Mako's Message: I really don't have anything to say today. So I'm just going to thank everyone for all the reviews and ideas support. I was really worried this story was going to backfire on me, but from your reactions, it looks like I'm going to have a hard time topping this. So, thanks again, and don't forget. Ten reviews between chapters 141 and 160 get you the Jessi Bonus.


Well.

It's over.

It dragged on about a week longer than it had any right to, but all the publicity kept it going. Kept the prosecution and the defense butting heads trying to get harsher and lighter sentences.

The prosecution thought that having her brother up there, fresh out of the hospital, would help win the jury to his side. And it probably would have. The guy was kind of shell shocked. I'd imagine having the girl you're used to just shoving your dick into whenever you feel the urge turning and trying to gut you would kind of shake up your worldview.

But once all THAT came to light they couldn't exactly shuttle him off so that he couldn't be cross examined.

And of course they had to examine Jessi's girly bits and, well, the doctor didn't go into detail but he said there was undeniable proof of multiple rapes.

The psychologist they had examine her also said that she...well, she's a mess. Said she thought Jessi had been holding herself together rather well until she discovered the guy she had been "e-dating" (her word, not mine) was a sexual predator and she'd had a complete break at that point.

An Aunt came forward during the trial. The Aunt and Jessi's mom had stopped talking years ago and hadn't even known she'd packed up and left. So, after all the discussion and questioning and examinations, Jessi is being..."sentenced", I guess, to intensive outpatient therapy while in the custody of her aunt. In Pittsburgh.

Which is better than being locked up. Not saying it's not. But hearing that she wasn't going to be locked up...and then that she was leaving anyway was kind of a blow.

The really weird thing, the thing I'm still trying to wrap my head around, is that her lawyer had made a public statement saying that Jessi wanted to thank Hit Girl in person for saving her that night.

I mean, first, the fact they actually made the request is just a mind fuck in and of itself, like Hit Girl would actually show up. But then, there's the part of me that says, "How can I NOT go?"


Jessi Fact: Jessi's theme songs would be, in no particular order, "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson, "Nobody's Home" by Avril Lavigne, and "Wrong Way" by Sublime.