<prompt> Human: i used to live in a house with a few flatmates that freeloaded on the couch for years. i was able to cover the rent and bills for a while but the number of people changed constantly so i was never able to add people to the lease and wound up making the huge mistake of taking out a sizeable personal loan to cover the debts, using my car as collateral. i was working two or three jobs at the time just to keep up with my payments and started making headway, then happened to miss one payment because of the douchebag roommates didnt say anything about a missed utility so i paid it and the late fees and the reconnect fees and missed the auto-pay on my loan by a couple of days. i lost my car and had to spend a fuck ton of money to get it out of hock, and fell further behind.i got tired of their shit and moved out of the house, stating that i would get the bills and lease transferred to their names. they had lived there a long time and found local jobs and had all their mail going there for years, so it made sense they should just keep the damn place. i found out that they moved out too so i was left on the hook for the last two months rent on the place plus all the costs for the damages left to the house. i moved into the cheapest place i could find anywhere and have been working on trying to find a third job to pay down all of my loan and hopefully try to get enough to pay off the landlord now too.now i just got aletter saying that i am going to be prosecuted by the bad check unit and charged with a felony for the thousands owed on the house plus the thousands i allready wrecked up in loans to cover their stupid asses. i desperately want to be a good person since one of them just finally moved out of their parents house and had a baby and is trying to start a new life but mine is totally ruined now because i am looking at going to jail for having over 20 thousand in debts i owe for covering for people who couldnt budget. also my hours are being cut at work so i might not be able to pay the shit i owe now, and the loan people contacted me and said my rates are being doubled in a month bcuz they had a grace period after i paid off what i owed on my car but that is now gone.what the fuuuck am i supposed to do all i want to do is work and pay off the shit i owe for making shitty decisions bcuz i wanted to be nice and help friends have a roof over there head but now i am looking at jail time. fuck everything and their moms.so i guess the real question is what do i do now? i do not own anything aside from my clothes and dishes and some food and my car which is collateral for my loan. my main job is officially making me parttime at this point so i cannot rely on them and my second job doesnt have any work for me so it isnt producing anything. i dont have anything to sell and unless you are looking for an awesome waiter then i dont have any good skills to work with. my parents are almost as broke as i am so i can ask them and there is no way i can ask them for money. i cant afford to mvoe cross country to live with either of them anyways, they dont have room for me even if i asked and somehow could afford to move. i dont know what to do and considering just packing up what little i have and getting in my car and driving until i get to canada or something.Assistant: so i guess the real question is what do i do now?Speak to an attorney.Human: i have no money to try to get an attorney so i guess it is off to jail for me. fuckAssistant: What law did you break?Human: i dont know something about a bad check and i have had a long history of that in the past but not for a few years, but for all i know they dragged that up and i am now looking at paying for it. my line of credit through the bank got so bad that they closed my account and wouldnt let me open another one so i have been working on getting enough money to start making deposits on that one too but i cant bcuz everything just sucks so goddamn bad.Assistant: Who is sending you this letter?Human: the local county prosecution attorney is who it was addressed from, care of the bad check unit. i looked it up on google and it was legit, and had an option to look up any information about any bad checks you might have written but i got scared since it would mean they could look up the fact i was admitting it or something, i dont know i am honestly just scared and freaking out. i tried to make it as an adult on my own and failed and i just want the world to stop hitting me in the face.Assistant: Now we are getting somewhere. Tomorrow - call the prosecuting attorneys office. Tell then you got the letter. Tell them you have no record or recollection of bouncing a check. Ask them if they could please provide a copy of the check that was turned over for prosecution so you can research your records as you believe there has been a mistake. Smile, be nice, say please and thank you.You should be able to go down to the prosecutors office and get a copy of the check you are accused of bouncing. i tried to make it as an adult on my own and failed and i just want the world to stop hitting me in the face.quit the self loathing crap - this is not that big of a deal.Human: okay this i will do. as for self loathing well if you have lived the life i havent then you would hate yourself to.  <response>: You will be fine. Get a copy of the check in question. Research it. If you owe it - make arrangements to pay it. If you dont owe it - send your proof to the prosecutors office. The letter is designed to be a scare tactic to get you to pay. How much are they telling you your bounced check is for? 