Tag:<b> Erica Marlowe</b><br/><br/>While Erica had thought about Margaret's question the women who had been plotting against Erica in the common room had begun to gather in the bathroom all of them except for two who were approaching cell room C49 and soon, just as Erica had decided to take advantage of Dr Montand's favour for favour system if need be, to keep herself safe, two rather buff looking women stood in the door and having sensed them approaching Margaret had stood up and was now blocking their way.<br/>"You see Erica," Margaret said as she crossed her arms over her breasts.<br/>"The new warden here doesn't want any more trouble than what is unavoidable, and that in itself is quite a lot, considering the women incarcerated here, like Angie here."<br/>Margaret nodded at one of the women seemingly waiting for Margaret to either move and let them have at Erica or tell them to fuck off. Angie was a tall black woman in her late thirties with tightly braided cornrows.<br/>"Angie's here for having beaten a rival to death with her bare hands in a bar brawl, and Millie here," Margaret said and nodded at the other of the two women, a much smaller framed woman in her forties with a crew cut that only just hinted that she was a dark brunette.<br/>"Millie stabbed a client of hers because he beat her. A real sob story but it doesn't make her any less prone to violence. Her only regret is that the client didn't die from her stabbing him."<br/>Margaret now turned her back at the two women and looked at Erica.<br/>"The new warden placed you in this room because he knows that if you agree to the terms of my protection then I can keep these women from hurting you, or you can try to make a deal with them of course, or with Dr Montand, not that he personally can keep you safe but he can make deals to keep you safe. So what's it going to be Ms Marlowe. That is what your students called you, in class as well as in bed, isn't it?"<br/>"Oh c'mon Margie just let us have her," Angie said impatiently but didn't seem to dare try to push Margaret out of the way.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Molly having overheard the women plotting had stopped outside room C48 and was leaning up against the door frame watching the little show that was happening ten feet away from her with an ambivalent smile on her face as if she was contemplating whether to go inside her room an lay down or join the two women waiting for Margaret to finish explaining the situation to the scared bunny inside.<br/>"If you don't know how to fight bunny I would take that deal," she called to Erica and then smiled at the two women trying to get to Erica as they turned their heads to look at her.<br/>"What," Molly said.<br/>"I would, honest."<br/>She then shrugged and went into C 48 and hopped up on her bed, took out her book and leaned back. Her bed was opposite that of Karin and the two young women lay there opposite each other.<br/>"So Hackergirl whatcha reading?" Molly asked but kept one eye out the door to see what was going to happen.