverley
come in
Janet: "Where's Susan Short."
Kathy: "Susan's still on extra cleaning duties, Mrs O'Connell."
Janet looking highly irritated says to Beverly: "Would you please go
get her at once Miss Carter and tell the supervising officer that the
cleaning duties are over for the night," Beverley goes out the recroom,
Janet still looking extremely irritated just waits till Beverley comes
back with Susan, "Right now I hope there will be no further
interruptions or delays, as from tonight there will be 2 officers on
patrol outside every cell block, tonight It will be myself and Miss
Carter patrolling this block so there had better not be any nonsense
from any of you is that clear."
All: "Yes Mrs O'Connell."
Reb looks visibly relieved knowing Cynthia Leach won't be coming into
her cell, at least not tonight
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Episode 16
Reb is alone in the cell she shared with Noeline Burke her mind goes
back to the day of the riot started by Marie Winter at Wentworth about
6 months ago and her being chucked over the rail, she also had a
flashback to when Marie beat her while Joan Ferguson just looked on she
smiles: "Don't worry you'll both get yours, I can't wait to see you
swing
Freak."
.....
In Kathy, Susan and Dot's cell
Susan: "Kath it was horrible, but the worst part of it all was they way
she was touching me, it was as if she enjoyed making me squirm, ever
since then I'm so scared in case she ever gets me alone."
Kathy: "Don't worry Suse, I've got big plans for the bitch when she
gets back, by the time I'm through with her she won't be in any state
to touch anyone again, I'm going to give her a taste of her
own
medicine with that baton."
Dot: "Just be careful, luv, you don't want to be caught."
Kathy: "Dot you worry too much, I have the whole thing planned out
besides if the worst comes to the worst and I do get caught it'll be
far worse for Leach than it would be were I not to get caught, so
either way I win."
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At Harold and Katherine's home
Jonathan: "I must say that sounds great Kath, going away with you this
weekend, it's great for both of us to both be off duty at the same
time, I must say I'm looking forward to meeting your Aunt/Uncle
Charlie, as well as a bit of sightseeing."
Katherine: "That's sounds great, I'm glad you'll be with me, you'll get
to meet Ray Proctor who's really a terrific person, shame I really feel
for him as he blames himself for Reb being sent to Blackmoor."
Jonathan: "Kathy don't take this the wrong way, but Reb largely only
has herself to blame for being sent to Blackmoor, what did'nt help her
case was that she had Joan Ferguson on her back 24/7 and the fact that
she was caught red handed assaulting other inmates, the only thing that
can be done is to make sure Cynthia does'nt get a chance to hurt her
anymore, it's amazing but the woman seems to come out smelling like a
rose everytime."
Katherine: "I agree with everything you've said Jon, but at least Dad
has made sure that Cynthia Leach won't be able to do just as she
pleases anymore, I mean its going to be hard to antogonize the
prisoners with another officer present."
Jonathan: "Speaking of which, guess which officer has to be on duty
with her tomorrow night."
Katherine: "OMG Jon, oh well it gives you all the more reason to look
forward to the weekend."
Jonathan: "The perils of being a screw, oh well I guess I've got to get
home and start packing as I'm sure I won't be in the mood after working
a shift with "you know who."
Katherine: "I must say I don't envy you one bit, I can't stand being
near her for 5 seconds let alone a whole day, I must say it makes me
love and miss you all the more."
Jonathan: "The only thing that makes it even remotely bearable is that
I know I still have seeing you to look forward to afterwards, luckily
when we get
back the next shift is with Beverley, at least with Bev you can have a
few laughs even if its not with you."
Katherine jokingly: "Maybe I can tell Dad I need an assistant, then we
can be together all day."
Jonathan: "If only.., anyway I better go love, Ill see you tomorrow."
he then gives her a long kiss, when finished
Katherine: "Im so looking forward to this weekend."
Jonathan: "Me too" he then gives her a final kiss, he then walks to his
car, "If only you knew just how much I love you Katherine Freeman, I
want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you and I'll
let you know that during this weekend."
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The next morning
Reb is still in bed sleeping when the cell door is unlocked, Beverley
comes in
Beverley: "Time to get up Kean." no response she goes over to the bed,
"Come on Reb it's time to get up now."
Reb awakens: "What's up."
Beverley: " Did'nt you hear the bell, its 07h05 in the morning, you
better get up right now before I put you on a charge."
Reb flies out of the bed: "Sorry about that Miss Carter, it's just that
last night was the best nights sleep I've had in a long time."
Beverley: "Glad you slept well, now please get up and
get moving at once before Mrs O'Connell comes looking for you."
Reb: "Yeah you're right." she gets her stuff together leaves the cell
and heads to the shower block
Beverley walks alongside Reb looking a bit puzzled as they approach the
shower block
Janet with undisguised sarcasm smiling: "Kean, how nice of you to join
us at last," then her face changes and becomes grim " how
would you like to do a few extra cleaning duties during your recreation
period today to remind you of
the schedule in here which incidently runs on our time not yours."
Beverley: "Sorry about the delay Mrs O'Connell, it was my fault I
thought I saw something in one of the cells and told Kean to wait for
me while I went to investigate it, as it turns out it was only an open
cupboard
door but the just the angle it appeared at as we walked past looked a
bit strange to me so I was compelled to have a closer look at it."
Janet still looking irritated barks: "As if I dont have enough to
contend with without one my officers having imaginary visions,
get yourself to the queue Kean, come along Turner move a bit
faster than you are right now, I certainly don't have all day and I'm
fast losing patience with the lot of you."
Reb gives Beverly a grateful look and goes to join the queue looking
relieved not to have had to think of an explanation to give Janet.
Janet and Beveley are standing at the door to the shower block talking,
Beverley seems to be looking at Reb now and again looking
extremely puzzled as she did not miss the relieved
expression
appearing on Reb
Keans face the night before when it was announced that herself and
Janet O' Connell were going to be on night duty together"
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In the diningroom Reb, Dot, Susan and Kathy are at a table together,
Marie and her cronies, Janie, Jenny and a couple of extra's, Margo is
sat at a table with another extra
Kathy: "I've decided the time has come for Winter to do a stint in the
pound for a while, anyone have any ideas, Reb.?"
Reb: "Yeah, great minds think alike there's almost nothing I'd like
more than to see her get hers, only trouble is we've gotta make it
good, perhaps even get her extra time as well."
Kathy: "Susie, Dot, any of you have any objections."
Dot: "I don't like to think bad of people or wish bad things on them,
but in Marie's case I think it could be justified."
Susan: "The way I feel right now, Kath, I want Marie and the Leach to
pay for what happened to me and you and Reb while you were in the
pound."
Kathy: "Reb, Ill leave it up to you to come up with some way how to get
back at Winter without them being able to pin it on us in any way, I'm
still sore though, I think lets work out a plan first then implement it
in a couple of day time ."
Reb: "Yeah, Im still aching in places myself." she picks up her fork
and sticks it into the midlle of her eggs with force with one of her
classic grins, "You bitch Winter, Ill make sure you ever stuffed around
with us and once you're out the way I'll think of something for the
ugly fat bitch screw, Don't worry the plan I'll have will be so good
and all the arrows will be pointing in another direction instead."
Kathy: "Don't you worry about the Leach, I have my own very special
plans for her, she's mine, no-one gets me like that when I'm out cold
and lays into me the way she did, besides I'm more than a match for
her, Ill have her flat on her back without so much as raising a sweat
before she even starts to take a swing at me."
Reb: "Yeah, If you need any help then let me know, Id like to get the
bitch myself."
Kathy: "Thats just the point, I don't want any of you getting mixed up
with me getting Leach, don't take this the wrong way Reb, but
physically none of you are a match for her, tell you what
though I
think it's high time I gave you all some lessons in self defence
though, because the bitch is so cunning she'll think ways to
get
at you all the moment I'm out of the picture for 5 minutes if you so
much as look at her the wrong way, look at what happened to Suse..."
Just then the bell goes
Janet: "Right , time for muster." All get up and leave the diningroom
immediatley as Janet is clearly still in a bad mood
.....................................................
Later on in the staffroom, Cynthia has returned to duty, Jonathan is
waiting for her as he is assigned to doing the next shift with her
Jonathan: "Good morning Miss Leach, I trust you had a good night's rest
last night."
Cynthia: "Don't ride me Sonny Jim, or you'll get what for."
Jonathan: "I was only trying to be pleasant, I don't have an aversion
to the sound of silence so it suits me fine, the less said,
the better."
Just then Janet comes in still looking irritated: "Why are you both
still in the staffroom and not on active duty which is supposed to have
started 10 minutes ago, it's bad enough trying to get the inmates to go
according to the schedule in here without having to go looking for the
officers that don't bother keeping to the schedule."
Cynthia: "Sorry, Janet I've only just got in, the bus left a bit late
this morning."
Janet: "Well ,now that you're here at last will you get to your duties
at once,
please." both Cynthia and Jonathan clear out of there immediately just
then Beverley comes in and goes to her locker to get her bag.
Beverley: "Thank goodness we can go home now."
Janet: "I could'nt agree more, listen Beverley I'm sorry if I was bad
tempered last shift, it's just that having 2 officers
patrolling together
when short staffed is very stressful, I've been on duty for 2 whole
shifts already so I'm dead beat."
Beverley: "It's fine Mrs O'Connell, I know we have to accept these new
measures until they can send us more staff."
Janet: "Whenever that may be, are you ready to leave, perhaps I can
give you a lift home if you want."
Beverley: "That'll be great, save me some time waiting for the next bus
to come."
Janet: "Let's go then." they leave, later in the car just outside
Beverley's flat
Beverley: "Mrs O'Connell, did you notice the look on Kean's face last
night when you announced that 2 officers were going to be on patrol
from now on last night."
Janet: "No, I did'nt I was only anxious to get them to bed, why was
there something I should have seen."
Beverley: "She seemed extremely tense until you announced that you and
I were going to be on duty last night."
Janet: "I confess I did'nt pay particular attention to Kean's facial
expression last night, but I personally think she could have been
extremely relieved that Cynthia Leach was'nt going to be on duty last
night, that's why we have to have 2 officers on patrol at all time, its
seems as if the woman has taken it upon herself to go
terrorise
certain women in the prison in the middle of the night ."
Beverley: "That's so shocking, why is Miss Leach still working there
then, why has'nt she been dismissed."
Janet grimacing: "The woman is as slippery as an eel
and somehow/someway she manages to cover her tracks everytime,
even on the rare occasion that she has been caught red handed
in
the act she has still managed to pull the rug out from under the person
at the last moment and come out of the whole thing unscathed
and
smelling like a rose each and every time."
Beverley: "OMG, how will she ever be caught and banished from the
prison service."
Janet grimly: "Seemingly only by some miraculous intervention from
above which as far as Im concerned will never be a moment too soon, Im
afraid."
Beverley is speechless.
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Cynthia and Jonathan are on patrol at the kitchen door, Jonathan is
looking very uncomfortable, Cynthia is looking even more bad tempered
and dangerous than normal, everything is silent in the kitchen as all
are going about their business, suddenly
Edwina with a huge grin on her face: "Mr Grant, have you heard any
funny jokes lately, I think we can all do with a good laugh."
Jonathan: "Come to think of it, there was one excellent joke I heard..."
Cynthia: "That will be enough, Mr Grant you're here to be on duty with
me, Mrs Blackmore you're supposed to be getting a meal prepared,
there's no time for idle banter."
Edwina: "Come on Miss Leach, it does'nt cause any harm to have a good
laugh now and again, it sure looks like you could use one yourself."
The women all burst out laughing, Jonathan and Edwina are laughing as
well
Cynthia face slowly turning purple with rage roars: "That's
enough, how
dare you, get back to your duties at once and there will be recreation
period today, you'll all be on extra duties instead, Kean erase that
smirk from your face before I come and erase it for you permanently."
Everyone stops laughing immediately and carries on with their work
instead, visibly nervous as no one missed the pure venomous menacing
way Cynthia addressed Reb including Jonathan and Edwina
Kathy standing next to Reb muttering under her breath so softly only
Reb can hear it: "Bugger tomorrow or the day after, that bitch will get
hers today I've suddenly found an inspiration I did'nt even know I had
till now, then suddenly louder, " just watch and wait and see what
happens."
Cynthia: "Did you say something, Bates."
Kathy: "Yes I did, what do you intend to do about it."
Cynthia: "I said no talking in here."
Kathy: "Oh my golly geez, is that a new rule that's suddenly been
enforced, last I
heard there was no rule that said we could'nt talk in here, Mr Grant is
she right, did the rules suddenly change between last night and today."
Jonathan admiring Kathy: "I haven't heard anything about any rule
changes, Kathy."
Cynthia: "You will address the prisoner as Bates, not Kathy."
Jonathan: "Is that also a new rule I haven't heard about as well, oh my
goodness, did I get stuck in a timewarp somehow." everyone bursts out
laughing including Reb, Cynthia says nothing but her face has turned
from the shade of purple it already was to an even darker
shade of purple,
once everyone has stopped laughing about 3 minutes later
Kathy: "Dear me Miss Leach, you must have had real
trouble sleeping last night, dare I say you woke in in the
middle
of the night last night in a cold sweat, thinking of how you would like
the rules to be changed the way you would like them to be changed and
thinking they were implemented when you got here, only to find out they
were'nt." everyone roars with laughter again except Cynthia
after a couple of minutes
Cynthia to Jonathan: "If you can bear to take that smirk off your face,
Id like to go patrol the laundry now if you don't mind." she turns on
her heel, Jonathan to all in the kitchen before he follows Cynthia:
"Well whatever happens the rest of today, it was worth it being able
to have such a good laugh, wish me luck."
