I shuddered, watching the Channel 4 newscaster trudge through knee deep snow, microphone shaking in his gloved hand, lips shivering every other word. Sucks to be him.
I burrowed deeper into the couch and picked at my nails as I waited for the headline story. Straight out of Columbus, the biggest drug ring bust in all of Franklin County's history. The bottom right corner of the screen had a dancing picture of Tom standing straight jawed behind his lawyer.
The more coverage Tom received, the more I worried for him. Media attention put everyone on their toes, police, lawyers, even judges. What might have been life in prison could easily turn into capital punishment. My gut wrenched at the thought of Tom's death by machine, alone and bitter in a cement blocked room.
But as much as watching
