I still lived at home, doing odd jobs here and there. Yet I was unable to continue with my education due to lack of funds and legal papers. Without le...al papers, I couldn’t even apply for federal student financial aid. And that sucked. You’ve got no idea how frustrating it has been for a brilliant young man like myself. Between 2007 and 2009, I authored nearly two dozen books and published them through a small, independent print-on-demand publisher. Many of my books are to be found in the. I was only there for a few minutes when I heard some voices.As I was leaning up against a railing on the boardwalk two guys appeared on the trail. They were older guys and one of them had a small video camera. They looked like tourists and I thought oh fuck I don't want to be on some vacation movie. I turned around so that I wasn't facing them and hoped they would just walk past. I looked over my shoulder and the camera was pointed right at me and they were walking in my direction. The guy. She had been only 18, just out of high school, and had entered the room as Prisoner # 98945. She was a terrified and bewildered foreigner, with no knowledge of the culture or language of Upper Danubia (as the country was called back then) facing a 20-year sentence for marijuana trafficking. How much things had changed since then, but one detail remained constant in the Spokeswoman’s mind. Every time she saw that platform, her memory flashed back to her own trial. No matter how many times she. He would be there as quick as he could.She led them down a short corridor to the examination rooms. There were four rooms, two on each side, separated by curtains. She indicated a room. She reached in a cabinet and pulled out a green paper hospital gown.“Strip to your underwear and put on this.” She handed Sam the gown. She turned to Jamie. “Ma’am, he is your son, so it is up to you whether you stay while he undresses!”The clerk pulled the curtain and walked back to her desk. Sam and Jamie.