HELLBOUND
Oh God, I could die of embarrassment.
Since all the hearings had already taken place, the jury had taken the last two days to deliberate, and it was finally time to hear the verdict.
“Has the jury reached a verdict?” Judge Hale asked.
“We have, your honor,” the foreman said and my father stood up, he glanced back at mom and me and gave us a small grin of confidence, “We the jury, in the case of Steele and Warner versus Joseph Spencer, find the defendant, guilty of embezzlement.”