The only wrinkle came in the form of the judge adding one extra day onto my incarceration period. It didn't sound like much but my attorney objected and was promptly overruled. It meant that I had to serve the entire 12 months and one day locked up with no early release. Otherwise I might have been released on good behavior after serving 244 days. Linda wouldn't look at me but I saw the tears on her cheek. No explanation, no telling me she was sorry, no nothing but her god damn tears. Well, so much for it was how I remember feeling. Jake told me he would have the house looked after while I did my time. It was already paid for and I had enough in savings to take care of taxes and insurance and anything else that came up. I surrendered the following Monday morning and started my time with th
