“She has no criminal record in Maricopa County.

One signature on this page gets her out of the holding cell before the afternoon shift change.”

Mariana picked up a ballpoint pen from the wire cup on the counter.

She held the blue barrel between her fingers for three seconds, then put it back in the cup.

“No,” Mariana said.

Vance took a deep breath and tapped his index finger on the blue paper.

“If she goes to the main county jail, the state prosecutor will go ahead with felony endangerment and commercial exploitation charges,” Vance said.