Chapter 122 - Cheers to Comeuppance
“The prison has cameras, Sadie. And the footage shows that you attacked them first. All they did was talk shit to you. But as always, you didn’t think about the repercussions of your actions, and you landed the first hit. They were well in their right to protect themselves.”
“If they called you, why didn’t you save my baby!?” Sadie cried as she rushed the bars of her cell.
“It was already too late by the time I got here. The infirmary doctor had already pronounced your baby dead when I arrived. The only thing I could do was surgically terminate the rest of the pregnancy. There was no one to save at that point.”
“Where is my baby?” Sadie asked with tears flowing down her face. Kenzie took a deep breath contemplating if she should allow Sadie to see her fetus, but she felt that it could knock some sense into her if she did.
“If you promise to behave, I’ll take you down the prison morgue to say goodbye to your baby.”
“I promise.”
“Fine. Let’s go.” Kenzie signaled for the guard to open the door. They quickly put Sadie into cuffs and escorted her to the prison morgue. When she arrived, she was shocked to see a small lump on the cold metal table. “Normally, fetuses that die from a miscarriage are not kept; however, your baby developed enough to be recognized as human. As such, the infirmary doctor and I agreed to preserve your baby in case you wanted to see it.”
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“A boy. You have five minutes.” Kenzie and their escort waited just outside the doors. Sadie's cries could be heard not even a second after the door closed. Kenzie couldn’t help but feel sorry for Sadie and her unborn baby. Even if Sadie was an evil bitch, no one ever wanted her to lose her baby.
Kenzie peeked through the window and saw Sadie on her knees, holding her son’s body close to her. Sadie’s reaction to her baby’s death was one that could not be faked. Even if Sadie was selfish and deserved all the punishments coming her way, she didn’t deserve to lose her baby the way she did. However, Kenzie couldn’t help but also feel that this was Sadie’s comeuppance for everything she had done to those around her.
“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! Please, come back! You were the only thing I had left! Please! I’m sorry, baby! Come back! Please!” Sadie cried as she rocked her son’s body, pleading for him to return to her.
“It’s time,” the guard said to Kenzie.
“Give her a few more minutes.”
“The prison has rules, Dr. Malloy.”
“And she’s a grieving mother. Give her time to say goodbye and come to terms with it.” The guard hesitated momentarily but decided to give Sadie a few more minutes. After those few minutes were up, the guard pulled Sadie up, but Sadie refused to let go of her son.
“Sadie, please give him to me,” Kenzie said softly.
“No. He’s mine. You can’t have him!”
“Sadie, he’s gone. You need to let him go.”
“NO! NO! I’m sorry! Okay! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m really, really sorry! I’m so sorry! My baby didn’t deserve this! He was innocent! He deserved to live!”
“I know, he did. But unfortunately, that’s not possible anymore.”
“Why!? Why!? Why did everyone leave me!? Leon left me! Jeff left! My dad! My lawyer! And now my son! Why!? Why is everyone leaving me!?” Sadie cried and then dropped to her knees again. Kenzie could feel Sadie’s anguish of loneliness and couldn’t help but shed a few tears of her own. Even the guard had tears in her eyes. It was seldom that an inmate showed this much remorse for their crimes if any at all. So, seeing Sadie crying in pain the way she was tugged on the officer’s heartstrings.
It took several minutes to calm Sadie down. Kenzie promised Sadie that she would bury her son with respect and let her know exactly where he would be buried so that when she was eventually released, she could see him. With that promise, Sadie was escorted back to her cell, where she was still thrashing everything and crying her heart out.
In the long run, Sadie burned all of her energy and passed out from crying. She was kept in solitary confinement until she was healed and then returned to the general population but was still given her own cell. Sadie kept quiet the entire time, having suddenly become a new person in the eyes of the other inmates and correctional officers.