JJ Just over seven weeks after Havoc’s arrest, the victim advocate called to tell me the judge would be considering a plea agreement. I’d already discussed the proposal with the prosecutor and gone over it with Marissa. I understood the terms well enough to be angry about them without being confused. Donald would plead guilty to battery against a household member for what he did to me at the old tattoo shop and to violating the protection order when he knowingly came near my new business. The allegations tied to Nixx’s ambush would be dismissed under the agreement. I’d asked the prosecutor why anyone would accept misdemeanors after watching what the camera recorded. She’d explained that the seriousness of my injuries had prompted review of a more serious charge, but the defense was prep

