“Please, arrest me. I’d rather go to jail than go back to that house…”

sickening, distinct snap of his collarbone as they slammed his heavy frame onto the unyielding hardwood floor of the courtroom. He thrashed and screamed obscenities as they dragged him away. That violent outburst in front of a sitting judge was the final nail in his opulent coffin. It was the absolute last day he ever breathed free air.

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