Chapter 38

No Jail Overall for Kate

Sooner than usual they returned from the recess. Everyone watched with blinking eyes, and rapt attention as the judge pronounced his judgment.

Over the pew Mrs. Fanny clenched her hands to that of Mrs. Coleman, shut her eyes as the judgment was being pronounced. Kate had shut her eyes, and shook her head in disappointment as she expected the judgment to be against her. She had not been to jail but she had heard a lot of horrible events and lifestyle that hung around jail, and she wasn’t prepared to be the villain or the heroine of jail. As she shut her eyes she pictured her past with Brian, with Tony and she wished she could meet with Brian and ask for his forgiveness before going to jail; she knew she had hurt him but it would be fair to meet with him for the last time and iron out their differences, as for Tony she would want to advise him to turn a new leaf and start loving well… she was thrown into the bed of her imagination when the judge’s