I thought she hated me… after all I was just another woman prison officer to vent her sarcasm, to flirt with. Sophie van Beringer was due for parole after eleven years in high security institutions for committing a hideous crime as a child and I did my best to keep her out of trouble until her release, but somehow she found ways to make life difficult for me... dear God she was so cynical and manipulative. But here's the paradox: she had grown up to be intelligent and beautiful; a prize for the gang leaders who used her sexiness for their own ends and she was hopelessly entangled in the seedy underbelly of the institution.
Then one day I saw another side of her - a vulnerable side that needed me. She became caught up in an altercation and got a bloody nose. In the aftermath she was shocked and upset so I tried to comfort her… and suddenly she was in my arms, crying softly, kissing me and I just could not stop from responding. Yes, I realise it was wrong and I was consumed with guilt. I know what you're thinking... I was as bad as the pimps she was already a victim to. Yes, but my body simply took over and I kissed her back.
Soon after, Sophie was released with a new identity and that should have been the end of our little fledgling love story, but when I got a call from her parole residence officer saying Sophie needed me, I knew I had to go - and life would never be the same again.
This is a lesbian love story that starts in a young offenders' institute and should have stopped there. She, the girl who once committed a violent crime but the psychiatrists say is now cured. Me, the sensible, practical prison officer who should have known better but couldn’t help herself.
It contains adult and erotic themes.
