Part 4, Chapter 41 Summary

In December Elaine walks into her parole office and sits down. She has to be at work by 4:00 p.m., but always comes early not knowing how long the visit will take. On her last visit Camacho was training a new parole officer. He called him a trainee. Elaine likes to mess with the new trainees, so she pretends she has been doing drugs to get Camacho to test her. The test will turn out negative, of course. It is all in fun.

On this day, it is nearly two hours before anyone calls her name. She sits and waits. Jamel shows up. It is his day for a visit as well, and they think they will go in together to meet whomever the new officer is that is replacing Camacho. Officer Russell appears in the doorway (the officer that she...