Jason's bus ride was less than pleasant. He had listened to his counselor and kept to himself but four other passengers had already told him that they were going to make him their bitch. One was a large black fella named Dashawn, who admitted that he was "down for whatevah" and that this was his second time inside the system for violent crimes.
Jason was wishing that he hadn't held up that liquor store.
At the prison, the bus was unloaded and all twelve inmates were taken to registration and given their new inmate clothing. Dashawn had made it a point to stay close to Jason.
"When we get inside," he told Jason, "I'm gonna turn my pocket out and you're gonna hold it so everyone knows that your asshole is mine. Got that?"
Jason didn't respond and instead looked to the clerk for assistance only to have the clerk seem to ignore them.
"Mr. Jason Ross," the clerk said, "you're in pod two cell B. Mr. Dashawn Jones, you're in pod two cell F."
Jason was dreading the walk to his cell until he saw that there was a prison guard waiting to escort him and Dashawn. The two followed the uniformed guard who introduced himself as Paul and he took them to their pod and deposited Dashawn in his cell first. The rest of the way Paul explained who Jason's cell mate was.
"You're bunking with Muther," he said.
"Mother?" Jason asked.
"Muther... with a U. He's a good guy. He gets along with the administration and the inmates alike. You won't have any problems. It's almost like someone was looking out for you."
As they reached Jason's cell, Jason could see Muther sitting on the top bunk. He was bald but not shaved and he lacked eyebrows and any type of facial hair. His skin was pearly white and he was lean and well defined. Muther smiled as Jason came in.
"Hi," Jason muttered.
"Hello," Muther responded.
Jason started to climb into the bottom bunk but Paul stopped him. "You're gonna need to change into your issued uniform. A trustee will be around to pick up your old clothes for you."
Paul left and Jason looked at Muther as he reluctantly got undressed. Jason took down his pants and Muther noticed his bulge but didn't say anything about it. Instead he reaffirmed, "Don't be shy. You don't have to hide nothing from anyone in here. You're safe in this cell."