Merry Christmas, Here's Your Divorce

The last days of December settle over Albion with a heavy, exhausted quiet. After weeks of chaos and heartbreak, the Felonist turns inward — rereading her journal, confronting the grip of pride, covetousness, and “stuff,” and trying to make sense of the year she’s survived. Christmas arrives in her cube with carols, memories of her mother, and the ache of distance. And she gives herself one brutal, necessary gift: Bill’s divorce. A clean emotional break wrapped in newspaper — the only kind of Christmas wrapping paper you can get in prison. She moves through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with small, steadying moments — PT’s visit, Nelva’s calls, Jen and Elena listening to her book in the gym. Grace rides Ricky Martin. The year closes quietly, with reflection, gratitude, and a fragile sense of forward motion. As she finishes her first Albion journal, she steps into 2015 knowing one thing: she made it through, and she’s not going back.