“Here, you’ll do what I tell you.”
The elderly woman began to cry and covered her head with her hands.
The other women pushed her from different directions, while one of them struck her several times in the back.
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The people standing nearby continued to watch without intervening. Fear kept them in place.
It appeared that no one was willing to challenge Razor or her companions.
But someone in the yard had been watching everything from a distance.
The Woman Nobody Noticed
Near a far wall sat a young woman whom practically no one in the prison paid much attention to.
She had arrived several months earlier, yet during that entire period she had barely spoken with anyone.
Whenever the prisoners were allowed into the yard, she usually sat alone.
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She did not participate in conflicts and was not known for being rude or aggressive. Even when other inmates attempted to speak with her, she generally answered with only a few words before walking away.
