title: A Wake-up Call
author: King, Mary
description: The police are in front of Emelisa's hiding. The certainty of her arrest brings her some relief. Emelisa knows the punishment for her crime. But she is wondering why she feels so relieved and why the neighbors who look on open-mouthed aren’t giving her public shame.Even with chains later in her solitary cell, Emelisa still feels free as she has never been in life. But her most difficult problem so far is the police who want to use emotional torture to get dramatic results. She knows why: she has flung in their faces her courage and the pride of her being a woman. She however doesn’t know if she can withstand their torture.