SUBURBAN SLUMS
“The Secret Life of One
Woman”
The year was around the1979, and I am sitting in
the courtroom listening as the judge is hitting his gavel upon the desk. My ears
are muffled as if I was under water. Everyone is in an uproar. The witness just
told the courtroom he could identify the defendant if he ever saw her again. The
prosecutor asked the witness to stand up and point the defendant out. I just
knew he was going to point his finger at me, as he stood up, looking around the
room. I am the only one sitting here next to my attorney. As the witness stood,
a dark cloud rose over the room, as if a storm was about to hit. My knees became
weak and I anticipated the man pointing me out. However, to my surprise, he
pointed to one of the jurors and the crowded courtroom literally went nuts. I
leaned back in my chair; it was as if I could hear nothing around me, as if my
ears were underwater. I could only hear the dampened sounds and my own
heartbeat. I cannot believe this is happening to me. It is not as if I had been
a good citizen or a perfect person. I always did illegal activities but I never
got this involved until my life was rooted with Vicenza Giuliano. My brother
tried to warn me but I am so bull-headed that I would not listen. I always think
I know everything. Now here I sit twelve people to decide my destiny. I am too
much in a state of shock to be scared. I guess you could say I am in denial. My
whole life is flashing before my eyes. What happened? What is going to become
of my daughter? What could I have been thinking of? Well, as I sit back and
realize that I destroyed my life, my daughter’s life, that man’s life and his
family. I came to see the good, the bad and the totally
insane.
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