title: Counting the Years: Real-Life Stories About Waiting for Loved Ones to Return Home from Prison (Think Outside the Cell)
author: Shelia R. Rule
description: Sheila was a respected journalist at The New York Times for more than 30 years before retiring to publish books that present a fairer image of those who've been in prison. Marsha is a writer and editor for UW Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. She previously edited The Single Mother's Companion: Essays and Stories by Women (Seal Press, 1994)
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  End Game
  
  
  
  
  
  A.J. Carella
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2013
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  She’d been there for what felt like weeks, but was only in fact a few days.
  Stupid girl! What did you expect! She’d had plenty of time to think about her
  decision to come back since she’d arrived. She still believed it had been the
  right one, though, despite being locked in a room with no way out. Even if she
  died trying, her heart wouldn’t have let her do anything other than try to
  find her daughter.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter One
  
  She’d expected a welcoming committee when she’d flown into Heathrow airport
  and she hadn’t been disappointed. As soon as she’d cleared customs and walked
  into the main terminal, she’d spotted Joey waiting for her by the barriers.
  She’d known that going back wasn’t going to be easy, but as soon as she saw
  his 