"And you,young lady better keep your mouth shut tightly or you’re gonna spend some time in the isolation"

"You mean the pathetic little room in the corner?" Valeria asked.

"That’s the one" Edgecomb said.

"My lips are sealed"

"That’s a first" Brutal muttered.

Valeria laughed and said:

"I knew you couldn’t help but comment.I knew you cared"

"What are you talking about,woman?" Brutal asked.

"Mouth shut now,McKenzie" Edgecomb warned.

"No Paul,let her speak" Brutal said.

He turned to Valeria and asked:

"What did you mean by that?".

"If you wouldn’t care like you say you don’t,you’d just ignore me.You’ve done anything but ignore me over the past couple of days,I’ve seen you staring at me"

Before Brutal could react,Valeria turned to Paul Edgecomb and said:

"He digs me you know,hasn’t been able to keep his eyes off my body he hasn’t".

Brutal had heard enough and he charged at her.He was held back by Edgecomb,Terwilliger and Stanton.Wild Bill stared at McKenzie with his eyes full of lust.

"Can’t say I blame him,you are one hot honey" Wild Bill commented.

"I know" Valeria purred.

Wharton’s eyes bulged out as she licked her lips.Edgecomb spoke to Brutal as they stopped him.Brutal was furious.

"Brutal calm down,she’s a liar and a con-artist and you know it.You’re above this,she’s not worth it" Edgecomb said.

"How would you know?" Valeria asked.

Edgecomb turned around,faced McKenzie and said:

"You are about a second away from using up all my patience".

Valeria wisely kept her mouth shut.Edgecomb turned back to Brutal and said:

"Now obviously she has taken it upon herself to make your life hell while she’s here. I know it’s not easy but you have to ignore her,if you hurt her now it’s gonna come back to get you later and I don’t want that"

Brutal calmed down a bit and said:

"Alright but she better stay out of my face"

Brutal walked off with Stanton and Terwilliger as Valeria pouted.

"But…in your face is exactly where I wanna be"

Edgecomb walked to McKenzie’s cell and stood in front of her.She didn’t move and didn’t seem impressed.

"You’re in the wrong place to have such a big mouth and I suggest you keep it shut in future,that is if you want to keep your teeth where they are"

"I am to be executed in just over a week,I’m not the least bit worried about my teeth.I figure if I have to die,why not let it be at the hands of that gorgeous,manly,hunk of beef that you call Brutal.By the way could you send him over in a while,I got a terrible backpain and I need some nimble fingers to rub it out"

Edgecomb walked away shaking his head.

"Hey,where are you going?" Valeria asked gripping her bars.

"You’re incorrigible,McKenzie" Edgecomb said.

"Does that mean you’ll tell him?" Valeria called after him.

But Edgecomb was already gone.Percy Whetmore had been standing there the whole time not saying anything until now.

"If it’s nimble fingers you’re looking for,don’t turn to Brutal,turn to me"

"Please,I wouldn’t let you touch me even if you were a man" Valeria spat at him.

Wild Bill chuckled,Delacroix laughed and Whetmore looked furious.He turned to Del and said:

"You shut up,you french faggot"

Whetmore turned to Wild Bill but didn’t say anything,he seemed deathly afraid of him.Whetmore turned back to Valeria and walked to her.

"Those are big words for a little girl"

Valeria’s voice turned into a purr as she said:

"Well perhaps I was a bit harsh on you there.I suppose I’m just so use to disappointment in men’s…capabilities I just don’t bother to be nice anymore"

McKenzie had reached for Percy’s collar and was now gently rubbing his shoulder.Percy didn’t mind at all.Delacroix, Coffey and Wharton all watched as this took place.Coffey felt the evil radiating from McKenzie,Delacroix actually thought she meant what she said but Wharton knew she was playing a game and he loved it.

"Maybe I was wrong to say what I said,after all just because I can’t have that hunk of man Brutal doesn’t mean I can’t have a studly man like you.Now come over here and give the little girl some sugar" Valeria softly purred.

Percy came closer and closer to McKenzie without knowing how dangerous it was.Wild Bill laughed and watched as this happened.

"What are you gonna do to him,you little rascal?" Wild Bill whispered.

Edgecomb came out of his office after hearing Wharton laugh.

"Get away from the bars Percy" Edgecomb warned.

But Percy was too busy staring into the blue eyes of an experienced and convicted killer.

"PERCY" Edgecomb yelled.

Brutal had now joined Edgecomb and they ran to Percy but it was too late.McKenzie had grabbed Percy’s nightstick when he was too busy staring in her eyes and she knocked him in the stomach and than on the back of his head.He would have fallen back if McKenzie hadn’t hung onto his collar.

Her pretty face had turned into a grimace of fury as she hit him again and was forced to let him go as Brutal very nearly knocked her arm off with his night stick,she managed to pull back just in time.

She backed away from the bars with the night stick in her hand,Delacroix was half laughing,half shocked,John Coffey could feel her evil increasing and Wharton was laughing and hollering.Brutal turned to McKenzie as Edgecomb tended to Percy.

"I told you to stay away from the bars,didn’t I?" Edgecomb said.

Percy passed out with a broken nose and a severe concussion.Edgecomb shook his head and said:

"We gotta get this man a doctor"

Wharton was still hollering and Edgecomb yelled at him.

"Shut up"

Wharton kept quiet.Edgecomb turned around and saw Brutal standing across Valeria who had the nightstick in her hand.She was in a defensive stance but she had a smirk on her face.The snarl had disappeared from her face.

"Give me the damn nightstick,McKenzie" Brutal growled.

Valeria’s voice once again became a purr.

"Swearing doesn’t become you,gorgeous,whispering sweet little nothings might"

Valeria winked at Brutal as Edgecomb joined him.They had now both drawn their nightsticks and Edgecomb said:

"If you’re smart you’ll hand us the nightstick like a good girl,you wont like it if we have to come get it"

Valeria looked at the two men in front of her,making sure to pay extra attention to Brutal’s lower body and than threw the nightstick at Paul.

"Take it,I didn’t wanna hold nancyboy’s nightstick anyway" Valeria sneered.

Wild Bill and Delacroix both laughed and Coffey was sweating badly as he felt her evil increase.Brutal and Edgecomb walked out of the cell with three nightsticks and Brutal locked it again.Paul turned back to Percy who was still sprawled on the floor and said:

"Right,a doctor"

He went to his office to make the call.Brutal looked at Valeria and than walked with Paul.

"I’ll miss you Brutal" Valeria said.

"Man that was the bomb" Wild Bill enthused.

Valeria smirked.A doctor was called and Percy was taken to hospital.He was released the same day.There were no real repercussions for Valeria and Percy was now constantly watching her as though he were hatching a plan.