All: "Good luck, Mr Grant." after Jonathan leaves the mood becomes more
quiet and everyone gets back to their respective duties, now and again
someone has a quiet giggle, especially at the mental image of Cynthia's
sheer rage at Kathy.
......................................................................
In the corridor, Jonathan has caught up to Cynthia
Cynthia: "How dare you participate with the scum in there laughing at
my expense, Ill make you regret it Grant."
Jonathan: "Oh really, in what way were they laughing at your expense,
Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Bates was deliberately trying to make a fool out of me and
you actively encouraged her."
Jonathan: "Come on now, she was only rightly pointing out that the
rules in here haven't been changed in any way, since you and I were
last on duty."
Cynthia slaps Jonathan once hard across the face then tries to slap him
again, as she is about to
strike him the second time he grabs her hand pinning her and says:
"Since you're a lady I won't hit you back, but you only get one shot a
day at it I'm afraid and you've just had yours, so I suggest you get
your act together before someone comes here asking a whole lot of
questions I don't feel like answering." he lets Cynthia go she marches
on ahead of him still fuming but saying nothing still visibly fuming
they appear at the door to the laundry where the women are having a
smoko
Cynthia roaring: "Just what in the hell is going on in here."
The sound of silence reigns for about 15 seconds then...
.............................................................
At reception Deidre Kean has just arrived to see her daughter Reb
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Episode 17
Cynthia: "I said, just what in the hell is going on in here."
Marie looking rather nervous: "We were just having a smoko Miss
Leach,"to the others, "right you lot back to the grindstone."
Cynthia: "Its amazing, no matter whenever I come in here, you're always
on smoko."her face is still a dark shade of purple, she walks over and
inspects everything then turns on Marie: "You're all on a charge for
malingering and insubordination."
Marie: "Hey come on, that's not fair were entitled to a break too you
know."
Cynthia: "Shut up Winter, don't play me for a fool, I come in here at
11h15 and expect more than 5 folded sheets and one wash cycle on the
go, do I look like a fool to you, are you calling me blind and stupid."
Marie: "No, Miss Leach it's just that the one machine was faulty."
Jonathan: "Why did'nt you report it then."
Marie: "I would have if I could have, but the security gates were
locked."
Jonathan to Cynthia: "It looks like the women could'nt progess any
further with a faulty machine and the security gates being locked after
all."
Cynthia gives Jonathan a cold stare and says: "I'll be the judge of
that." she walks over to the machines and sets the cycles, both
machines are working: "Just as I would have thought and expected, both
machines are working fine, not only do the charges for malingering and
insubordination remain, but you'll all be on additional cleaning duties
during your recreation period for the next 3 days, unless you have some
explanation as to why the machines that were'nt working before are
suddenly working now."
Marie: "Jeez what can I say, it's a miracle, struth the thing was
buggered before and
Miss Leach fixed it up with a magic touch, come along girls, lets all
give Miss Leach a big cheer for fixing the machine" all
laugh and clap hands
Cynthia snaps: "Don't test my patience Winter, or you'll find yourself
in the pound."
Everyone is silent and gets back to work, Cynthia still looking
enraged, Jonathan looking a bit uncomfortable
............................................................
At reception
Deidre:"Ive come to see my daughter, Rebecca Kean."
Officer: "You must be Deirdre Kean, Ill call Miss Freeman, she's
expecting you."
.......................
In the kitchen
Reb to Kathy: "It was great to see the fat ugly bitch mad as hell and
her not being able to do a thing about it, Jeez I've never hated a
screw as much as I hate her, she even makes the Freak look good."
Kathy: "Yeah, well we still owe her for the bashings we copped in the
pound."
Reb: "Yeah, I'd like nothing more than for that bitch to suffer, like
she made me suffer, she hit me in places I never knew existed before
and when I woke up, my whole body and head was hurting like hell."
Kathy grimly: "Don't I know it, when I came back from knocked out cold,
I was aching in all places too, got any plans to cause a diversion so
we can pay her back."
Reb: "Yeah, the thing is to get her alone, give me a chance to think."
Just then an officer appears at the door
Officer: "Your mother is here to see you, Kean."
Reb: "Well what do you know, she finally decided to come.."
Officer: "Come along, I don't have all day, your mother is with the
social worker right now."
Reb: "Fine, lets go then."
...............................
At the door to Katherine's office, the Officer accompanying Reb knocks
at the door
Katherine: "Come in."
Reb and the Officer go inside, Katherine is sitting at her desk,
Deirdre is sitting apposite her
Katherine: "Thanks Officer Mason, Ill let you know when we've
finished." once the officer leaves to Reb, "Hi Reb, they were going let
you have your visit outside with your mother, only your mother wanted
to have her visit in my office."
Reb to Deirdre: "Mum I'm glad you came to see me, lets go outside in
the fresh air, I've got lots of things to tell you," she throws her
arms around Dierdre who does'nt seem to be responding to Reb's hug,
realising this Reb abruptly turns away and looks at both Katherine and
Dierdre, Katherine is looking upset, Dierdre is looking agitated
Reb: "Ok whats up, something's wrong is'nt here"
Katherine still looking upset "Your mother has something to tell you
and she wanted me to be present."
Reb to Deirdre:"So do I get to hear it whilst I'm still young or do I
have to wait until I'm as old as you before you finally get round to
telling me, if you've got something to say, spit it out."
Deidre:"Rebecca, I won't be coming back to see you ever again after
today, this will be my last visit to this prison."
Reb: "Why?, is the trip too far for you,it's not as if you would have
to come every week y'know once every 3 weeks would also be fine."
Deidre: "Rebecca, I've met a man who is extremely wealthy and who a
very respected businessman who is well known internationally and who
travels abroad a lot, he has asked me to marry him and I've said yes."
Reb: "So when do I get an invite to this wedding." she looks straight
at Deirdre and fully realises something, "You were'nt gonna give me an
invite were you, I bet you haven't even told him you have a daugher,
did you."
Deirdre: "No not yet, try to understand, I've finally met a man who
can give me all I've ever wanted or needed, I just don't know how he'd
react to me having a daughter in prison, I just need a little more time
to explain it to him."
Reb: "Oh Yeah, I understand allright, you're ashamed of me which means
all your promises you made to me when we were together in the other
dump were all just lies and empty words, but dont worry lady, the
feelings mutual I dont have a mother so I'd say were even, so now
you've come to say what you've got to say, why don't you rack off out
of here, you make me sick."
Deirdre:"Rebecca try to understand.."
Reb: "What's to understand, from your little speech its clear that
you're the same money hungry grabbing bitch you always were, I
don't want to hear anymore of your crap do you hear." to Katherine
"Could you please call an officer so I can get out of here now, sitting
in the same room as her and listening to her crap is making me sick."
Katherine picks up the phone says to Reb: "An officer will be along in
5 minutes."
Deirdre: "Rebecca, please try to understand."
Reb: "Why don't you just keep your trap shut, if I have to spend 5
minutes in a room with you it would be nice not to have to listen to
your bull as nothing you have to say interests me."
Katherine: "Mrs Kean, I think it would be best if you did'nt say
anything more until the officer arrives and you are at reception."
Deirdre: "If you don't mind I'd like to speak to my daughter."
Reb to Deirdre: "Lady are you deaf, I dont wanna hear any of your
bull****, listen Miss Freeman, if this is gonna take long then I'll
just wait outside the door till the screw comes back." just
then Reb
gets up slams the door shut.
............
Inside Katherine's office
Deirdre: "I just wish I could make Rebecca understand.?"
Katherine: "Please forgive me if this sounds rude, but I tend to view
the situation the same way Reb does as I also fail to understand how
you can push your own daughter in the background just so you
can
run off with some man with lots of money, especially after all that
she's been through and she's not having an easy time of it in
here, has the thought ever occurred to you that she may need you more
than ever."
Deirdre: "How dare you stand there in judgement of me and tell me
what I should or should'nt do, as if you have any children of
your
own, Rebecca made her choice long ago and now she's facing the
consequences for her actions, I can hardly be blamed if she keeps
getting into trouble and the law decides to deal with her however they
see fit."
Katherine: "I don't need to tell you what or what you should'nt do Mrs
Kean, I'm sure you've already made up your mind long ago and as always
will do exactly what you've always wanted to do anyway, regardless of
anyone else's feelings but your own."
Deirdre: "You can't speak to me like that, Ill make certain your
superiors hear of this."
Katherine: "How you want to take what I've just told me is entirely
your prerogative, my main concern is for Reb and what's she's going
through, feel free to take whatever steps you may feel are neccessary,
don't be surprised though if you find that nothing may come of your
imaginary indignation of me enlightening you up to a few homegrown
truths, you may find my superiors in full agreement with what I've just
told you."
Officer: "What are you doing outside the office, Kean"
Reb: "Waiting for you."
Officer: "Why arent you still in the office."
Reb: "I felt like some fresh air, the air was too stuffy in there so I
came outside."
Officer: "Wait here," she knocks on the door and goes inside
Katherine: "Officer Mason, would you please take Mrs Kean back to
reception and send Reb Kean back inside."
Just then Officer Mason comes out with Deidre saying to Reb: "Miss
Freeman would like to see you again."
Reb walks past Deirdre ignoring her and goes into Katherine's office
.......................................................................................
Katherine: "I'm so sorry about this Reb, I tried to make her see but
she's too self centred and self absorbed to see anything but what she
wants and what's right for her."
Reb: "Yeah, I should have known that a leopard can never change it's
spots, she's always been an uptight money grabbing self centred bitch,
I must have been blind and stupid to think she could ever change, it's
just when I saw her lying on the floor out cold at Wentworth thinking
she was dead, I had a glimmer of hope that maybe deep down she did care
for me after all, I mean she got me out of the hospital and even risked
going to the nick herself to get me to a doctor, one I gave her power
of attorney on my account she had what she wanted, and what I suspected
all along was true, she never has and never will give a stuff about me,
she has'nt even stayed long enough to hear about the hell that fat ugly
bitch Leach has put me through ever since I got here."
Katherine: "I must say that in my job I have to remain impartial, but I
have to admit your mother pushed me beyond the limits of endurance and
I said things to her I ordinarily would never dream of saying to
anyone."
Reb: "Yeah, what did you tell her."
Katherine: "Basically what you told her, only in a much more
professional and polite way, but she still got the picture nevertheless
I'm sure."
Reb: "I can't believe she would just leave me to rot in this hole while
she's painting the town red with some high faluting businessman."
Katherine: "I do have a bit of good news for you, I'm going to be
meeting with Ray Proctor again in a couple of days time about that
letter you composed to keep Joan Ferguson in line, maybe I can arrange
for him to come and see you here, if you would like."
Reb: "Yeah, if you could arrange a meeting with him, it would be great,
besides we have to make sure that our stories match up if ever we want
to get that Freak Ferguson."
Just then Officer Mason comes back and knocks on Katherine's door:
"Time to take Kean back to work now."
Katherine: "Thanks, Reb I'll let you know what happens."
Reb: "Thanks a lot, Miss Freeman."
.................................
Back in the kitchen, Reb has just come in
Kathy: "Yo Reb, how did the visit with your mum go."
Reb: "Just as I would have expected it to have gone a year ago, Mrs B
is there anything you want me to do."
Edwina: "Would you mind giving Dot a hand with the salad."
Reb: "Fine."
Dot: "Are you alright luv."
Reb: "I'm fine all I'd just like a bit of peace and quiet if you don't
mind."
Dot: "No worries."
After a couple of minutes, Kathy picks up a beetroot and hold its up
Kathy: "Just think that this was the colour the Leach's face was when
we last saw it." all burst out laughing except Reb
Reb: "Why don't you all just shut it, jeez I can't even concentrate
with the bloody racket in here."
Kathy: "I guess I must have lost my touch or got out of bed on the
wrong side, that was supposed to be funny and it was meant to make you
laugh."
Reb: "Yeah, well I'm sorry I don't have much of a sense of humour right
now, just rack off and leave me alone ok."
Kathy: "I'm sorry, I did'nt realise the visit with your mum was so bad,
what happened."
Reb: "I don't want to talk about it OK, at least not right now, maybe
later."
Kathy: "No worries Reb," to the others," perhaps we best stop the carry
on and get back to work, last thing we want is for the Leach to come
back and we're all behind with the work, I'm sure after just now, she's
on a mission to throw any sort of trumped up charge again'st us."
All get on with their work, a few minutes later Cynthia and Jonathan
appear at the door
Cynthia: "I wonder how long you've all been pretending to be working
hard at getting the meal prepared, how convenient."
Kathy: "Yeah, well you see its like this, I have this little fly on the
wall that lets me know when you're about to turn up in here, just so
that we can stop fooling around and get the meals prepared on time."
Cynthia glares at Kathy: "Are you trying to be clever, Bates."
Kathy: "Not at all Miss Leach, every time you come in here you've
jumped to the conclusion that we,ve spent all our time in here loafing
and malingering so why not appease you by letting you think your
assumptions were right, even if we do spend a lot of time having a
laugh and carrying on the meals are always prepared on time, so why
should you have such a big problem with us having a little fun and a
few laughs now and again."
Cynthia: "I've had about enough of your insolence as I'm about to take
Bates, you're on an insubordination charge and will report to the
officer on duty during your recreational period for extra cleaning
duties, if you want any additional charges or to end up with another
stint in solitary, just carry on the way you are."
Kathy sees Cynthia means business and quickly gets back to work
Cynthia: "Anyone with something clever to add, no I did'nt think so."
.......................................
In the diningroom
Kathy and Reb, Susan and Dot are sitting at a table, Marie and her
cronies are sitting together as well as a couple of extras, Beverley
and Janet are on kitchen duty
Reb: "At least I don't have to look at the Leach's ugly face while I'm
eating."
