Fool's Gold

~2~

I whipped around to see a tall,lean guy with brown hair and a cute smile.

"Uh.......hi?"

He threw me the apple, laughing as he came and sat across me at the table.
"You do know that you don't belong here right?" he asked watching me devour the apple.
"Yeah, thanks for pointing that out"I replied, my eyes studying his face. He didn't look like he belonged here either.

"My name's Sam. Sam Drake." He said extending his hand over the table.
"Khloe."
"No last name?" He smirked
"I don't trust people easily, Mr.drake."I replied smirking back.
"I see.... that's good."

"Thanks for the apple by the way."
"No problem! So, what's a pretty girl like you doing in a hellhole like this?"
"Oh just wanted to get the full experience of Panama."I replied sarcastically not wanting to blurt out my true intentions for being here.

"I'm serious."he said, his brown eyes staring straight into my soul.
I sighed looking down at the slop, quickly cooking up a story in my head. An insanely stupid story.
"Well you see, I'm actually the daughter of a famous drug dealer, Hector Alcazar. Recently I happened to fall into a lot of trouble. I was locked up in a few prisons before this but my father always managed to get me out. Then finally I was sent to this prison cause apparently it's the best in this place." I narrated and gave him a big smile.

"Interesting story..."
"Now you tell me what're you doing here?" I asked.
"Long story and if you're good I'll let you know soon."he leaned close.

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As evening fell, a bell rang indicating that it was time to go back into our cells. I entered my cell and immediately fell into bed, not wanting to to meet my cell mate. I turned my back towards the  door and just closed my eyes when I heard the cell door being locked. Then I heard the other bed creak slightly.

Me being a highly curious person just had to turn around to see who it was. I slowly got up and turned around, my eyes meeting another pair of hazel eyes.

"Hi. Guess you're my new cell mate huh?"
"Yeah. My name is Rafe Adler."
"Khloe."

I couldn't help but notice how attractive he was. His black hair neatly combed,his eyes were soft and deep and his voice was intense yet calming.

"So why are you in prison?"

I told him the same story I'd cooked up for Sam earlier.

"You're a horrible liar Khloe"
I laughed shaking my head. "I'd rather not say why I'm here."
"Ok... keep your secrets to yourself then." He smiled.
"So why are you in prison Adler?"
He chuckled. " I'd rather not say either."
"C'mon seriously? My lines?"
"Yeah seriously" he smirked.

We sat in silence for sometime, the only thing audible was the faint singing of the guards, probably drunk.

"Rafe?"
"Yeah?"
"You don't belong in here, do you?"
".......no"

At that moment the sudden realisation hit me that maybe I wasn't the only person after Avery's treasure.

"Khloe?"
"What?"
"Look I don't know why you're here but one thing I do know is you don't belong here either. If anyone causes you trouble, you come to me ok?"
"How about I hang out with you tomorrow hm?"
"Sure that'd be nice"

I don't know why but something about Rafe gave me a sense of security. Even though I wouldn't trust anyone easily, he made me think otherwise. I decided to hang out with him for safety and to try and find why he's in here.

"Goodnight Adler."
"Good night Khloe."

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I woke up to a guard banging on the iron rod, still a bit drowsy. I heard someone groan next to me and realised it was Rafe. He turned to his side, curled into a ball and fell back asleep. I smiled and got up holding my head in my hands as I heard the guards banging on the other cells. I wondered if Sam was in any one of these cells when a guard came and threatened to beat Rafe if he didn't wake up. I walked over to his bed and tried to shake him awake and saw his eyes flutter open slightly.

"Hey c'mon Rafe before the guard comes back again" I held his arm and helped him get up. He sure as hell wasn't a morning person.
"You ok Adler?" I asked patting his back when the guard came and opened the cell.

We walked out and followed the crowd of inmates to the campus.
"So.... did you sleep well?"I asked Rafe who still hadn't recovered from his sleep yet.
"Yeah" he smiled.

From the corner of my eye I noticed two men approaching us so I held Rafe's arm as I heard one of the men.
"Hey Khloe"
"Oh hey Sam." I let go of his arm but still stuck close to him.
"Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah, kinda."
"I'm sorry am I missing something here?" Rafe asked, putting his hand on my back lightly.
"I should be asking you that. I met Khloe at the cafeteria yesterday."

"You two know each other?" I asked with a questioning look on my face.
"Yeah. Rafe is my best friend." Sam smirked.
"Oh please." Rafe scoffed, crossing his hands.

"Does anyone mind explaining what's going on here?" The guy with Sam asked, a perplexed look on his face
"Ah sorry, Nathan, this is Khloe. I met her yesterday. Khloe, this is Nathan, my younger brother." Sam put his arm around Nathan.
"Hi Nathan"
"Please, call me Nate."
"Ok Nate."

"So you and Rafe.....?" Sam asked pointing at us both.
"Khloe's my new cell mate." Rafe said smugly.
"I see....Khloe and I are good friends now, aren't we Khloe?" Sam asked raising his eyebrows at me.
"Yeah sure." I smirked
"Are you sure she's nothing more than just a 'good friend' ?" Nathan asked looking at Sam with a cheeky grin as Sam elbowed him.
"Ow! I'm kidding."
I looked sideways to see Rafe glaring at Nathan.

"Does anyone know what's for breakfast?" I raised my eyebrows sensing the tension between them.
"Yeah just checked it. It's the same slop as yesterday but there's coffee."Sam scrunched his nose.
"I think I'm gonna starve to death here."
"Well this is what you get for committing a crime."
"Jeez....."
"C'mon let's get some coffee atleast."

Sam and Rafe walked ahead while I and Nate followed behind, cracking jokes on the way. Nathan was really sweet.
"Oh you should've seen Rafe's face when he first saw the food they served here."
"Why?"
"Rafe was almost passed out. I and Sam had to hold him from either side and make him sit down." Nate blurted as he burst out laughing, grabbing his stomach.
"Oh  no..." I broke into hysterics.

I didn't notice that Rafe had heard the whole thing and was now glaring at us, while Sam stood beside him trying to muffle his own laughter with his hand over his mouth.

"Ok chill Adler! The food here is pretty breathtaking I guess." I said taking a  deep breath as I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Oh no with the way Rafe reacted I wouldn't call it breathtaking, I'd say rather life taking" Sam chuckled patting Rafe's shoulder.
Rafe rolled his eyes as I giggled at Sam's comment, making him smile.

We ate and spent the time roaming about the place. Sam mostly went off to gamble while Nate and I sat on a bench talking while Rafe stood nearby,keeping an eye on us.

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One week passed in the prison. I hung out with them everyday without realising how close I was getting with them, especially Rafe.

Every night we would talk to each other in our cell. He would sit on my bed, my head on his shoulder and his head on mine till sleep started setting in. He was warm and it felt nice, even though it was hot in Panama.

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Ya i know Rafe's a precious baby boi