Just before `C;h$*ristmas, L) `-e@,e Lea
nder is ca) ught sh+*o=p-lifting. It \-! is@, her  third (off+en\%@s
!:e. She is prosec$ut; ed by Jo @:hn Sargent=..\ He postp@ones-$ the+\)  t#*rial because i%=t is hard to% (*get a co,nvicti%%on at Chris*t@[
ma(s t?# ime. ?
But he feels sorry for ;h er and arranges__ f`or her? . -bail+,/)^ .
*an ^)d ends up tak%@ing he  r h,:ome to his mother ?for Christmas. S]urr,ounded by a lo*:+ving fa+\mily (in stark$* contrast to Lee, 's ow/n family= \ bac][k@g.round) they. (^fall in love. This creates a new problem how d;):)o *they handle the upcomi \\_ng trial