Susan: "What uglier than her face are having her ugly paws all over
your body, I still get the chills just thinking about it.
Kathy: "Yeah I know Susie, when I egged the fat bitch on earlier, it
backfired on me and now I've copped extra cleaning duties instead."
Reb: "I really want to get that bitch, even more than I want to get the
Freak."
Kathy: "The thing is the screws are always in pairs now, who
knows
they may even go to the dunnies holding one another hands."
Reb: "The thing is to get the Leach on her own somewhere, thats it we
wait till she needs to go to the dunny and then we get her."
Kathy: "Great thinking Reb, when we get her, we'll give her a taste of
her own medicine."
Reb: "The thing is the planning and timing has to be right, leave it up
to me to work out the details, I'll let you all know what I come up
with in the morning."
Susan: "I can't wait to see what plan you come up with Reb."
Kathy: "The bitch is off duty now, but no worries, tommorrows always
another day."
Reb: "Yeah and what a day its gonna be, you'll get yours you fat ugly
sadistic bitch Leach."
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At Harold and Katherine's home
Katherine is on the phone
Katherine: "Hi Ray this is Katherine Freeman how are you doing."
Ray: " Hi Katherine I'm ok, how nice to hear from you again, how are
you."
Katherine: "Im alright Ray, but something unpleasant happened at the
prison today, Reb's mother came to see her and it was an absolute
disaster."
Ray: "Oh poor Reb, what exactly is it that happened today, what did
Reb's mother do."
Katherine: "She basically told Reb that she was going to marry some
wealthy businessman and that she was'nt going to come see Reb anymore."
Ray: "Thats so terrible, she left Reb all alone just so she can run off
with some man with a lots of money."
Katherine: "Yes Ray she did and I did something I've never done before,
would never have dreamed of doing before, I told her exactly what I
think of her."
Ray: "What you said to that horrible selfish woman could'nt have been
as bad as what I would say to her if I ever see her."
Katherine grimly: "I would'nt be too sure of that Ray, I did'nt mince
my words with her and can quite honestly say that if my Dad was'nt the
governor I most certainly would have been fired by now for what I said
to her."
Ray: "Good on you Katherine, Im glad you told her off."
Katherine: "For whatever good it seems to have done though, some people
are just so hard, self centred and beyond reach, anyway one of the
reasons I called was to confirm that my fiance Jonathan and I will be
at your place at 19h30 tomorrow night, I just need to confirm the
address....., great see you then, you take care."
Ray: "You take care too Katherine, look forward to seeing you and
meeting Jonathan as well, Bye."
Katherine hangs the phone up, Harold has just walked into the lounge
Harold appearing to be stern: "Not too long ago I received a phone call
from the HOD and found myself having to do some fast
explaining regarding a scene between yourself and a Mrs
Deirdre
Kean at the prison today in your office, Mrs Kean claims you were
extremely unprofessional and rude and abrupt with her, what do you have
to say for yourself."
Katherine: "Dad, don't you start, that woman has had it coming for a
long time, do you know she's abandoned her daughter just so that she
can run off with some man with mountains of money, I know I should have
remained impartial but I was just so overwhelmed with her self
centredness and told her exactly what I thought of her."
Harold smiling: "Come give your old Dad a hug."she goes to him, "I'm
very proud of you, the women are very lucky to have a social worker
like you that really cares, you've inherited your mothers caring
nature, God rest her soul, that's one of the things that made me fall
in love with her."
......................................................
Kathy has just finished the extra cleaning duties she was assigned to
and is on her way back to her cell when she walks past Reb's cell and
notices Reb lying on the bed facing the ceiling she goes into the cell
Kathy: "Reb, what happened when your old lady came to see you today."
Reb: "She lied to me at Wentworth when she said things had changed
between us."
Kathy: "When is she coming to see you again," no answer, "OMG, she's
not coming to see you again, that's it is'nt it, did she say why."
Reb: "She met some businessman that she's gonna marry with lots of
money and is too ashamed to tell him that she has a daughter in the
hole."
Kathy: "What a self centred, self absorbed, pious arrogant stuck up
bitch, at least Davie and I knew a mother's love even if it
was
just for 10 years before we faced that nightmare with Phil and his
family, Reb, I'm so sorry, I really thought she had changed after what
you both went through."
Reb: "That's what I get for hoping something will change that can't be
changed, Kath a leopard can't change it's spots how could I have been
so blind and stupid to think she could or ever would change."
Just then Janie and Jenny come into the cell
Reb: "Yeah, well what do you 2 want."
Janie: "Marie wants to talk to you and Bates."
Reb: "If Winter wants to talk to us, she can come to us we're not gonna
run after her, now that you've given the message from her and got my
message back to her, why don't you rack off, you make me sick."
Janie: "We heard the 2 of you chatting, it was very entertaining I must
say.'
Reb moves towards Janie and punches her in the gut, she lands a blow in
the right place as Janie immediately doubles over with pain, Reb
punches her again and pins her up against the wall, "If I hear one word
more from you about this, Ill come after you and finish what I started,
get it,"she punches Janie again, "I said get it, you bitch."Janie nods,
"Right now you and your fat friend can rack off and give Winter my
message." they leave the cell
Kathy: "I must say I'm very impressed, Reb, you sure told them off and
gave them what for and I did'nt have to lift a finger to help."
Reb: "Im not in the mood to be screwed around with by the likes of
Winter and her stooges right now, anyone that looks for **** is gonna
get it."
Kathy: "No doubt Winter may be on her way here soon enough though,
about what we were talking about before we were so rudely interrupted
by those 2 galars, Reb although it hurts like hell, you did the right
thing by choosing to forgive your mother after all those years of her
being so self centred, believe me I know from experience that shutting
people out and not letting them get close to you may save you from
being hurt and feeling pain, but you will never be truly happy unless
you learn to trust someone, I found that out the hard way and almost
too late."
Reb: "Look Kathy I know what you're getting at and that you're tryng to
make me feel better, who knows I may get over it in a couple of days
time, but right now I'd rather be by myself, if you don't mind, Ill
talk to you in the morning."
Kathy: "Sure thing, anytime, you know where to find me, Ill be in my
cell, if Winter decides to come and make trouble just yell and I'll be
there on the double, if not take care and Ill see you in the morning."
Reb: "Thanks Kath, sleep well."
Kathy: "You too, night Reb."
.......................................
At lockup all the women are in their cells, Beverley and Terry are on
duty, Terry appears at Reb's cell
Terry: "I see you're ready for bed Kean, good night."
Reb: "Yeah, night.'
A few minutes after the cell door is locked the lights go out, Reb is
in bed sleeping
..........
Late one evening in 1977
Reb and her brother Danny have gone running into the woods, Danny falls
over and hurts his knee, there is a gushing wound and blood is pouring
from the wound
Danny is crying: "Reb it's really sore, I don't think I can get up."
Reb: "Please Danny, try to get up I'll help you walk but I don't think
I can carry you all the way home."
After a few seconds Danny manages to get on his feet and is limping
badly holding onto Reb, Danny is trying hard to be brave and not to cry
after what seems a very long time, they finally manage to get out of
the woods, but it is turning dark very quickly after about 10 minutes
they get home.
Deirdre: "Just where exactly have you been Rebecca, you were supposed
to be home half an hour ago."
Reb: "I'm sorry Mum, Danny's hurt himself badly, please come quick."
Deirdre comes rushing out and sees the gaping wound on Danny's right
knee, "OMG Daniel, what happened, quickly Rebecca, go get my car keys
we've got to get Daniel to a doctor immediately, Reb gets the keys,
they get into the car, Deirdre gets the keys and drives quickly out of
the driveway.
Later at home after Danny has been to the doctor and received stiches
to the wound and is in bed, Deirdre has just kissed him goodnight and
says: "You sleep well and remember mummy loves you lots." she closes
the door and heads in the direction of Reb's room she goes in and slams
the door shut
Deirdre: "Now young lady, unless you have a good reason for being in
those woods after me telling you explicitly not to go
there, not
only will you get the hiding of your life but you'll be grounded for a
month, well I'm waiting."
Reb: "Im sorry mum, Danny saw a bunny moving into the woods and he
started chasing after it, by the time I caught up to him he had already
fallen over the rock." Reb starts crying, "I'm really sorry Mum."
Deirdre: "Since it was an accident, you're off the hook, but in future
I expect you to keep a closer eye on your brother," she turns to go out
of the room, "Goodnight Rebecca."
Reb still crying : "Goodnight Mum." after the door has closed whispers:
"Why don't you love me mummy, the way I love you and why don't you give
me a kiss and a hug like you always give Danny."
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Reb wakes up in a cold sweat whispering: "Face it Deidre, you've never
loved me, who knows you've probably never loved anyone but yourself ,
there was once a time when I loved you very much and would have done
anything for you but not anymore..."
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Episode 18
Reb
picks up her pillow and throws it across the cell in the darkness:
"You arrogant, stuck up self centred bitch, Deirdre,
imagine if your fancy new boyfriend with loads of money
somehow
found out you spent time in the hole yourself, oh yeah, that probably
what it is, you could'nt face the embarrasment of him finding out,
imagine if one day your past were suddenly to catch up with you."
Reb gets out of bed trying to find her pillow in the dark, eventually
she finds it then somehow manages to fall asleep again
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The next morning at the showers
Marie is singing in the showers, Reb, Kathy and Susan all get to the
showers together
Reb: "Oh terrific, only thing worse than hearing Winter talking is her
singing, why don't you shut it, Winter."
Marie starts singing even louder (the sound is not too dissimilar to a
wailing banshee), Janie and Jenny then start singing which even makes
it worse
Reb to Kathy: "Feel like making them shut the hell up."
Kathy: "Yeah lets do it." as they are making their way to Marie and co
Janet comes into the showerblock her face looking like a thundercloud
as she could hear the "singing" long before she reached the showerblock
: "SHUT UP, Winter, what the bloody hell do you think you're playing
at, if you don't shut up now, you can go to solitary for 48 hours where
you can screech all you like without the whole prison having to listen
to it."
Kathy: "Poor Rufus, Butch and Sassy, they'll still hear it though."
Janet: "Do you have something to say, Bates, there's a place for you in
solitary as well."
Kathy: "Sorry Mrs O'Connell, I was talking to Reb and Susan."
Janet: "That's the trouble with everything in here, nothing gets done
properly or on time unless someone stands watch over you all the time,
Winter get a move on, I don't have all day."
Marie: "Almost done Mrs O'Connell.'
Janet: "You're not moving nearly fast enough for my liking," Marie gets
out of the shower, "Move it, Kean I don't have all day.", Janie and
Jenny come out the shower, "Bates, Short, what are you standing waiting
for, a engraved invitation, move it."
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At breakfast, Janet and Terry are on duty, Janet is still looking
annoyed
Reb is sitting with Kathy and Susan, Marie is sitting with Janie, Jenny
and Margo
Kathy: "Geez looks like O'Connell is really on a mission this morning,
she seems in a worse mood than normal, you can't even talk to her when
she's like that."
Reb: "She's is in the right mood to start shunting people to the pound,
what do you say, I think Winter's due for another stint in the pound
again, it's just a matter of the right timing and
planning,
when the screw will be around to chuck Winter in the pound, headfirst."
Kathy grinning: "I like the way you're thinking this morning, Reb, got
any ideas how to make it happen without us landing up in the pound too."
Reb: "Yeah I've got an idea alright." she leans towards Kathy and Susan
and starts telling them her plan, when..
Janet: "What exactly do you think youré doing, Winter, and
where
are you going Gaffney." we see Margo getting up and moving towards the
tea urn
Margo: "Just going to get Marie and Janie a another cuppa."
Janet: "Is that right?"to Marie, "At which point between the shower
block and the diningroom did you suddenly get struck with paralysis.",
we hear a roar of laughter echo through the diningroom, "Silence or
you'll all be on extra duties during your recreation period," everyone
stops laughing and all is silent, "I'm waiting for an answer, Winter,
when did you become paralysed."
Marie: "Margo so kindly offered to get out tea for us, we couldn't
exactly refuse her kind offer especially when its saves me from having
to get it myself."
Janet: "That's exactly the point, you've always got everyone running
after you all the time."
Marie: "Yeah, well what can I say, one of the perks of being top dog, I
guess."
Janet: "That's debatable and could change very quickly, to get you
moving and as punishment for your insolence, you can report for
cleaning duties which I will supervise myself during your recreation
period, now you will rise from that chair and get your own tea and not
have someone else get if for you."
Marie: "Forget it, I'm not thirsty anymore, and why should I be on
cleaning duties for speaking..."
Janet: "If you want to be on cleaning duties indefinately, just carry
on, I'd be more than happy to arrange it for you."
Marie keeps quiet, but we see her screwing up her face, and making a
sign with her finger
Kathy quietly to Reb (not quietly enough though): "The way things are
going, we might not have to lift a finger to help Winter find her way
to where she belongs."
Both Reb and Kathy laugh
Janet goes over to Kathy and Rebs table: "Did you have something to
say, Bates."
Kathy (acting all innocent as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth) :
"I was just telling Kean a very funny joke, Miss O'Connell."
Janet: "Oh really is that so, since it was so amusing, would
you
like to share the joke with the rest of us, Bates, lets see if anyone
else finds your joke amusing."
Kathy: "Do I have a choice, Mrs O'Connell."
Janet: "Yes of course Bates, you either tell all the joke, or you'll be
joining Winter during the cleaning duties today, it's entirely up to
you."
