Going to Court

I never expected going to court to finally put away the man I've been working to put behind bars since the day I learned about Gretchen Lutterman was going to be so nerve-racking. Geese, I should be pumped and excited to get rid of this guy but I'm so nervous and sweating through my suit! I know I'm doing the right thing by testifying for Gretchen and all, but all my mom can say is I shouldn't have gotten mixed up in it. What if I hadn't met her. I'd have Lola, I'd still be in school, I wouldn't be working in construction to support my mom and sister, and I wouldn't have been running around trying to avoid a man that's trying to kill me. My life would've been a lot better without Gretchen, but where does that leave her? I know I did the right thing even if I threw my life away to save Gretchen's. I might be the only one who thinks I did the right thing, but that's enough for me. I don't need all those things I lost by helping Gretchen, I'm enjoying helping the runner and his wife, working construction, and I really don't care about not graduating high school. I love my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world right now... okay, maybe for the streetcars to come back.
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WWJD

I have no idea what I'm doing. I just stole liquor, stole a car, broke into a liquor store, and crashed the car into a drug store. Now I'm going to testify to nail a sick bastard who killed a baby and raped his daughter. But if I testify, I might end up in jail again for breaking into their house and stealing the baby from the freezer. I told Gretchen I would, but I still have time to back out before it's too late. Do I help Gretchen and finish the job I started: nail Otto Lutterman and send him to prison until his guts rot? Or do I save my butt after all the trouble I've gotten myself into for this girl. What about Lola? I just can't stop thinking about her, is she going to come back to me? Forget Lola, I've got more important things to do and need to get her off my mind for good. But what do I do? What would Jesus do?
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The Clink

Criminy, I can't believe they put me in prison! This was not supposed to happen. All because of Gretchen Lutterman, I wish I never met that girl. Why did I risk all that I have for her? I let my family down, my father died, I lost my girl, and now everyone thinks I'm a thief! Just because I had to help some freak at school. God, I wish I listened to my dad. If I had left Gretchen alone, I'd be out with Lola right now, but instead I'm stuck here cleaning toilets and listening to inmates talk about life and philosophy. But for some reason, I feel like thing's have been left unfinished. I need to get Otto Lutterman once and for all, even if it kills me...

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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Otto Lutterman. Might as well call him the neighborhood pervert! Criminy, if undressing your daughter and beating her along with driving your eldest daughter crazy then drowning her baby in water isn't messed up, then I don't know what is! I was certain he'd stab me right in the back when I ran away from him with little Jacob in my arm and I almost wish he did because he'd have to hide my body from the cops too, and more people knew about me than little Jacob. I can only imagine what he did with it. He probably buried it in the back yard, thinking the freezer was too risky even if he labeled it "Honey-Baked Ham" this time. I just gotta find that baby if I'm going to save Gretchen. Either I find Jacob or I find better evidence to shine the light on his dark perverted secrets to show everyone this man is just a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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L-O-L-A, LOLA

Criminy why is it that my dream woman who makes me feel like I've been hit by a truck decides to date one of my best friends?! I mean, I've been in love with her for about two years now and I can't tell her! I thought my time had come when Tom and her broke up, but it seems that they're actually not broken up, because they keep dancing and necking like they did when they were still dating! Lola is gorgeous, an angel, a perfect 10, and I can't do anything but stare at her. Now I've become a pawn in their charade, taking Lola to dances so Tom's dad doesn't know they're still dating, just so they can meet at the dance and dance together. I hate this. I have so much fun with her before and after the dance but I always feel crummy because it never meant anything. That's why I kissed her, and Criminy, she kissed me back! I couldn't believe it, I could taste her lipstick on my lips, it was incredible! But again it meant nothing, because she went to the dinner formal with Tom a week after. She goes out with me for a month and throws me aside like, like... I don't know, something you don't care about! She just walked over me like a stepping stone and now I feel lousy and used. But I'm going to forget about Lola, I'm going to do everything I can to get her outta my head! I'll cut down to thinking about her 11 million times a day, that'll show her!
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