Chapter 31

Philip walked hastily to the reception area. Omar's message had been insistent and urgent. They had been to court earlier that week and Omar had proved to be a lawyer worth his weight in gold as he had argued Philip's case brilliantly, knocking out every evidence against Philip that the state had presented.

Philip had been so impressed that he had believed without an iota of doubt that he would be granted his freedom right there and then and walk out a freed man and had been outrightly disappointed when he had been told by Omar that he would still have to go back to the prison.

Although since he came back to the prison, he had been allocated another cell which was reasonably much better than where he had come from. And, he was also out of the janitor's grasp for demeaning duties, although Leonard still made sure that no letters were sent outside by the 'bad nigga'.

Julius was due for parole very soon, thanks to the coaching by Omar as well as Julius' well-behaved mannerisms of late, no