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18

Lo watched as Lou and Ben were led out of the courtroom in handcuffs with so much happiness and satisfaction, she thought her heart would burst.

Life imprisonment. The serious-looking judge had said it and banged his gavel. Lou and Ben where going to be in a penitentiary for the rest of their god-awful lives and Lo was glad to be a part of the court process that led him there. Under oath, she had sworn to tell the truth and she had told the truth. Everything. She was aware that she had shed some tears during the most painful and graphic parts of her story but she was sure Lou and Ben wouldn't be able to enjoy it too much when they had some guys dick far up their asses.

Life imprisonment. Lou felt like shackles that had held her down for years had been removed and she was now free to soar as high as she possibly could. As she stood up from the bench, she felt considerably lighter, which was saying something looking at the fact that she felt like she was the size of a whale. Ty was beside her immediately, helping her up and putting his arm around her as they left the courtroom.

When they got outside, there seemed to be some sort of commotion going on at the police van where Ben and Lou were to be loaded before being taken to the penitentiary. Looking closer, Lo saw that Lou had bitten one of the officers and was making a pointless attempt to run for it. He was tased and went down immediately. Surprisingly, he started crawling again and caught sight of Lo in the small crowd that gathered.

"BITCH!" he screamed, "I HATE YOU!" then he was tased again and howled in pain. Lo blew a raspberry at him and smiled like the Chesire cat. If she had thought he looked crazy before, then he looked totally bonkers now. He was definitely not looking forward to that thought and with that thought, if possible, her grin got even wider. Lo's shit-eating grin was the last thing Lou saw before he was pushed into the back of the police van with his compliant father.

"Biiiiitchhhhh!" came a holler behind them and they turned to find Yaz barreling towards them, Pam hot on her heels, "did you just blow a raspberry at Lou? I cant blame you, girl. You have no idea how happy I was when that judge gave them both life behind bars. I should probably blow him or something."

Lo laughed while Pam rolled her eyes. Only Yaz would offer the judge head for putting Lou and Ben in jail for life.

"She actually has a point," Pam spoke up "when that defense attorney was talking about tampering justice with mercy, I nearly clocked him with my purse. The judge looked like he was about to do the same but with one of them flagpoles behind him." They all laughed at that.

"Let's go to Pam's Place to celebrate," Yaz suggested, "Miss Manager here closed up the place so we get it all to ourselves. Plus I have a bottle of vodka I stashes in the employee room," she looked pointedly at Lo's stomach, "sorry, Lo."

Lo just smiled. She missed alcohol and weed but she would never do anything to jeopardize her baby's health. So she knew she would be off both until her baby was weaned. They agreed to go to Pam's Place but Lo had to settle for sweet Earl Grey.

When they got home, Ty led Lo to their room immediately. "What a woman you are, Lo. You see the person who made your life a living hell and not only do you blow a raspberry at him, but you're grinning at him like the fucking cat that are the fucking canary."

"What can I say, I'm sweet like that," she replied cheekily. Ty shook his head at her and dragged her towards him. He had asked her if she wanted him to use his influence to move the trial forward until she could handle it but she had flat out refused, saying the sooner those men were locked up, the sooner she could sleep well. And she wasn't fucking around, if the visible sag of her shoulders was anything to go by.