Malicious IntentChapter 3
Meg was face-down on the narrow bed in her cell that was designed to hold a maximum of four detainees. One of the prisoners had been remanded to state prison after her conviction on selling and distributing prescription drugs without a license. The judge was unusually harsh with the middle-aged woman because her only son had committed suicide after a bout with an addiction to the illegal drugs that robbed him of all desire to exist in a world destitute of sensitivity to his moods. The poor...