Their individual wants and desires meant nothing in the face of those facts.

Vanessa was now several shades paler. "Then we get a lawyer. We get a good lawyer and we fight this!"

Scotty lay down in bed and covered his eyes with his arm.

"Scotty! Don't go to sleep!"

He wasn't going to sleep. He just didn't want to look at her when he said the next.

"Leave me alone Vanessa, okay? I just need time. I need sleep. I'm facing life in prison so can you ...