Convicted (2, #2) (ePub)

The trial is a whiteknuckle ride of which she is now ready to get off. With an equal combination of detrimental indications against her, and beneficial evidence that she wasn't entirely to blame for the neighbor's murder, Victoria just wants for it to all be over, and to know if she's facing the full twenty five year sentence. Her father, a judge, sits at the front throughout the entire trial, and her barrister is exceptionally competent, even though Vicky knows it's to score brownie points with her father by getting his daughter the minimum time possible. But her fate is in the hands of twelve people who in Victoria's opinion have no idea what to do with their own lives, let alone be accountable for what happens to hers.

Victoria is taken to a London woman's prison and is aware that it is imperative that she keeps her head down and not induce any bother from the other inmates, and fortunately, she possesses an exceptional ability to deflect nonsense, not entice it, and this is probably the most appropriate time in her life that her talent would come in handy. All Victoria wants is to serve her time, keep her nose clean, and get out of that loony asylum as soon as she can, but every time this seems possible, something else comes along, trouble will always find this lady, and in many regards, her conditioning becomes an asset when knowing how to deal with it. These traits give her the edge she needs in the brutality that is her world, and she somehow manages to hold onto her no-nonsense independence and studies every waking moment to pass the bar on her release, with a little assistance from her father. Because of Victoria's deep abhorrence for the British justice system, she hopes to become a defense barrister, keeping the people of her world out of prison. Because of her retaliatory D.N.A, Victoria finds herself unable to behave and gets up to many psychotic acts, including killing a screw.