Part 1, Chapter 6 Summary

A few months later, Elaine and Nathan go before Judge Clyne again for sentencing. This time, as their mothers arrive, Elaine announces that she will wed Nathan. Marrying will permit them a few privileges (talking on the phone twice per year and a visit before being sent away to separate prisons). Elaine's mother is not happy and refuses to attend, remaining in her seat as Elaine and Nathan approached the judge. Once he marries them, the judge sentences Elaine to twenty-years to life and Nathan to twenty-five years to life. Elaine is permitted to speak prior to her sentencing and takes the opportunity to denounce her selling of the cocaine, stating she never handed it to anyone, nor received any money. Judge Clyne states that it was the intent and proof provided by the prosecution that made her guilty as charged...