Sent to Prison, I Came Back a BillionaireChapter 1
"Katherine Monroe, you can leave now." The prison guard said.
It was three years after I went to jail in my brother's place. He was accused of murder but for his wife's sake, I, the only daughter and youngest child of the late feared Mafia leader, Maxim Monroe, was asked to take the place of murderer.
I smiled as I stepped out of my cell. I had waited for three hard years in the nation's toughest female prison.
"Your time is up." The guard announced.
I was finally free and I could see my family again.
The guard handed me my old clothes. They were too big because I was really thin and slim from years of malnutrition and giving my food portions to my friend, Portia.
I had quickly learned to be tough around here because my family was one of the 12 Mafia families around the area. I protected her from the prison bullies and insolent guards.
Portia was my only friend in prison. She was the daughter of an oil Tycoon that had businesses all over the world. Her father could've had her out of the prison earlier but she decided to stay because of me.
"Don't you dare forget me." Portia yelled at me as the prison guard opened her cell too.
She was leaving the prison as well. Her custom Ferrari was already waiting outside for her. She would be returning to her wealthy life.
I grabbed the bars, "I would not dare. You're more than a sister to me."
"Don't make me cry. Tell that good-for-nothing family of yours that they can go to hell."
Portia had this idea that my family had abandoned me because they didn't come to see me in prison but I understood why.
They were busy trying to pick up the scraps of what remained of our family's business after my father's death .
That was what pushed my brother to commit the crime in the first place.
"I promise Portia I will invite you to our family Christmas dinner."
"Huh sure." She rolled her eyes then pressed something into my hand, "I have a gift for you, just in case the things don't work out with your family."
"I doubt I'll need it but thanks." I slipped it in my pocket.
She was one of the nicest people I had known in all of my life and it hurt to know I would be leaving her behind to serve her life sentence.
The guard pushed me forward, telling me that it was time for me to leave if I did not want to extend my stay.