Kathy: "Right here goes." she tells a joke thats so funny that everyone
including Janet (after trying to keep a straight face for about 30
seconds, but couldn't) is roaring with laughter, after a couple of
minutes
Janet trying to still appear to be in a bad mood: "Right that's enough,
the fun and games are over for now, I suggest you all get on with your
breakfast because anyone that's still inside this diningroom 1 minute
after the bell has gone, will scrub that showerblock until it's so
clean that if I put on white gloves I won't be able to find
one
speck of dirt on them."
Everyone gets on with their breakfast, about 3 minutes later the bell
goes, everyone is out the diningroom within 45 seconds of the bell
having gone, because although Janet's mood was visibly better, no one
wanted to find out whether Janet was going to carry out her threat.
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In the kitchen all are busy prepartng the lunch when suddenly
Reb: "Is it all right if I go to the dunny, please Mrs B."
Kathy: "I need to go as well, Is it ok if I go as well, Mrs B."
Edwina: "Surely you don't both need to go at the same time, can't you
go first Reb, then you go after Reb gets back, Kathy."
Kathy: "Believe me, I've got to go now."
Reb: "Me too, I've got a bit of a gutache."
Edwina: 'Oh all right then, just for goodness sake be quick about it
before an officer comes along to check."
Kathy and Reb: "Right Mrs B." they leave the diningroom and make their
way to the staffroom
Reb: "Remember, keep knit and if you see or hear a screw coming, you
know what to do."
Kathy: "Yeah, yeah we've been over it a million times already, now get
cracking before we have a screw on our backs before we even get
started."
Reb goes over to one of the lockers, opens it up and takes a handbag
out, she opens up the bag and takes out a purse, suddenly..
Kathy: "OMG, Reb lets get the hell out of here, I sure I heard a screws
voice along the other end of the next corridor." with lightning speed,
both Reb and Kathy are out the staffroom and down the next corridor
leading to the cells, a split second after they dissappear, Cynthia
Leach appears at the staffroom door....
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A couple of hours later, Jonathan and Katherine are in the staffroom
having tea as Jonathan is on a tea break.
Katherine: "So have you got all your stuff packed so that
when
we've finished work for today, we can leave straight away without
heading anywhere else, for our meeting with Ray."
Jonathan smiling: "Don't worry love, how could I forget anything with
you to be there to remind me."
Katherine: "Yeah, I know I'm like a mother hen, would'nt it be funny
after making sure you haven't forgotten anything to end up forgetting
something myself."
Jonathan: "The trouble is it could be far easier than one would think."
Katherine: "I know but this is one of those times when we can't afford
to forget anything, no matter how.."
Just then Janet comes storming into the staffroom, her face like a
thundercloud, Katherine sees her..
Katherine: "Is something wrong, Mrs O'Connell."
Janet: "Oh yes, there something very wrong all right, I just
spent 30 minutes standing in a queue with a full shopping trolley only
to find out once all the items had gone through, that my purse has been
stolen, I want a full cell search done immediately."
Katherine and Jonathan: "OMG" all leave the staffroom
......
All are lined up outside the cells while the searches are being
conducted
Jonathan comes out of Reb's cell : "All clean."
Beverley comes out of Kathy, Susan and Dot's cell: "All clean too."
Jonathan goes into Marie and Margo's cell, he checks Margo's bed, there
is nothing, he then goes over to Marie's bed, when he picks up the
pillow on Marie's bed a purse falls to the ground he picks it up and
comes out the cell: "Is this what you're looking for Mrs O'Connell."
Janet: "Yes, where did you find it."
Jonathan: "In Winter and Gaffney's cell, inside the pillowcase on
Winters bed."
Marie: "Hey, hang on I've never seen that purse before, someone's
trying to put one over the screws and trying to get me at the same
time, Ill get you for this, Kean."
Reb is about to say something to Marie when...
Janet: "Shut the hell up, Winter!!" she opens up the purse, there's no
money inside it she goes over to Marie: "Where's the money that was in
here."
Marie: "I just said I've never seen that purse before and that someone
put it there, like perhaps Kean or Bates."
Janet goes over to Reb and gives her a long unwavering stare: "Did you
put my purse in Winter's cell, Kean."
Reb anwavering: "No Mrs O'Connell I did not, this is the first time
I've ever seen it."
After looking into Reb's eyes for a few more seconds Janet seems
satisfied with Reb's answer she then asks Kathy the same question and
receives almost the same response and answer, then Janet starts asking
all the others who all deny that they have seen her purse before the
cell search.
Janet: "Yet again you never fail to amaze me Winter, even when caught
red handed in the act, you'll still deny it and try to pass the buck to
someone else, this time it did'nt work and I'll tell you exactly whats
going to happen, you will be going to solitary, how long you spend
there depends on whether you'll own up and take responsibility for you
actions for once and hand back that which was taken out the purse."
Marie: "I did'nt take your stupid stinking purse, how can I tell you
something when I don't know where it's at."
Janet: "Good until the very end aren't you Winter, let me tell you this
if you don't give the cash back that was inside the purse, you'll also
be facing a charge of theft in front of the visiting justice when he
comes as well as spending the maximum amount of time possible in
solitary, Mr Grant please take Winter to solitary."
Marie starts screaming at Reb and Kathy: "I'll get bitches you for
this, I swear if it's the last thing I ever do," to Janet, "You stupid
bitch, can't you see this was done to set me up, if I really took your
purse do you think it would have been that easy to find it."
Janet: "Winter if you don't shut the hell up now and start being
co-operative with Mr Grant, I'll add insubordination charges to the
list as well, the way youré going, it could be months before
you
ever get out of solitary." Jonathan and Marie dissappear down the
corridor
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Back in the kitchen all are in good spirits, Reb heads towards Kathy
Reb: "Just one more to go now."
Kathy: "Yeah, and I can't wait." just then Cynthia and another officer
appear at the doorway, "there's nothing as sweet as revenge, delayed."
she walks away from Reb and goes towards the stove.
Cynthia: "Outside now, Kean." Reb ignores her and goes into the pantry,
Edwina glares at Cynthia, Cynthia merely stares back seeming unfazed:
"Get Kean for me please, Mrs Blackmore." Edwina glares once again at
Cynthia and goes into the pantry
Edwina: "She's looking for you, dont make her come and get you."
Reb: "I just wish that vile fat ugly bitch would leave me alone and get
outta my face."
Edwina: "I know, you best get it over with, believe me you don't want
her to look for a reason to come after you even more than she already
does."
Reb looks close to bursting into tears but starts to walk out the
pantry, Edwina gives her a reassuring pat on the back as she goes past
without Cynthia seeing
Cynthia: "Get out the kitchen and wait for me at the end of the
corridor." Reb goes out the kitchen and moves close to the security
gate at the end of the corridor after about 90 seconds....
Cynthia comes down the corridor towards Reb after about 30 seconds
after giving Reb a cold hard stare: "I believe your mother came to see
you yesterday, Kean."
Reb: "So she did, what of it."
Cynthia: "I believe she wants nothing more to do with you anymore."
Reb: "Yeah so what, the feeling is 100% mutual."
Cynthia: "Doesn't it bother you at all, Kean, that even your own mother
can't stand the sight of you."
Reb: "Why should it, she's always been a self centred bitch that can't
see anything except what's good for her and what she wants.." she
doesn;t finish the sentence because Cynthia has slapped her hard across
the face, and hit Reb in the abdomen with her baton
Cynthia: "Get yourself together now, and get yourself back to the
kitchen, act normal or you will find yourself in the pound
faster
than you can imagine possible and I'll make your life a living hell."
Reb moves back to the kitchen, the other officer on duty says: "Is
everything allright."
Cynthia: "Of course everythings fine, why wouldn't it be, get back to
work, Kean."
Edwina looks from Cynthia to Reb then says to Reb: "Reb, would you mind
giving Kathy a hand with setting the diningroom table."
Reb: "Allright, Mrs B."
Reb and Kathy get inside the diningroom
Kathy: "What did the fat ugly bitch want this time."
Reb: "To needle me about me mum coming, yesterday."
Kathy: "Did she do anything to you."
Reb: "She belted me in the face and in the guts and made me act like
nothing happened in front of the other screw otherwise she threatened
to get me chucked in the pound, where she could carry on with it."
Kathy: "I really want to get that bitch big time, if possible, once and
for all."
Reb: "Yeah, not half as much as I do."
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Later during recreation time, Reb, Kathy, Susan and Dot are sitting at
the table, Susan and Kathy are playing chess whilst they are talking
Dot: "Whatever you do, please be careful."
Kathy: "Don't you worry Dot, we won't get caught, as long as you cover
for us, if we're not back on time, just say that last you knew we went
to the dunny." she makes a move on the chessboard without concentrating
but suddenly realises something that could happen on Susan's next move,
"Oh bugger!!, lets just hope nothing goes wrong with the plan."
Reb: "Don't worry, if you do it the way we outlined before, we should
be ok."
Susan makes a move: "Check."
Kathy: "I should have known I would'nt get away with it." she makes the
move she can to avoid the checkmate for one more move, she moves her
queen in front of her king
Susan captures Kathy's queen with her own queen which just happens to
be right in front of Kathy's king with a knight defending Susan's
queen: "Check and mate."
Kathy: "One of these days I will surely win!!!"she gets up from the
table, "Right are we ready for action."
Reb: "Let's get the bitch."
Kathy to Susan and Dot: "You know what to do, see you later."
Reb and Kathy move out of the recroom, they see Cynthia go into the
staffroom alone
..........................
Jonathan and Katherine are driving along a road, suddenly
Katherine: "Jon look out!!!."
Jonathan swerves and just avoids hitting an oncoming car that is
driving on the wrong side of the road and just avoids hitting a tree by
doing an emergency stop
Jonathan clearly shaken: "You allright love."
Katherine also shaken: "Yes, I just got such a fright when I saw that
car coming towards us like that."
Jonathan: "Me too, luckily you alerted me as I may have only seen it at
the last minute and it could have been too late."
Katherine: "Thank goodness we did'nt have an accident, but the way the
person was driving the car, I would'nt be surprised if someone else has
a collision with the car."
Jonathan: "I guess we better get going if we want to be on time for
this meeting with Ray Proctor, you ready to get going again."
Katherine: "I think so, thank heavens we both have our seatbelts on."
Jonathan starts the car and they get back on the road again .....
......................................
Cynthia is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, she takes out a
miniture bottle of scotch out of her pocket and puts a quarter of the
scotch into her cup
Kathy and Reb appear at the doorway to the staffroom just as Cynthia
has taken the miniture out of her pocket and they see her putting the
scotch into the cup, Reb nods at Kathy
Kathy: "Well, well, well, imagine that, a screw getting plastered on
the job, imagine what the governor would have to say if he were to find
out about it."
Cynthia: "What the hell!!!, what are you doing here, Bates, you too
Kean, get out now or Ill have you in the pound."
Kathy: "I don't you'll do something like that, I mean just imagine if
another screw came in here right now and Reb and I spilled the beans
about what we just saw, I'd love to what explanation you would give
once the screw tastes your coffee and finds it laced with scotch."
Cynthia: "What do you want, Bates."
Kathy: "Don't worry screw, we did'nt come here to spill the beans on
you about your little habit, although it's given myself and Reb an edge
if another screw happens to come along and catch us here, what we've
come here for is payback time."
Cynthia: "Payback, for what."
Kathy: "There are many things, but the reason we've come
after
you now, is the bashings Reb and me copped when we were in the pound,
and the way you framed and touched Susan,"
Reb: "Come on Kath is this gonna take a hundred years or what, I can't
keep my eyes peeled for a screw coming forever you know, are you gonna
get on with it and get it over with."
Kathy to Reb: "Right keep knit and if you hear anything any noises
coming from anywhere else other than here, you know what to do." she
heads towards Cynthia who has her baton ready to strike she misses,
Kathy easily disarms Cynthia, she picks up the baton, "The time has
come screw, for you to get a taste of what you so freely dish out." she
starts hitting Cynthia in the same places and with the same force that
Cynthia used on Reb and herself in the pound when she was out cold.
..................................................
Kathy and Reb come back inside the recroom, Beverley and another
officer are on duty
Beverley: "Where have you 2 been, Kean, we were looking for you."
Reb: "We went to the dunny, why were you looking for us."
Beverley: "Was it absolutely neccessary for you both to go at the same
time."
Kathy: "When you gotta, go you gotta go, you know how it is, Miss
Carter."
Beverley looking slightly impatient: "Just please get back to what you
are supposed to be doing in here."
Reb and Kathy go over to Dot and Susan who are still sitting at the
table.
Kathy: "Right, I'm ready to face my 150th checkmate, Susie."
Susan gives a small smile and starts putting the chess pieces back on
the board again
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Cynthia is has just come out of the toilets in the officers cloakrooms
when Officer Mason comes in, despite Cynthia trying to straighten
herself out, she still looks as if she's faced a few rounds in the
boxing ring without the bruises
Officer Mason: "Are you all right, Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "I'm fine, why would'nt I be."
Officer Mason: "Forgive me, but you look as if you're upset about
something."
Cynthia: "Upset, Yes, I suppose you can say I am, I just don't like the
way things are run in here, security's a joke and the scum in here are
almost free to go and do whatever they please."
Officer Mason: "Whatever do you mean, Miss Leach, as far as I know
there are always 2 armed officers on duty now, so it should be easier
to control the women."
Cynthia snaps: "Look never mind, youré just like everyone
else
in here, let the scum in here walk all over you, just get on
with
whatever it was you came in here to do, if you don't mind I've got
things to do." she storms out the cloakroom, just outside we see her
wincing in pain, and rubbing the back of her head her face becomes hard
and slowly turns purple with sheer rage: "I'll get you for this Bates
if its the last thing I do, after I've got you, Ill go after Kean as
well, you'll both pay very dearly for what did."
