Besides, this was why I had an attorney on retainer in the first place. Leslie would get it all straightened out. Besides, once I explained why I had entered that yard and taken the dogs in the first place, I was sure any charges would be dropped. If anything, charges should be filed against the homeowner for criminal neglect and cruelty to animals.
And so on. I let those reassuring thoughts run through my mind during the trip to Monterey Park, even though the whole time, I could feel the knot of dread in my stomach pulling tighter and tighter. What if my father’s political opponents got wind of my arrest and tried to use it against him? It was an election year, and although my father had held the same seat in Congress for ten consecutive terms, maybe this would be the one thing that woul
