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You've seen trouble. In fact, you've anticipated trouble -- seen it walking toward you down the hallway, rubbing together its meaty palms. Your palms have sweated as trouble closes those last few steps to stand right in front of you. You've heard trouble say your name. And you've felt that temptation to deny yourself instead of saying those fateful words. "Yes, sir. That's me." Because you know that whatever comes next is not going to be pretty. It's judgment time and you have been found wanting. You know what you have done -- cheated on a test, vandalized a local store, taken the unpopular side of an argument, made the wrong friends. Whether you feel like you deserve it or not, it is time to settle. And if your nervously shaking hands mean anything, it's a settlement that you'd just as soon do without.