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Ann Reynolds is in front of the mirror making sure her hair is in place
and her make up is right, she has a very elegant red dress on, she puts
on a necklace and hears the doorbell ringing, she takes one last look
in the mirror is happy with how she looks and goes downstairs to answer
the doorbell... she opens it Harold is standing outside he looks
dumbstruck
Ann: "Whats wrong, cat got your tongue, surely I don't look that bad."
Harold (trying to say something and slowly succeeding): "You look
absolutely stunning, in fact you look more beautiful everytime I see
you."
Ann: "Well you don't look too bad yourself, would you like to come in
for a few minutes, before we go out."
Harold: "Absolutely, that sounds great, the perfect start to a great
weekend." he goes inside, Ann closes the door
.........................
Jonathan and Katherine pull up outside a block of flats, they get out
the car and go up the stairs to a flat that says no 16, Katherine rings
the doorbell a voice inside says: "Im coming."
After 2 minutes
Jonathan: "You sure he's expecting us now?"
Katherine: "We are about 15 minutes early, but.." just then the door
opens
Ray grinning: "Katherine, how nice to see you, please come in." he
turns to Jonathan gives a warm friendly smile and holds out his hand
"Hello, you must be Jonathan, Katherine has told me so much about you,
pleased to meet you."
Jonathan shakes Ray's hand smiling back: "Good to finally meet you at
last too, Ray."
Ray: "Please, please come in, make yourselves comfortable, I'm sorry I
took so long, I wanted the room to be perfect for you both coming."
Katherine: "I'm sure it's perfect, don't worry." they both go in and
sit down."
Ray: "Now that you're both comfy, what would you like to drink, I have
brandy, scotch, cold drink, coffee, tea, or how would you both like to
try a new exotic drink I made myself."
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Episode 19
Katherine: "The exotic drink sounds interesting, what are you going to
put in it."
Ray with a smile: "All sorts of good things, why don't you try it and
tell me what you think."
Jonathan: "What do you say, Kath, should we try it."
Katherine: "Yes, we'd love to try out your new exotic drink, Ray."
Ray: "I was hoping you would say that, you will be the first to taste
it, now you make yourselves at home, Ill be back in a few minutes." he
leaves the room and goes into the kitchen
Jonathan: "Now I'm looking forward to that drink."
Katherine: "Me too, seems like Ray has gone to a lot of trouble getting
it right." she cuddles up to Jonathan, "I'm still a bit shaky from
nearly having the accident, the car was all over the road."
Jonathan: "Yeah, the car seemed to appear out of nowhere and I had to
use a reflex reaction at the last minute, but don't worry love, it's
all over now, its a miracle I did'nt crash into the tree, luckily I had
the car serviced and had the brakes done before we came."
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At Ann place, Harold and Ann are sitting together on the sofa they are
drinking what appears to be a glass of wine
Harold: "So are we almost ready to go out and have a great time."
Ann: "Yes, I'm so looking forward to going to that new hotel, and to
going to the play afterwards."
Harold: "Yes, it'll be wonderful to just have a great time without
having to worry if our prison's are being run properly, I have left the
running of the prison to my deputy Janet O'Connell."
Ann: "What's she like,is she easy to work with."
Harold: "She's a very efficient officer, who's highly respected by
staff and the inmates, she's a no nonsense person, she's very strict
with the inmates, but very fair and will not tolerate the kind of
tactics Leach and your officer Ferguson use, in fact the first time
Rebecca Kean's mother came to visit her, Janet witnessed Leach
antagonising Kean as Kean's mother was leaving and although Janet had
to put Kean in solitary for attacking Leach, Janet was entirely on
Kean's side in this incident and she really gave Leach a carpeting for
the incident."
Ann: "I know Leach is good friends with Ferguson and that they worked
together in Queensland, I'm sure Leach taught Ferguson many things,
imagine having the pair of them working in the same prison, I'm sure
that would be an absolute nightmare."
Harold: "Perish the thought, having one of them at a time is bad enough
without the 2 of them, anyway I think we've talked enough prison's for
one day, are you ready to go."
Ann: "Absolutely, lets go out and have a great time and forget that
we're governors for a night."
Harold: "Thats what I like to hear, goodness knows we'll have to face
it much sooner than either of us would want to, but just tonight we're
going to have a great time."
Ann gets up to get her coat, Harold helps her put on the coat, they
leave the lounge
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At Ray Proctor's, Katherine and Jonathan are sitting talking, Jonathan
has his arms around Katherine who has her head on his chest when Ray
enters with a tray with 3 glasses and a plate full of crisps and other
delicassies
Ray: " I'm here at last, hope you enjoy it."
Jonathan: "I'm sure we will, it sure looks great."
Ray bending over with the tray: "Katherine, let me know what
you
think, you too Jonathan," both Katherine and Jonathan take a glass from
the tray, Ray lays the plate of food on the table, "You 2 help
yourselves." he takes the last glass off the tray and sits opposite them
Katherine takes a sip from the exotic drink and says with a big grin on
her face: "Ray this is one of the best drinks I've ever tasted, you
must tell us how you made it."
Jonathan takes a sip: "Say Ray, Kath's right this is great, it's just
what we needed to recover from almost having an accident on the way
here tonight."
Ray stunned his eyes going wide: "Accident, you almost had an accident,
why what happened.?"
Jonathan: "Some reckless lunatic driver was driving all over the road,
luckily Katherine yelled at me to watch out, or we could have had a
fatal accident, the car just seemed to
appear out of nowhere......
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In the staffroom at Blackmoor, Cynthia Leach is going through her
handbag in what appears to be a frenzy, but she seems unable to find
what she seems to be looking for, she then tips the bags contents out
on the table and picks up a minuture of scotch and pours half the
contents into her coffee, she puts everything back inside the bag and
sits down at the table, she takes a long sip of her coffee and rubs her
aching neck and back : "Ill get you Bates, I don't know how but I
promise you I'll get you and make you pay, you and Kean will regret the
day you were ever born." just then Janet comes into the staffroom
Janet: "Are you almost ready to go on duty, "
Cynthia: "Will be there in 5 minutes."
Janet: "Is everything allright, you look troubled by something."
Cynthia: " Everything's just fine, thanks."
Janet: "Good, Ill leave you too it, see you in the morning." she leaves
the room
Cynthia finishes her coffee, gets up from the table and puts her cup in
the sink, she takes whats left of the miniture scotch and takes a sip
from the bottle, she puts the bottle back in her pocket and her face
clouds over with sheer rage and hatred, she then makes her way out of
the staffroom.
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In the recreation room, Kathy, Reb, and Susan are at a table talking
Susan: "So you caught the Leach drinking on the job."
Kathy: "Sure did, Susie, she was well on the way to becoming really
smashed."
Reb: "Yeah, well at least we won't be seeing the bitch again today, I
think she's finished for the day...now to other things, with Winter in
the pound, I want to take over her rackets and start running them..."
to Susan as she sees the expression on Susan's face change,"What's the
matter with you, did'nt say something to offend you did I."
Susan trying to speak eventually successful whispering looking fearful:
"You were wrong about the Leach, she's still here."
Reb: "Bull." she starts looking slightly worried herself then turns
around and sees Cynthia looking straight at her with unmasked hatred in
her eyes."Oh ****, I really thought the bitch was gone."
Kathy has her back to the door: "Don't joke around with something
like that you 2"
Reb snapping: "Does it look like were joking, why don't you turn around
and see for yourself"
Kathy turns
around sees Cynthia,"Oh ****, Kathy wake up, wake up it's just another
nightmare, Oh hell, its not a nightmare, it's really happening, the
bitch is really here." to Cynthia
"Glahfot Miss Leach, I must say what a surprise it is to see you here
tonight, I thought you had gone home for the day."
Cynthia with such venom that even Officer Jennifer Mason looks shocked:
"Shut the hell up Bates, or I'll have all of you up the whole night
cleaning this prison until it sparkling clean." everyone is silent
Cynthia: "On second thought, this place is an absolute pigsty, Bates,
Kean and Short get up now, you've just been assigned to cleaning
duties" to Jennifer , "Officer Mason, take these 3
to get cleaning materials, I want this pigsty cleaned now, and you
won't go to bed until I'm satisfied it's clean enough."
Reb: "Why, we were just sitting here talking, why come in here and take
your moods out on us, when we've done nothing wrong."
Cynthia walking over to the table looking at Reb with pure venom: "One
more word from you Kean, and I'll have you thrown in the pound for a
week, as well as cleaning duties you and Bates are on an
insubordination charge, now get moving." all rise from the table and
get outside the recroom
Jennifer looking shocked but just says: "Come along you 3, you heard
Officer Leach." Kathy, Reb and Susan go with Jennifer
Cynthia to the rest: "Right the rest of you get up and get out to your
cells for lockup unless you want to join in the cleaning." everyone
gets out of there fast, Cynthia follows them
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Reb, Kathy and Susan get mops and buckets as well as other cleaning
materials and start walking back to the recroom
Reb loudly so Jennifer hears: "Terrific, I thought the fat ugly bitch
had gone for the day and now she's making us clean it just because
she's in a bad mood and hates our guts, what difference does it make if
we clean it, the place is still gonna look the same way it does now anyway."
Jennifer: "That's enough Kean, just keep moving and having been through
something like this a couple of times before, I suggest you all just
do exactly what Miss Leach says otherwise we're all in for one very long,
extremely
bumpy night ahead of us."
Kathy: "You're telling me!!!, oh hell speak of the devil." as Cynthia
appears in the picture
Cynthia: "As additional punishment for yours and Kean's insolence,
Bates, both yourself and Kean will scrub the toilet block once
the
recreation room is cleaned to my satisfaction as well."
Jennifer shocked: "Surely cleaning the recreation room is punishment
enough for tonight, Miss Leach."
Cynthia very curtly: "Move it Kean, Bates and Short, we'll be along
shortly and I'd better find you all working when we get there, or Ill
have you clean this whole prison from top to bottom." Reb, Kathy and
Susan move away from Cynthia and Jennifer: "How dare you try to
countermand my orders, as I am the senior officer here, I'll decide when and
if they've been punished enough, now I suggest you get going now, and
don't ever contradict me again, if you know what's good for you."
Jennifer clearly upset but powerless to do anything, just heads towards
the direction of the recroom, Cynthia follows her
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At Ray Proctors flat
Katherine: "Ray that's got to be one of the best drinks I've ever had
in my life,"
Jonathan: "I second that, any chance of another one."
Ray: "Absolutely, I'm so glad you both like it."
Katherine: "I'll help you make it if you like."
Ray: "No thanks Katherine, you are both guests in my home, besides
everything has to be just right."
Katherine smiling: "Allright we get it, one of those things where too
many cooks spoil the broth, no doubt." all are smiling, suddenly
Katherine becomes
more serious, "Ray, about that letter Reb gave you, do you have it with
you now."
Ray: "Yes, I have made a photocopy of it to show you, the original is
in a safe place which only I know about" he gets up goes to a drawer
and takes it out and
gives it to Katherine, she and Jonathan read the letter
Katherine once she has seen the letter exclaiming: "No wonder Ferguson was paranoid, this letter may give us
the advantage over her, at the very least she could be permanently
removed from the prison services forever.!!"
Ray softly: "You really must be careful, Katherine, both me and Reb have dealt
with her face to face, even Mrs Reynold and Mrs Morris have tried to
nail Miss Ferguson and Miss Ferguson has always come out on top."
Jonathan: "Surely she can't be any worse than Cynthia Leach."
Katherine: "Jon, this Miss Ferguson is bad, but trust me when I say
that Joan Ferguson is a pussycat compared to Cynthia Leach."
Ray: "Katherine, you can't be serious, why even before Mrs Reynolds
became governor, I heard there was another governor by the name of Mrs
Davidson that Miss Ferguson managed to get rid of so suddenly, also she managed to get a
prisoner that was topdog for many years to just dissappear one day from
Wentworth, by the name of Bea Smith ."
Katherine: "Ray, I don't for 1 second doubt what Joan Ferguson is
capable of, but despite what she's done she's not a patch on Leach."
Ray: "OMG, and you say this Miss Leach is giving Reb a hard time, even
more so than the others."
Katherine grimly: "It sure appears that way, Ray!" she then tells Ray about what happened to Reb and Kathy the last
time they were sent to the pound
Ray shocked and looking close to tears: "OMG, OMG, I should never have told Miss Ferguson that I was'nt
going to protect Reb anymore, this is partly my fault."
Jonathan: "Ray, don't keep blaming yourself, mate, knowing Ferguson she
would have found some other way, though Reb did'nt help matters much by
starting that fight with some of the women and assaulting Ferguson."
Ray still upset: "I know, but I've always worry and cared about the women in the prison even if I
try not to, like with Reb when I found out what she did." to Katherine, "Do you think you could arrange for me to
come to the prison to see Reb, Katherine.?"
Katherine: "Actually I was going to ask you to come and see her, I just
did'nt know if you would, I'm glad you asked me, when can you come to see her."
Ray: "I can come either wednesday or thursday, anytime is fine."
Katherine: "That's great, let me have a look in my diary." she looks "I
think thursday may be better, the thing is I want you to have the
meeting in my office rather than you meet Reb with an officer present and
that way thursday will be better for me as I may have to go out
sometime on wednesday, but if you can't make it thursday let me know now so I'll
see if I can postpone whatever it is I have to do."
Ray smiling: "Thursday's great Katherine, in facts its better for me
too, but anytime is fine."
Katherine: "Thursday 14h00 will be the best time, the women are on
an exercise period then, so Reb won't be missed so much then."
Ray: "I'll be there at 13h50 thursday, will you let Reb know I'm coming to see her."
