The old Tess would have felt smug with pride and accomplishment at retrieving information from someone where others had failed. The old Tess would have bragged that it was an essential attribute to possess if you wish to become a successful lawyer. However, as Jon stood congratulating me at managing to successfully manipulate parts of Judith’s past out of her after listening to and witnessing her confessions through camera duty, all I could think about was the horrid experience Judith had to go through. Was it really any wonder as to why she had so readily and happily embraced life within The Contra? Accepted their ways of living, rules, and regulations? I imagined that daily life in The Contra provided her with a distraction from her haunting memories.
I wondered why Judith’s story had a
