Belle had a rough idea of how many prisoners, thanks to the creepy bastard's reply to her comment. Now how many would take her invitation and show up were another story entirely.
"Honey, we'd all enjoy it more if we weren't stuck here," she pointed out. "But we gotta stick together and make due until we can." As for being freed by May, well, there was no telling how long they'd be here. "Grace darlin', no matter what happens, you ain't lettin' nobody down because you're here. This ain't your fault." None of it was, but she could tell the girl was blaming herself somehow. Poor thing.
Her face darkened about the commissioner commenting. "Yeah, he thanked me for being community minded. Luckily for him, my momma and granny raised me to be a lady, or else I'd have given him a piece of my mind. He don't know a thing about me and I sure as hell ain't doin' this because of his plans."