Katherine: "No worries, it's all settled, Ill let her know monday as soon as possible."
Ray: "Great, now how about another drink."
Jonathan: "Now you're talking, you sure you don't need a hand Ray, you
sure took a long time when you made it before."
Ray: "No thanks, you and Katherine sit and relax, besides I like
everything to be perfect and I have my own special timing and movement when I make it." he then goes off to the kitchen
Katherine: "I wish I could tell Ray what I overheard in the staffroom
between Terry and Cynthia, like Dad told Ann Reynolds."
Jonathan: "I know love, but you know what your dad said, the fewer
people who know about this, the better."
Katherine: "I know Jon, just letting someone else know about this
immediately puts them in danger,.... Jon I still stand by what I said when
I say that Joan Ferguson is like Mother Theresa compared to Cynthia
Leach."
Jonathan: "That sure is one hell of a scary revelation, Kath."
Katherine grimly: "Which is exactly why it's best that as few people as
possible realise that fact."
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Ann and Harold have just come out of the theatre
Ann: "I must say, I really enjoyed the play tonight, Harold."
Harold: "So did I, one of the best I've ever seen, say Ann, do you fancy
seeing another play tomorrow night."
Ann: "That sounds great Harold, I can't think of anything else I'd
rather do tomorrow."
Harold: "That's terrific Ann, I do so enjoy spending time with you, I'm
glad I've got the whole weekend off."
Ann: "Im enjoy every moment I spend with you too, Harold."
They get to the car, Harold opens the door for Ann, she opens the door
for Harold and he gets in and they drive off
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In the recroom at Blackmoor, Jennifer still has a look of shock and
alarm on her face, Cynthia has a grim and determined look on her face,
Reb, Kathy and Susan are cleaning the recroom then..
Cynthia: "All right, this is the 5th time I'll be checking this, don't
worry I've got all night and you won't leave here until I'm satisfied
its clean." she moves over to the bookshelf puts on a white glove and
runs her hand over the bookshelves and tables, the white glove stays
clean when she checks it, she then inspects the floor and seems
satisfied, all are relieved
Cynthia:"Well, how about that!, it seems as if you all have grasped the
concept of my standards of cleanliness at last, Miss Mason, you can take
Short back to her cell, now?, Kean you and Bates can grab your mops and
buckets and accompany me to the shower block now, and I want that
showerblock sparkling, now move it."
Kathy and Reb get the mops and buckets and head in the direction of the
showerblock, Reb and Kathy start cleaning when suddenly Jennifer
appears again at the doorway
Jennifer: "Short's in her cell now, Miss Leach."
Cynthia: "Good, I think the detergent needs to be changed Miss Mason,
would you please take Bates to get some more detergent, Ill stay here
with Kean." to Kathy and Reb: "Bates, go with Officer Mason to get more
cleaning materials now."
Reb looks apprehensive: "I don't mind going with Officer Mason to get more detergents."
Cynthia: "You stay here Kean, where I can see you, Bates, move it now
if you and Kean want to get any sleep at all tonight."
Kathy walks past Cynthia and whispers so softly that only Cynthia
hears: "Don't try anything screw, or what you got from me earlier will
feel like a pat on the back compared to what I'll give you if I hear
that you layed a finger on Reb." she then joins Jennifer in the corridor
Cynthia with contempt: "So Kean, I see you now have your own personal bodyguard,
but don't worry, a day is coming sooner than you may think when all that will all change, I can promise you."
Reb: "Oh yeah, dream on screw, empty words and empty promises, you forget you're not running things in here."
Cynthia goes up to Reb drags her up from the floor and grabs her by the
collar: "You have just made a mistake Kean like so many others before
you, you've underestimated me, one day possibly much sooner than you
think, you'll find out just how nasty I can get, you ain't seen nothing
yet."
Reb: "Yeah, dream on bitch, I'll be waiting for you and I'll get you when you least expect it, and when I've finished with
you, Ill go after that freak Ferguson, neither of you will know what hit
you."
Cynthia: "Why I believe you've just threatened me Kean, no one
threatens me like that without living to regret it, from now on I'll
personally make it my mission to ensure every possible moment of your
life is a living hell, and when the time comes you'll find out in the
most painful way possible, just how unpleasant I can get."
Reb: "You better watch your back you fat ugly bitch screw, you never
know when I'll stick a knife in it, you know I could do it without blinking an eye and
never live to regret it."
Cynthia looking about to strike Reb with her baton: "Why you arrogant little..."
Just then Jennifer and Kathy return with more cleaning materials
Jennifer: "Is everything allright in here, Miss Leach?"
Cynthia: "Of course everythings allright, why would'nt it be, I was
just telling Kean here that she and Bates will stay here until the
toiletblack is cleaned to my satisfaction."
Jennifer looking at her watch it is 0h30: "Well, here's to hoping you're satisfied with it the first time around."
Cynthia curtly: "I very much doubt that, Kean start scrubbing the toilets..."
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In Kathy, Dot and Susan's cell, Susan and Dot are awake, in fact Dot
had'nt fallen asleep yet, although lockup had been nearly 4 hours before
Jennifer brought Susan to the cell, Dot and Susan are sitting together
on Dot's bed
Susan: "So Kathy beat the Leach up in the staffroom with Reb keeping
watch and now Leach has really got it in for them, on the way back to
the cells Officer Mason said she's been through one of Leach's all
night cleaning binges before, and that Kathy and Reb could be up the
whole night cleaning."
Dot: "Yeah, I've heard about them, though this is the first time it's
actually happened in this block, the main thing to worry about now
though is that Leach seems to have it in for you as well as Kathy and
Reb even although you did'nt play a part in bashing Leach."
Susan: "Oh Dot, I'm so scared, ever since Leach came into our cells
that night, I'm too nervous to walk around alone in case I bump into
Leach."
Dot putting her arms around Susan and hugging her: "Don't you worry
luv, whatever happened tonight at least Kathy and Reb have made sure
Leach won't ever give hassle you again otherwise Kathy'll be after her
to sort her out."
Susan: "I hope Kathy and Reb get some sleep tonight, I don't think I can sleep until they come back."
Dot looking worried: "From what I've heard they'll be lucky to get some
shut eye tonight, which means they'll be dog tired tomorrow."
Susan: "I just wish the Leach would dissappear, she was'nt even supposed to be on duty tonight."
Dot: "I think we all wish Leach could just dissappear, but from almost
20 years experience you've no sooner got rid of one bad screw, then
suddenly another bad screw comes along to replace the screw that's gone
and sometimes is far worse than the one that you just got rid of."
Susan: "I don't think you could get a screw worse than the Leach."
Dot: "I must say I'm inclined to agree with you there, I've seen many
bad screws in my day but the Leach is by far the worst I've ever seen,
whats the scariest thing about her though is that she seems
invincible and untouchable, and many attempts to get rid of her before have been completely unsuccessful."
At Rays flat (01h30), Katherine and Jonathan are just leaving
Jonathan: "Thanks for a great evening Ray, say maybe we can do it again sometime."
Ray: "I had a good time too, I would love to do it again."
Katherine: "If you can't make it on thursday for some reason, let me know and we can make another plan."
Ray: "Don't you worry, Katherine, Ill be there, nothing can keep me away."
Katherine: "Ill tell Reb as soon as possible, monday, that you're coming thursday."
Ray: "Tell Reb, I'm really looking forward to seeing her again, I'm
even looking forward to have her rant and rave at me for a while, about
what happened about the letter."
Katherine: "I'll tell her Ray, I dare say you could be right about Reb
ranting and raving at you for the first few minutes, anyway thanks
again for a wonderful evening and
remember, Jon and I will be here till sunday, you can call us anytime."
Ray: "Thanks to both of you, goodnight and take care."
Katherine and Jonathan: "Night Ray." they get in the car and drive off waving at Ray, Ray waves back
Ray smiling to himself as he closes the flat door: "Reb and I are sure
lucky to have found such good kind friends such as Katherine and
Jonathan, I'm sure nothing could go wrong."
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At Ann's place (01h55)
Harold: "As much as I've enjoyed myself tonight, I'n afraid I'll have
to call it a night, my how time flies when you're having fun, it's been
a long time since I've been awake at this hour."
Ann: "I must say it's been quite some time since I've been awake this late myself, but I must say it's been worth it."
Harold: "It has indeed, my dear, however if I don't leave now, Im not
going to in any condition to get out of bed let alone try to court you
tomorrow."
Ann: "Now that would be tragic, I can always get hold of Katherine and
try get her to get you moving if you can't manage to do it alone."
Harold with a twinkle: "Heaven forbid, I'd rather try to get myself moving again the easy way,
that's why I'm going to have to love and leave you now before it
becomes impossible." he gives Ann a goodnight kiss
Ann: "Thanks so much again, for a great evening, so I'll see you at 12h30 later today."
Harold: "Unless I somehow become a corpse between now and then, Ill be here at 12h30, Night Ann sleep well."
Ann: "Night Harold, drive carefully." Harold gets into his car and
drives away, Ann goes inside she looks very happy and contented
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Blackmoor Prison toilet block (03h30)
Reb and Kathy are standing next to Jennifer Mason at the door entrance,
Cynthia Leach has just put on a pair of white gloves, she appears to be
inspecting every inch of the toiletblock, just then she runs her finger
over the back of the toilet, there is a mark on the glove
Cynthia: "Allright Officer Mason, you can take Bates back to her cell,
Bates seems to have somewhat grasped the concept of cleanliness, Kean though
still has not grasped it at all, so Kean we'll just have to go over it again."
Reb: "Like hell, that toilet is spotless, I checked it myself."
Cynthia to Jennifer: "Take Bates to her cell, while I give Kean a lesson on cleanliness."
Kathy leaves with Jennifer as she's leaving she walks past Cynthia
whispering: "No funny business now, or you'll know what will happen."
Cynthia: "Now Kean, surely by now you should have gathered that your
standards of cleanliness come a long way from matching my standards of
cleanliness, even your friend Bates seems to have at last grasped the
concept, it just seems as if you need a bit more time to learn than she
did."
Reb: "You lousy bitch, you know I can't get it any cleaner than it
already is, the mark on your glove is because of seepage in the tank,
which I can't fix because I'm not a bloody plumber."
Cynthia: "You seem to have forgotten who you're speaking to Kean, don't
worry the time will come when I'll teach you proper manners and
respect, and the correct way to address an officer amongst other
things, now
start cleaning the toilet all over again."
Reb starts scrubbing the toilets again, we see her face and she
mutters, "Go to hell, you fat ugly poisonous bitch screw." when
Jennifer comes back in, Reb sees her
Reb: "Officer Mason, would you please come here a sec, I need to show you something."
Jennifer comes over says wearily: "What is it you want to show me, Kean?"
Reb pointing to the seepage from the toilet: "What do you think is happening here?"
Jennifer: "Why!! it looks like a slight seepage, we may have to get a plumber in here to fix it !"
Reb: "Yeah, well that's the reason why Miss Leach reckons I haven't cleaned the
toilet enough to her liking, how do I get the toilet any cleaner if I'm not a
plumber and can't fix it."
Jennifer softly: "Just carry on cleaning it for now, Kean." to Cynthia "I'd like to have
a word out in the corridor, please Miss Leach." she goes
outside, Cynthia follows, Reb presses up against the wall so she can
hear.......
Cynthia: "How dare you question me and try to undermine my authority, especially in front of scum like Kean."
Jennifer: "Listen Miss Leach I'm going to say this once and once only,
you may be the senior officer here, and by rights I have to obey your orders
without question even if you decide to carry out personal vendettas
against prisoners when they are clearly wrong and it's your
prerogative to punish them for the slightest infraction of the rules,
however I won't stand by and watch you victimise someone and expect
them to fix something, they are not able to and punishing them as a
result."
Cynthia: "Oh yes, and what do you intend to do about it."
Jennifer: "Ill tell you what I will do if you don't go back in there
and call it a night, and don't think you can suddenly walk in there and
charge Kean with something else
as I've been here all the time and as far as I can see she has done
exactly what you've said without complaint since we got here, if you
don't release Kean from cleaning duty right now, I'll personally go to
Mrs O'Connell and Mr Freeman when he gets back and let them know that
you were victimising her and Bates for
no reason."
Cynthia: "You would'nt dare."
Jennifer unwavering: "Try me, I've had it with you, this isn't the
first time you've done something like this, but it sure as hell is
going to be the
last time you do it, I'm weary and tired, as a member of staff I'm
entitled to a break as well
and I've been on duty since 07h30 yesterday, why should I and
others suffer for you needless little fantasies without need or
provocation,
I'm tired as I'm sure Kean is as well and I've had enough of this
needless nonsense."
Cynthia glaring at Jennifer trying to intimidate and break her, but
Jennifer gives Cynthia an equally intimidating cold glare: "Ok you win for now,
I'll call it a night, but one word of warning Mason, you've crossed me
and I'll make sure you'll live to regret it, that an absolute promise."
Jennifer: "I don't take kindly to threats, Leach."
Cynthia storms off back to the toiletblock, Reb is appearing to clean the toilet, Jennifer follows
Cynthia: "Right Kean, pick up the buckets and mops and take them back."
Reb to Jennifer: "You mean it's over for the night."
Jennifer: "Yes Kean, now hurry up and lets get the stuff back to where it belongs, so I can take you back to your cell."
As there are 2 buckets and 2 mops, Jennifer helps Reb to carry the cleaning stuff out of the toiletblock
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Jennifer has just accompanied Reb to her cell
Reb: "Thanks for sticking your neck out like that, Miss Mason, I
thought we were going to be there all night, Leach really had it in for
me and Kathy, especially me."
