Jenni Gray: Locked Away

Prologue

I'm in jail. And I don't know why. I've been here for half a year, I just wish I could disappear. They won't tell me what I've done, they won't allow me to be all alone. I have a cellmate, I don't think she likes me that much. She always looks at me kinda funny. She stole my stuffed bunny. I woke up one day and it was gone, she said she threw it out on the lawn.

They let her go outside and attend the roses, and I can't even go out to play, I've been led astray. They're constantly watching me. I just wanna be free. When my cellmate's gone, there's a guard in here. He's always holding a beer. Sipping on it, staring intently at me. He tells me to keep quiet, to not tell anyone he has it. I just think it's unfair. He tells them when I try to go outside to play, my world is cold and gray.

My bedsheets are white, my pillowcase is white, my clothes, white. Apparently, bright colors are too much for my head. I wanna be dead. My cellmate always yells at me, telling me it's my fault everything's so white, she gives me a fright. I'm only 8 years old, afraid and cold. Wondering what I've done to be locked away, for days and days. For I'm in jail, and it's been half a year. They won't let me go out to play, I've been led astray. My name's Jenni, and I'm so empty.