Just Released: Life After Prison by Tamra Hall

Author:Tamra Hall [Hall, Tamra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Urban, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Crime, 90 Minutes (44-64 Pages), Genre Fiction, Crime Fiction
Amazon: B011QUXX42
Publisher: TaMedia Enterprises, LLC.
Published: 2015-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight: Meeting Vance

Out on the street, walking back to the house, while I wanted to fake the funk and pretend that all is well, I really wanted to cry. Just burst into tears like I did my first night in prison. It was almost no different. I must have looked a hot mess. As I’m walking down the street, one of the guys from the parole office waiting area catches up to me and asked if I was okay. Kind of put off, I merely nodded my head and thanked him for his concern. He was very good looking, in his late 30’s or early 40’s, about 5’10, with light brown eyes, a caramel tan complexion and a muscular build like he did physical labor or just got of prison. It was both. He looked oddly familiar, as if I’ve seen him before. His name was Vance Brown and he just completed his final parole session and made his last payment. Finally off paper. I heard of this, not being tied to the system any longer, being watched and monitored, forced to pay fees. It’s when you are no longer on probation or parole. No more reporting, random drug tests, or suffering from undeserved scrutiny as if you didn’t serve time.

Vance was eager to talk with me more, and asked if he could walk with me. Because he was so handsome, of course I said sure, and added in a joking manner, only if you let me see your walking papers first. He was more than willing to show them off as we talked and walked over to the nearby Denny’s for coffee. We talked for hours, at least through the rest of the morning. Vance understood my physical place as a man who had been caught up in the judicial system, but not quite my mental state as a woman scorned, rejected by parents, betrayed by co-workers, and abandoned by a husband who probably spent more time worrying about his image than my personal well-being over the past five years.

Vance was nice at first impression, well-spoken, smooth and confident. He was full of this hopeful and enigmatic energy that kind of unnerved me. It was like he was too positive or something if that’s at all possible. I didn’t reveal much about myself, only what you’d learn from the old newspaper stories. He noticed right away – and he understood. An observant and animated man, Vance made me laugh with his quick wit and random comments about people, places, and things he experienced. He had stories for days but we decided to leave prison stories, committed crime histories in the past for now. He’d been on parole for a year and was contemplating leaving the great state of Arizona. Now “off paper”, working as a crew supervisor, Vance felt a new sense of freedom, even after hearing countless stories of unwarranted violations by P.O.’s who acted as if they had a quota to meet or a personal mission to achieve.

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