Jennifer: "It's not over yet I'm afraid, far from it and in future
Kean, I suggest you watch your back at all times, and don't give
her a reason to keep coming after you, after tonight I'll
have to watch my back 24/7 as well, Goodnight sleep
well." she locks the cell door
Reb: "Yeah, sure, goodnight and thanks again."
Jennifer walks down the corridor looking extremely worried as she knew
Cynthia was'nt making a passing threat but an absolute promise when Cynthia threatened her earlier: "If
you ever get me or take me down Leach, all I ask is that I somehow/someway manage take you down with me as well."
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Episode 20
04h45
Cynthia Leach is in the staffroom, she has just made coffee and poured
the last of the minuture of scotch into the cup and is sitting at the
table she looks ahead of her her face clouding over with rage: "I'll
make you pay for undermining my authority and making a fool out of me,
Mason."
Jennifer walks into the staffroom, sees Cynthia glaring at her, she
just ignores Cynthia, makes herself a cup of tea and sits as far away
from Cynthia as possible, she picks up the newspaper and reads it.
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06h45
Reb has just fallen asleep after tossing and turning for over 2 hours.........
Cynthia and Jennifer have just finished their last round and are back in the staffroom when Terry and Beverley come in
Terry: "Morning, ladies I trust all went well and you have a fairly quiet uneventful night last night."
Cynthia: "Not at all, both Kean and Bates were on cleaning duty last night for insubordination."
Beverley: "What happened, and how long did it last."
Cynthia: "Let's just say them and Short have a major attitude problem
which needed to be adjusted, so I had them clean the recreation room
and then the toilet block."
Terry: "Ouch, how long did you keep them at it."
Jennifer: "I took Short back to her cell at 00h30, and Bates to her cell at 03h35, Kean only got back to her cell at 04h15."
Cynthia: "My, my you really are one for every small little detail aren't you."
Jennifer: "Yes well, since I've been on duty for 24 straight hours now,
I guess I am, if that's all, I'd like to sign off now, bye Terry, bye
Beverley." she walks out of the staffroom
Cynthia grimly: "Humph, she thinks Kean and Bates were hard done by,
when I was merely giving them a fit and suitable punishment for their
insolence."
Terry: "I must say keeping Kean and Bates up till after midnight does seem a bit extreme, Cynthia."
Cynthia: "Just like I would have expected Walters, you're becoming
softer every day, anyway I've had enough of this place, I'm going home,
see you monday." she storms out
Beverley: "I wonder if we'll be able to get Kean and Bates out of bed somehow."
Terry: "We'll soon find out, it's not the first time Cynthia's been on
a cleaning spree, although I've never heard about it going on later
than midnight, you ready to go."
Beverley: "Sure."
They leave the staffroom and head in the direction of the cells
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At Kathy, Dot and Susan's cell, Susan has just succeeded in waking Kathy up as Terry and Beverley appear at their cell
Kathy: "I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week."
Terry: "Right you lot, get ready to move to the showerblock." they wait in the corridor
At Reb's cell, Reb is fast asleep when the cell door opens, Beverley comes into the cell
Beverley: "Time to get up, Kean." no response, "I said time to get up
Kean." Reb still is asleep, Beverley goes over to the bed and shakes
Reb, Reb jumps in fright, Beverley looks alarmed but says, "It's 07h05
Kean, time to get out of bed."
Reb leaps out of the bed muttering: "All right, keep your shirt on, I'm
going, it's just a little harder to do when you only got to bed after
04h00 in the morning." she gets her stuff and leaves the cell and bumps
into Margo who's walking past her
Margo: "Morning, Reb, sleep well did you."
Reb: "Rack off Gaffney, bad enough having to get up in this dump
without having to look at your ugly mug first thing in the morning."
Margo: "Geez, whats up with you this morning."
Reb: "What do you thinks up, that fat ugly bitch screw Leach had me cleaning the dunnies till after 04h00..." just then Terry
Terry: "Kean and Gaffney, move it I don't have all day."
Reb to Margo: "Lets move, I don't want another screw keeping me up all
night again." they walk past Terry, Reb softly to Margo, "did you
manage to get hold of that contact to bring the stuff in."
Margo: "Yeah, but what am I gonna pay him with."
Reb: "Don't you worry about that, when the time comes and I know the
stuff's coming, Ill get you the dough." they get to the showerblock,
Reb to Kathy and Susan: "You manage to get any shut eye last night."
Kathy: "Yeah, not much though, Susie and Dot were still awake when I got back to the cell last night."
Reb: "I think I only fell asleep 5 minutes before the screw came in and woke me up."
Beverley comes in: "Would you all move a little faster, there's 4 empty shower stalls waiting to be used, now kindly get to it."
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At breakfast Janie and Jenny have just come in, Janie deliberately
bumps into Reb as Reb has just filled her plate with porridge causing
Reb to spill the hot porridge all over herself, Beverley sees the whole
thing
Janie: "Sorry Kean, it was an accident, my am I clumsy this morning."
Reb: "You poisonous, fat ugly bitch, what the hell did you go do that
for." Reb punches Janie in the stomach, Janie punches Reb back, just
then they are both on the floor, Janie is on top of Reb trying to pin
her down, Jenny has also attacking Reb
Terry roaring: "Stop that at once." they don't hear, just then Kathy
goes over and pulls Janie and Jenny up by their hair and bangs their
heads together without Terry seeing, they immediately let go of Reb and
hold on to their heads
Terry: "You'll all clean up this mess now, and later on you'll clean
the diningroom during your recreational period, now move it."
Beverley: "Mr Walters, I saw the whole thing, Turner deliberately
bumped into Kean and both her and Tyler started attacking Kean when
Kean retaliated."
Terry: "Miss Carter, please take Kean to see Dr Sinclair, Ill make sure
this mess gets cleaned up, Turner and Tyler lets move it." Reb and Beverley leave the diningroom
As Janie walks past, Dot puts out her foot and Janie trips and falls,
as Jenny is'nt watching where she's going she falls on top of Janie,
all the women in the diningroom laugh
Janie gets up and screams: "Ill get you for that you old bag, you did
that on purpose.." she does'nt finish the sentence as Kathy has gone up
to her and slapped her very hard across the face
Kathy: "Shut your ugly pig foghorn trap, Turner before I shut it
permanently for you, I've told you time and time again not to ever
speak to Dot like that, now why don't you and your fat friend here."
indicates jenny, "be good little girls and do what Mr Walters says and
get the mess cleaned up in here."
Janie holding the side of her face where she's just been slapped: "You
bitch." she tries to hit Kathy, Kathy grabs her hand in midair and
slaps her just as hard on the other side of her face: "Don't mess with
me Turner, I'm not in the mood for your crap, I'm did'nt sleep last
night and when I don't get a good night's sleep I become very grumpy
and unpleasant, if you want the crap beaten out of you just keep
testing my patience."
Terry to Janie: "Move it Turner, you can also report for extra cleaning
duties for malingering during your recreational period, as for you,
Bates and the rest of you get on with
your breakfast now or you'll all clean this prison from top to bottom."
All move at once
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In Dr Robert Sinclairs doctors room, Robert has just given Reb some
painkillers and ointment to put on the burns, Beverley is waiting in
the office
Robert: "It'll be a bit sore and tender for a couple of days, but keep putting the ointment on it, It will help a bit ."
Reb: "It still hurts like hell, that Turner bitch will get hers."
Robert: "Just keep taking the medication I gave you, Rebecca, by tomorrow it should'nt be as painful."
Reb sarcastically: "Geez, thanks a lot, and by the way the name's Reb,
not Rebecca, I hate being called Rebecca especially since my "MOTHER"
always called me that name."
Robert: "Don't you and your mother get along."
Reb: "I don't have a mother anymore, are you finished can I go now."
Robert perplexed: "Yes I'm finished for now, if you have any problems or experience any more pain, let me know."
Reb: "Yeah, thanks Doctor." suddenly Reb gets up she blacks out and passes out cold
Robert: "Rebecca, Reb." he picks her up tries to wake her but she's
still out cold he then examines her looking more shocked and
baffled, he then goes through to Beverley, "Bev, I'm going to be
keeping Rebecca Kean here for observation for a couple of days, she was
about to come back out when she just suddenly passed out, she shows the
symptoms of extreme stress and fatigue, also the burns from the spilled
porridge are more severe than I first thought."
Beverley: "Thats fine Robert, Reb Kean and Kathy Bates were on
cleaning duties almost all night last night, apparently Kean only got
to bed after 04h00 this morning."
Robert: "What!!, why!!, don't tell me, no doubt Miss Leach again."
Beverley: "You guessed it, apparently both Kean and Bates were put on
cleaning duty last night as part of punishment for an
insubordination charge, anyway I'll let Miss O'Connell know about
Kean when she gets in, I'd better get to it, Ill arrange for Kean's
meals to be brought to her." she leaves the office
Robert: "What the bloody hell is this place coming to......"
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In the kitchen, Beverley has just come in she goes to Edwina who is in the pantry
Beverley: "Would you arrange for Kean's meal to be taken to sick bay lunch time, please Edwina."
Edwina: "No problem, what happened."
Beverley: "Reb passed out when she was getting up, Robert thinks she's suffering from extreme fatigue and stress."
Edwina: "Yes, Katherine told me that Reb's mother abandoned her so she
could run after some man with lots of money, also she's constantly
having to try keep that odious Leach woman off her back."
Beverley: "Both Kean and Bates only got to bed well after 03h30 this
morning as part of punishment for an insubordination charge last night."
Edwina: "What!!!, the Leach woman would charge someone for just looking
at her the wrong way, don't worry Beverley, I'll get Kathy Bates to
take Reb's meals to her lunchtime."
Beverley: "Thanks Edwina, I'll be back lunchtime." she leaves the pantry as she leaves
Kathy: "Miss Carter, is Reb alright, where is she."
Beverley: "Reb fainted in Dr Sinclair's surgery, she's going to be in
sick bay for a couple of days for observation, I'll be back lunchtime ,
I've arranged for you to take her meals to her."
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In Robert Sinclairs office, he's sitting at the desk looking puzzled when Reb suddenly comes out of the sickbay
Robert: "What are you doing out of bed, please get back there at once."
Reb: "Why was I in bed in the first place."
Robert: "Don't you remember, you fainted as you got up to leave."
Reb: "Yeah, well I'm fine now, I want to go back to work."
Robert: "Not today you won't, I've already told Miss Carter I want to keep you under observation for a couple of days."
Reb: "Ok so I passed out, big deal, I'm fine now, now why don't you
pick up the phone and get a screw to come and take me back to work."
Robert: "Listen Rebecca, you're in no condition to go anywhere, you fainted as a result of extreme fatigue and stress."
Reb: I know my own body, and I'm feeling fine, and I've told you before, the name's Reb, not Rebecca ."
Robert shaking his head: "Ok fine ..Reb, but you're in no condition to
go back to work at least not today, I'll see how you feel tomorrow, now
are you going to go back to the bed by yourself or do I have to force
you go back to bed."
Reb slowly as if talking to an idiot: "I've already told you, I'm fine
and I don't want to go to bed, I want to go back to work."
Robert getting up from the desk: "Well that's too bad, you're not going
back to work today and that's final, I already know you did'nt get any
sleep last night, in fact you show the symptoms of not having had a
good night's sleep for quite some time."
Reb: "Yeah, it's a bit hard getting sleep in here when you've always
got to look over you're shoulder for some ugly fat bitch screw and
Winter's cronies, that always have the knife in for me."
Robert: "If you're referring to Miss Leach, she's off duty for a couple
of days, as for the other inmates that keep antogonising you, they
won't be allowed to set foot in here so take your mind off them, now I
must insist that you go back to bed."
Reb looks visibly relieved: "Maybe you're right, I do need some sleep,
and I'm still sore from where that bitch spilt the porridge all over
me, you'll let me go back with the others tomorrow though, won't you
Doc."
Robert: "If you're better, I will."
Reb goes back to the sick bay gets into bed and falls asleep
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In the governors officc Janet is sitting in Harold's chair, Beverley is sitting opposite her
Janet: "She, WHAT!!!"
Beverley: "...had Kean and Bates clean the toilets until well past 03h30 this morning."
Janet snaps: " The governor made it explicitly clear in the last staff
meeting that extra duties for insubordination should not go on later
than a certain time at night." she picks up the phone and dials reception :"Would you
please bring Kathy Bates to the governors office at once." A
few minutes later an officer appears at the door with Kathy and knocks
:"Come in." the officer comes in with Kathy, "Thanks that will be all,
sit down Bates." Kathy sits down
Janet: "What did you, Kean and Short do last night to get yourselves put on insubordination charges."
Kathy: "What does the officers report say we did."
Janet: "Just answer the question, Bates."
Kathy: "Well Mrs O'Connell, you see its like this, Miss Leach came to
the recroom and we all were so suprised to see her because we thought
she'd gone home for the day, and when I said something to her about it,
she thought I was being insubordinate and then she charged Reb and
Susan as well."
Janet: "What time did you get back to your cells.?"
Kathy: "Well, Susan got to bed just after 00h15, I got to bed at 03h45
and Reb says it was about 04h15 when Miss Mason took her back to her
cell."
Janet: "Could the reason you would have been charged with
insubordination have something to do with the way in which you
addressed Miss Leach when she came into the recreation room last night."
Kathy: "We did nothing wrong, it's just that Miss Leach had this weird
expression on her face and she was in a bad mood when she came to the
recroom, when Reb asked her why she must always..."
Janet: "That will be enough, Bates." to Beverley, "Please take Bates
back to the kitchen Miss Carter," Beverley and Kathy leave the office
once they leave Janet picks up the phone: "I'll be in the doctors
office if anyone is looking for me." she puts the phone down and goes
out the office
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In Robert's office, Janet knocks on the door
Robert: "Come in."
