And then there was reality

The magistrate begin reading my charges and then he got to the bond amount. $50,000 SECURED bond......
Silence in the room..For those of you that understand how this works that means $5000 to get me out. We didn't have that. But I thought to myself, my husband will figure out how to get me out. Come to find out they had done a drug roundup that morning, called "Operation Rockbottom" and 28 people was charged and arrested. That's why all our bonds were so outrageously high. To prove a point.
I was shuttled over to the jail with the others and the booking process began. At this point I was terrified. Thinking what am I gonna do? They placed us all in a holding cell one for guys and one for girls as I looked around I thought you are kidding me. In that room there was a wood bench that ran along one side of the wall. Now bear in mind, this was a small room probably would hold 6 people and right in the middle of the room was a small stainless steal sink and a toilet. Then there was the heavy steel door that slammed behind us with that loud lock when they slammed it. Totally cut off from the outside. I begin thinking in my mind " I am not gonna survive in here I have heard nightmares about jail. Surely, my husband is not going to leave me here" We had been married for 4 years and we were never apart.
As they begin to call us one by one people were leaving and coming back in the jail issued clothing. The awful orange color. I was sick to think about this. They called my name, Cline!! because you sure didn't get any respect there. We were criminals. As I approached the stern woman at the desk she began to ask me a series of questions. Like medications I take and if I wanted to hurt myself. Well anybody in there right mind wanted to hurt them self at that moment but I responded 'no'... Then I got to do the photo shoot then fingerprinted. Then I was allowed my free phone call.....I thought good finally get to talk to my husband...The phone rang forever and he finally answered I said, "baby, when are you coming to get me" he said...I'm not..."what you can't leave me here this is a terrible place!!" He said, we'll you should have thought about that before you did what you did..you know that I cannot get you out that's $5000 dollars. I said call your family call my family call anyone just please GET ME OUT.... He said sadly, you have burned all your bridges with all of them and they are not going to help you.. Those words burned deep in my soul.. Then the phone went dead the phone time was over.. I went back to the holding cell in tears...Sobbing forcefully until I could no longer breath. I was there by myself in this terrible place and I was left on my own to survive the best way I knew how............