All You Need Is Love

Chapter 20

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                                                               (Jacari's Hearing)

"Jacari Lockwood"

I quickly jump up from my cell bed.

I've been in this holding cell with 5 other niggas for 3 days.

After I recovered from being shot they sent my ass straight here.

Now I gotta go to a hearing that I already know the outcome of.

The judge told me if he sees me again I'm going to jail.

And I'm 18 so there's no detention center or nothing for me.

I'm going straight to jail.

I don't feel no type of way about it.

It is what it is.

I knew I would end up here one day.

I just hate leaving Desire.

I follow the officer out of the cell.

He leads me to the little court room that is inside of this place.

But I already know where it's at because this isn't my first time being here.

I look over to the seating area.

I really didn't know if Desire was going be here or not since school came off Christmas and New Years break.

And it is a school day.

So I'm real happy when I see here sitting front and center in the family session.

Her and Que are the only two people sitting there.

"I told you I didn't want to see you again Mr.Lockwood." Judge Peterson says as soon as he sees my face.

I just stare at him.

I mean there's nothing I can do about it I'm here now.

"How does the defendant plea?" He asks.

"Guilty." I say asking for my court appointed lawyer.

Even if I didn't do what their charging me for he wouldn't know what to do.

I'm pleading guilty because their charging me with drug possession and I did have drugs on me.

I still find it f****d up that they would even charge somebody who was on the verge of dying.

But I did the crime now I have to do the time.

"I'm sure you remember what I told you the last time you were here." Judge Peterson says while going through some papers.

Probably my record.

"Yeah." I say.

"Okay then we don't  need to make this any longer than necessary. I'm sentencing you to serve 2 months in Brokers Correctional Center." He says.

I don't have much of a reaction.

I knew this was coming.

I turn to look at Desire and wish I hadn't.

The look she gave me is probably going to haunt me the whole 2 months I'm in there.

I really hate to leave her.