Justice Deferred
By: Alex. P
For Disclaimers see Chapter 1
Chapter 4
Weary from the constant fighting to save what was theirs from the people
that would steal it and gravely disheartened by her surrogate father's arrest
and incarceration, Cam let Deb talk her into taking a four day weekend to get
away from everything and recharge herself.
She finally broke down and with the strenuous blessings of her uncles, the two
women packed up the camping gear in Cam's '49 Ford Apache pickup and took off
for a secluded spot that Deb knew of where no one could find them. Her uncles
had not only agreed with Deb that Cam needed a break, they took it a step
further and forced her to leave both her cell phone and her pager, so she would
have an uninterrupted time with just her, her gorgeous caring girlfriend and
whatever nature supplied.
The happy couple waved to Cam's two uncles and Kat as they took off down the
road. Due to a late start and heavier than normal traffic it was too late to go
on to the camp site and set up so they opted to find a room in the nearby town
for the night, then go on to the camp grounds in the morning.
Cam was never able to figure out what exactly happened or how it was
accomplished, but three days later Cam was sitting in the Benton County Jail
facing charges of assault, possession of a controlled substance (crystal meth)
and resisting arrest.
Somehow Cam had ended up in a seedy little "No Tell Motel" she had no
idea how she got there, nor why the Benton County Sheriffs Department had sent
ten deputies after her, but she was pretty sure she'd be able to beat these
charges, once she was able to fire the scrawny little rat faced Public Defender
and brought in her own attorneys. She was amazed that anyone that incompetent
would be able to pass the bar exams.
She was feeling fairly confident as she entered the courtroom, as soon as the
judge was seated and her case was called. Then she began to get a very bad
feeling about the entire process.
First the judge made a snide comment about the way she was dressed, then when
he was told that she was caught in a motel room with another woman, the elderly
judge began a heart felt lecture on the invasion of perversion that was running
rampant throughout his beloved county.
She knew she was in deep trouble when after she entered her plea of not guilty
she heard the judge snort derisively and mumble "yeah right, sure you are
pervert" under his breath for her and several others to hear it. Cam was
even more worried at the hearty chuckles that answered his remark.
When Cam asked to fire the P.D. and bring in her own lawyers, the judge
disallowed it saying they didn't need outsiders sticking their nose into Benton
County business.
The judge also ruled that Cam be held without bail until she stood trial in two
or three weeks, he wasn't sure when he'd be free, he wanted to try this case
personally.
As she was taken even the deputies were amazed how the judge had just ridden
rough shod over her rights, One of them whispered that to her, and let her know
that they had been notified to not allow her to use the phones. She looked at
him her face pale as she reviewed the forces arrayed against her.
"I am SO screwed." was all she could say. She was silent and stared
straight ahead and was in shock, her mind drawing a blank for a reason to why
these people hated her so much. Her answer came from a very unusual source.
Cut off from her uncles and without her usual support system Cam went into a
tail spin falling uncontrollably into the deepest darkest depths of depression.
For the first time in over eleven years Cam was completely alone and lost,
again. All she could do was sit on the bunk in her cell and stare off into
space, not even acknowledging any ones existence. It was obvious to the jailers
and officials that if something wasn't done soon the tall, dark, gorgeous,
prisoner would be either very sick or more likely dead.
The young woman's heavily scared Id had apparently received one more injury
than it could take and was shutting her down, she simply no longer cared. After
three days in this condition when her visitor came with something for her to
care about.
The guards came for her and escorted the zombie like inmate to the visitor's
room. They sat her down at a table then left her there. The door at the other
side of the room opened and Deb walked into the room. As soon as her eyes found
Cam the tall thin blonde burst into tears and ran to her still seated lover and
wrapped her arms around the unmoving woman and held her close.
The stimulus of the woman she loved crying hysterically and calling for her
somehow reached Cam in that far away dark place where her mind had gone to
hide. Cam slowly became aware of her surroundings and immediately took her
crying lover into her arms trying to calm her so Deb could tell her why she was
crying. It took a few minutes for Deb to regain enough of her composure to tell
Cam what was going on while she was sitting in jail unable to protect her
lover. Guilt spread through Cam while she listened to what the officials were
doing to her lover.
According to Deb the authorities were scaring her by refusing to let her leave
town and making her pay for the room they wouldn't let her leave, and every
time she asked why or what she had done all they would tell her was the charges
against her were pending.
One of the Sheriff's Deputies told her that if she wanted to know why they were
keeping her in town, she should go ask that dyke slut she was apprehended with.
After telling Deb to calm herself and promising her that she would take care of
everything, Cam called for the guards to come and let Deb leave. The guard
complied knowing that the prisoner was ready to cooperate with his superiors.
Cam was soon led back to her cell.
Depressed and feeling protective Cam decided to give the prosecutor what ever
plea bargain he wanted. It was in this mood that Cam was in when to her
surprise the D.A. himself strolled into her cell.
At first she put up a defiant front but the greasy overweight lawyer could read
her like a book and to wax etaphorically he played her like a well-tuned
fiddle. The first thing he did was assure Cam that the arraignment was just a
preview of the real trial, she would face the same judge and she'd already seen
the jury pool.
In other words she would be convicted and get the maximum sentence. He was so
cocky that he as much as admitted that some major money had changed hands to be
sure that she was put away for a long time.
Still showing the brave front Cam asked if he was there for a reason or just to
gloat. That was when the greasy official revealed the real reason he'd come to
her cell.
It appeared that whoever was paying for her bogus incarceration wanted to hurry
up and get it over with, so he came to offer her a deal and get himself a
substantial bonus. She started to tell the evil fat SOB to go get a flying fuck
when she saw him smiling at her like she was a pork chop.
It was then that the D.A. played his trump card. The way that Cam was set up
she was as good as convicted and was on her way to a long prison stay, but if
she would agree to a plea bargain, then they could deal on certain terms.
If she refused not only would she receive the maximum sentence in a
max-security prison, but he would also go after her little girlfriend, using
the same methods and he would see to it they went to separate facilities so
that they would never see each other again.
Under those conditions Cam had no choice but to give in to his demands. After some
heated discussions, Cam and the corrupt official finally worked out a plea that
they could both accept.
According to their agreement in return for a guilty plea on the possession
charge and agreeing to wave her appeal rights, the prosecutor agreed not to
even charge Deb with a crime allowing her to leave town.
Cam would be sentenced to three to six years and he would not oppose her
parole. Once it was all written down legally on paper, signed, and notarized it
was only more three days before Cam was being processed into Chillicothe
Correction Center, or CCC, by the guards, a lot of worse names by the
"residents", where the tall, raven haired, blue eyed, uncommonly
beautiful, frightened young woman would spend the next few years of her life,
alone.