Janet comes in: "Morning doctor, Miss Carter tells me that Rebecca Kean fainted earlier this morning."
Robert: "Yes Mrs O'Connell, she did from what I heard last night she only got to her cell after 04h00 this morning."
Janet grimly: "I know all about that, what I'm more interested in is
the reason you gave for Kean passing out and not being able to go back
to duty."
Robert: "She's a little fighter is that one, just now she came bursting
through here insisting that I ring reception and get an officer to take
her back to her duties, but she's in no condition for anything right
now except a good rest, she's suffering the symptoms of stress and
fatigue."
Janet: "Is she asleep now, can I see her."
Robert: "By all means." they go through Reb is fast alseep, they go back through to the main office
Janet: "Why would she be suffering from stress and fatigue, I know a
couple of weeks ago her mother came in here and as much as told her she
was too ashamed to let a man she wanted to marry know she had a
daughter in prison, as far as I know Reb and her mother have never
really got along."
Robert: "Mrs O' Connell, to be quite frank with you, in Reb
Kean's own words earlier today: "Some screw and or/inmate has got
a knife into her for some reason and she's always having to constantly
look over her shoulder almost every moment of the day."
Janet: "There was a rumour a few weeks back that there were midnight
raids conducted by a particular officer on certain inmates, but the
governor has since put a stop to all that, and now the officers have to work in
pairs."
Robert: "That may be so Mrs O'Connell, but I can tell you something right now, someone is really getting to Reb Kean."
Janet: "Last night as far as I know, Kean, Short and Bates were put on
a charge for insubordination and assigned cleaning duties which went on
well into the early hours of the morning."
Robert: "Somehow, I think thats the least of Reb Kean's worries, I
think something far more serious than all night cleaning duties is
what's really getting to her."
Janet: "That's what scares me, what scares me even more is that there's
no proof whatsoever that the officer in question was being deliberately
malicious, as she was well within her rights in meting out punishment
except for the fact that the punishement went on far longer than it
should have, no doubt she'll
have some sort of explanation to cover her back, anyway thanks doctor,
I'll see if I can arrange for Kean to move into a cell with someone,
when she comes out of sick bay."
Robert: "That may help somewhat, I get the distinct impression
Reb's expecting something bad to happen to her, even although hasen't
happened yet."
Janet: "I only hope you're wrong, anyway if Reb Kean wakes up before I
leave for the day please let me know at once, I'll be in the governor's
office." she leaves
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12h50
Beveley and Kathy have just come into Robert's office with a trolley with one tray of food on it
Beverley to Robert: "W'eve brought Kean's lunch."
Robert: "She's been asleep the last few hours, she might be awake and ready to eat something now."
Beverley to Kathy: "Take the tray through to sick bay, you have 5 minutes."
Kathy: "No worries, Miss Carter." she goes through as she gets to sick bay Reb is still asleep, she shakes Reb awake
Reb: "What the hell, wtf am I doing in here."
Kathy: "You passed out in the doc's office and now you have to stay here for a couple of days."
Reb: "Like hell I'll stay here a couple of days, where's that doc now,
I've gotta get out of here by tomorow, I've got to see Gaffney does'nt
stuff up the pickup and I've got to arrange to give her the dough for
the pickup."
Kathy: "Don't worry about that, I'll handle it, remember I also know where we hid the dough too."
Reb: "Right under the screw's bloody noses, find out what's happening and let me know."
Kathy: "Listen Reb, the doc's right, you need to get some rest and
your'e stressing for nothing, I'll slip along here later today to let
you know what happened, if I can't make it, I'll slip a message through
with someone."
Reb: "Yeah all right, just let me know what happens." she gets up and
winces in pain from the burn,"Geez, it still hurts like hell from when
the Turner bitch spilt porridge all over me."
Kathy: "Dot tripped Turner as Walters sent her and Tyler to clean up
the mess in the diningroom after Miss Carter brought you here, you
should have seen it both her and Tyler went down like a pack of cards
on top of each other, when Turner wanted to thump Dot, I gave her one
hard belt across her ugly fat face."
Reb: "I think that bitch Leach put Turner up to it somehow, Leach told me last night she's got it in for both of us."
Kathy: "She did, did she, well I'll soon fix that don't you worry."
Reb: "Look Kath, it's all right for you, you know how to handle
yourself against Leach and the other heavy screws, but what about
me and Susan and some of the others, we can maybe get a good shot in
here and there, but Leach is so much bigger, fatter and stronger
than most of us, we don't stand a chance against her, and she
threatened me last night when you and Mason went to get more cleaning
materials."
Kathy: "Yeah, well we'll soon fix the problem of you not being able to
handle the Leach when you get out of here, I'll give you and Susie some
martial arts training when you get out of here, with the way Davie and
myself were abused I also had to learn how to use myself, and from what
you yourself did to "the freak" from when she tried to throw you over
the stairs at the other jail, you might find it easier than you
may think."
Reb: "I'd like nothing more than to hurt that bitch the way she hurt me.."
Just then the door opens and Beverley comes in
Beverley: "I thought I told you 5 minutes Bates, thats been a lot
longer than 5 minutes,now kindly wait outside the office for me, I'll
be there now."
Kathy: "Right Miss Carter, sorry about that, cheers Reb, just
relax and take it easy today." to Beverley :"Can I come back and see
Reb later, Miss Carter."
Beverley: "Only if you go now, we are on a schedule you know which
needs to be adhered to." to Reb :"So how are you feeling now, Kean."
Reb: "A lot better, I think I should be ready to go back tomorrow."
Beverley: "Just rest today, I'll come and get the tray later." she
leaves just then Janet appears at the doorway to Robert's office
Janet: "I believe Kean's awake, now."
Beverley: "Yes, she's busy having her lunch, anyway I'm running a bit
late, see you all later." she leaves the office, her and Kathy
dissappear down the corridor.
Janet sitting opposite Roberts desk: "Thanks Miss Carter, I'll wait until she's finished eating." she and Robert start talking
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10 minutes later
Janet goes through to the sick bay, Reb has just finished eating her lunch and she's lying back in the bed
Janet: "I see you're awake Kean, how are you feeling now."
Reb: "I'm still very tired, but I should be fine by tomorrow."
Janet: "It will be up to the doctor to decide whether you are well
enough to leave her tomorrow, now what I'd like to hear from you now
Kean, is what happened last night leading to yourself and Bates being
put on cleaning duties until the early hours of the morning."
Reb: ...Kathy had just got back to her cell, then Officer Mason came in
and I showed her the seepage which i could'nt get clean cos I'm not a
plumber, just ask Officer Mason, she and the Leach had an argument
and...'
Janet grimly: "Thanks Kean, you've said enough, that'll be all, now I suggest you get some rest." she gets up to leave
Reb: "Is Miss Leach going to be back at work tomorrow."
Janet still grimly: "Miss Leach is scheduled to appear in the
governor's office when she next resumes duty monday, now as for you if
I hear that you've got out of that bed for any other reason than
to look for the doctor because you're in pain because of that burn,
I'll personally see to it that your are escorted to solitary when
you're scheduled to leave here instead of to a cell sharing with
Gaffney, do I make myself clear."
Reb: "Crystal, clear."
Janet: "Crystal clear, Mrs O'Connell, and btw Kean I don't want to hear
that you've been giving Dr Sinclair a hard time, like you did earlier."
Reb: "I won't thanks, Mrs O' Connell."
Janet: "Good, glad to hear it." she leaves
Reb turns over and looks more relaxed, she smiles :"I hope you get yours, you fat ugly dyke bitch."
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16h45
Robert goes through to the sickbay
Robert: "Reb, are you awake how are you feeling."
Reb: "Yeah well I'm awake now, thanks to you, what do you want."
Robert: "Now, now, be nice, I only came to find out how you're feeling not to fight, how's that burn, does it still hurt."
Reb: "Yeah, the bitch really got me good, but it's not as sore as it was earlier but."
Robert: "Let me take a look at it," he takes a look, "It will be sore
for a couple of days though , just keep applying the cream I gave you."
Reb: "Yeah thanks, say doc you don't have something that'll help me
sleep tonight, it's been a long time since I've had a peaceful night's
sleep."
Robert: "I gathered that when you passed out earlier, which is exactly why you're in here today
flat on your back in bed, question is though why are you not able to sleep,
and why are you so tense, what are you scared of."
Reb: "You've obviously never been on the other side of the bars like
me, where you have to keep watching your back all the time."
Robert:"You've told me that some officer/inmates always have it in for
you, why do you say that."
Reb: "You really don't get it do you, when I was sent to the
pound the last time, I got the crap beaten out of me by some fat ugly
bitch screw in the middle of the night."
Robert: "Yes, I remember something like that being mentioned by Miss
Freeman, but there was no physical proof and it could'nt be persued any
further, but Reb that was a couple of weeks ago now and Mrs O'Connell
said that because of these unproved allegations that there always
have to be 2 officers on night duty now, so you should'nt worry too
much about it."
Reb: "Doc, the only thing stopping me from getting a beating from the
Leach is the fact that Kathy Bates is busy looking out for me, last
night Leach threatened to get rid of Kathy so that as she put it so she
could beat the hell out of me to teach me manners and respect."
Robert: "Reb, don't you think you could be exaggerating a little bit,
look I know Miss Leach can be hard and tough and is unneccessarily hard
and merciless with you all like last night with the cleaning duties,
but surely she's not on a personal mission to get you personally."
Reb: "Look, you obviously don't believe me, so why don't you just give
me the pills and a sleeping tablet, then rack off and leave me alone,
I've had a gutful of you and this whole stinking place for one
day."
Robert goes into his office gets Reb a couple of painkillers, he says
softly: "You really seriously believet hat Cynthia Leach is out to get
you personally, don't you Reb."
Reb: "Doc, I don't think it, I KNOW it, Leach hates all of us, but
she really really hates me more than anyone else in this stinking
joint."
Robert: "Have you ever told anyone about any of this."
Reb: "Yeah, I told Miss Freeman that and many other things that happened before and she believes me, I mean really believes me."
Robert thoughtfully: "Yes, that could explain why the governor has
softened quite a bit in his approach towards the inmates recently,
before Katherine was appointed as a social worker at the prison he was
an extremely tough, no nonsense governor who was all for handing out
the most severe punishments for breaking the rules, although he has
never approved of brutal forceful tactics against prisoners, like
you've described."
Reb: "You reckon the governor has really changed since his daughter started working here?"
Robert: "Absolutely, when I first came here about a year ago now, he
was not the easiest man in the world to approach and was quite abrupt
with the other staff and myself and was a man of as few words as
possible, now he has become much more approachable and friendlier to
work with, I can honestly say we all have Katherine to thank for that."
Reb: "I've gotta admit, at least Miss Freeman get things done instead of just talking about them."
Robert: "We were all fortunate Miss Freeman came to work here, a person
who genuinely cares about people," he looks at his watch: "I'm afraid
I'm going to have to leave now as I have an appointment at 18h30, I'll
make sure one of the officers gives you a sleeping tablet just after
dinner, Ill see you tomorrow."
Reb: "Do you think I can go back to work tomorrow."
Robert: " I must say you're looking much better when you came in this
morning, so I think it's quite possible you can go back with the others
tomorrow."
Reb: "Thanks doc, see you tomorrow."
Robert: "Bye Reb, see you in the morning." he leaves
Reb turns over and closes her eyes and goes to sleep
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Meanwhile in Margo's dormitary, Kathy had already arranged for Margo to
do a pickup, she had used the money taken form Janet's purse a couple
of weeks back to pay for the shipment, the money was hidden in Janie
and Jenny's cell
Kathy checks the stuff over sees something missing then grabs Margo by
her collar: "Hand it all over, Gaffney or I'll thump the living
daylight outta ya."
Margo: "I gave you everything, Kathy, honest."
Kathy: "There's supposed to be 10 bags of coke here, why are there only 9, you've helped yourself haven't you."
Margo: "Sorry, Kath, I was just nervous, I thought a screw was on to me for sure so I needed something to calm me down."
Kathy: "Yeah, well since you helped yourself without asking, why don't
you put this stuff in a safe place then go earn your keep and start
taking orders for the stuff, now get to it."
Margo puts the stuff in the safe place: "I'll go see how mcuh of the stuff I can peddle now." she gets out of there
Kathy muttering: "Yeah and don't come near me unless someone wants
to come buy some of the stuff, geez, do I always have to play cop and
be the heavy to make sure things are done right, bloody useless mole."
she leaves the dormitary
Reb has just woken up, Kathy and Beverley are in the sickbay
Beverley: "We're running late Bates, just put the tray down by Kean and leave."
Reb: "Hey, Kathy did you all manage to get along today without me."
Kathy: "Yeah Reb, it was'nt easy but somehow we managed to cope without you."
Reb smiling: "That's cool, the doc reckons I may get out tomorrow."
Kathy: "Yeah, then we don't have to work as hard, I could do with a rest."
Beverley: "Kathy, would you please cut out the chatter and just get on
with putting Reb's tray down so we can leave, we do have to
deliver other meals you know."
Kathy puts the tray down: "Right I'm done Miss Carter, we can go now."
Beverley: "About time." to Reb "Ill be back in about 45 minutes to get
the tray and to give you the sleeping tablet Dr Sinclair left for you
Reb: "Thanks Miss Carter." she eats her food once finished she lies on
her back smiling up at the ceiling: "Yeah, well maybe things are
looking up in this stinking joint, I've taken over the rackets now, all
I have to do now is fix that bitch Leach, then I'll be coming for you,
Ferguson."
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