Life Without

Chapter One: High Anxiety: Seeking a Pardon
Chapter Two: Turbulent Beginnings
Chapter Three: Battle Scars
Chapter Four: Sweet in Small Doses
Chapter Five: The One that Broke the Camel's Back
Chapter Six: My Bridge to Sin City
Chapter Seven: Things We Lost in the Fire
Chapter Eight: Beware of an Enemy Reconciliation
Chapter Nine: "Who You Want to Live With?"
Chapter Ten: Dysfunction: The New Normal
Chapter Twelve: Vegas: Doorway to Disaster
Chapter Eleven: Kidnapping Us Back
Chapter Twelve: Vegas: Doorway to Disaster
Chapter Thirteen: Sixth Sense
Chapter Fourteen: Neon Wilderness
Chapter Fifteen: Enter Troy Kell
Chapter Sixteen: Rescuing Baby Nicole
Chapter Seventeen: Kidnapped . . . Again
Chapter Eighteen: I Already Got a Sister
Chapter Nineteen: The Last Kidnapping
Chapter Twenty: The Truce
Chapter Twenty-One: Grandma's Sobering Moment
Chapter Twenty-Two: Big Trouble at Rancho Circle
Chapter Twenty-Three: Virginia's Fatal Decision
Chapter Twenty-Four: Triple Homicide
Chapter Twenty-Five: Alex's Grand Plan
Chapter Twenty-Six: Aftermath
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Night Terrors
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Psychotic Intrusions and Lowlife Friends
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Halloween Fiasco and Back to Dad's
Chapter Thirty: Another Shooting
Chapter Thirty-One: Enter "Cotton"
Chapter Thirty-Two: Fighting Off a Rapist
Chapter Thirty-Three: The Stalker: Prelude to Murder
Chapter Thirty-Four: Cotton's Murder
Chapter Thirty-Five: A Nightmare, But Not a Dream
Chapter Thirty-Six: Booked for Murder
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Clark County Jail
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Five-Day Circus
Chapter Thirty-Nine: On Hold
Chapter Forty: Welcome to the Rest of Your Life
Chapter Forty-One: Lockdown in the Fish Tank
Chapter Forty-Two: Breaking Point
Chapter Forty-Three: What to Do with Me
Chapter Forty-Four: First Day in the Yard
Chapter Forty-Five: Monica
Chapter Forty-Six: Wall of Noise, Den of Violence
Chapter Forty-Seven: Facing a Predator
Chapter Forty-Eight: Ordeal in the Prison Kitchen
Chapter Forty-Nine: Just a Bar of Soap
Chapter Fifty: Return of My Jailhouse Stalker
Chapter Fifty-One: Sheila's Ordeal
Chapter Fifty-Two: First Appeal and Varela's Contrition
Chapter Fifty-Three: Changing My Tune
Chapter Fifty-Four: Appeal Denied!
Chapter Fifty-Five: Bitter Winter and Off to Reno
Chapter Fifty-Six: Troy's Troubled Life
Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Annabelle Hall Situation
Chapter Fifty-Eight: Sold Down the River
Chapter Fifty-Nine: Our Escape Plan
Chapter Sixty: What Happened in Between
Chapter Sixty-One: Shakopee Prison and Troy Kell's Fate
Chapter Sixty-Two: Fighting for a Parole
Chapter Sixty-Three: 2002 Pardons Hearing and the Mob Cop
Chapter Sixty-Four: The Mystery Packet
Chapter Sixty-Five: Big Win at the Pardons Board
Chapter Sixty-Six: 2007 Parole Hearing
Chapter Sixty-Seven: On Parole—Forever
Chapter Sixty-Eight: Last Visits with Dad
Chapter Sixty-Nine: Back to Prison
Chapter Seventy: A Week of Sorrow
Chapter Seventy-One: Judgement Day
Chapter Seventy-Two: The Morning After
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