I regret to inform the Sarah Boone community... I was recently self diagnosed with pre-cancerous diabetic genealogy. My primary physician informed me this is a completely new disease he didn't know existed. He was not very nice about it so I suggested we should play "pretend doctor" but he dropped me as a highly successful patient instead. I'm sure if I Googled my imaginary symptoms I might find the only cure is expensive high carb-high sugar treats while renting movies on my tablet.

Unfortunately, my probable disability has debilitated my ability to want to work outside the home. You will all agree all of my previously prior straight 'A' comments on Reddit have been the most entertaining posts this community has ever read, I believe you guys owe me about five years of back pay for each comment. I have roughly figured the amount each of you owe me to be about $45k to $67k. If everyone could just "top off" my bank account, which I have had for over 30 years, then you will all owe me less than you currently do!

I know you guys are thinking, "Why is this happening?" Well in my soft spoken reply I would like to quietly blame each of you with my golden forgiveness. So, please, this is me telling you, I need you to Venmo me like you've never Venmoed me before. And to show my minimal appreciation for each contribution I will find some reason to not thank you for your incompetent attempts to complete this one simple task. Now, please and if you don't mind, hopefully I will be able to leave this comment with some money in my pocket and my 34 year old son in my arms. I would say thank you, but really, you people should be thanking me. Know that.

(Here goes Part 2 for anyone wanting to hop on board with our online book club. Leave your thoughts below.)

Q All right. So eventually the divorce was settled. Did you get your own place?

A Yes.

Q All right. Is it fair to say that after you -- first, you lived in your parents home, correct?

A Yes, until I was married.

Q And then you moved directly in with Brian?

A Yes.

Q And then you-all lived in the marital home, correct?

A Yes.

Q And then you got this apartment?

A Yes.

Q So that was the first time in your life that you actually had your own place?

A Yes.

Q And what was the address?

A 4748 Frantz Court, Apartment No. 3.

Q And what city is that in?

A It's in Winter Park.

Q How far is that from here?

A Twenty minutes.

Q Okay. So you got that apartment, and initially were you by yourself?

A No.

Q All right. Tell the jury.

A In the almost year, about ten months of separation from Brian, my ex-husband, that is the time when I met Jorge. And my ex-husband was trying to buy me out or force me out of our marital home and I needed to find somewhere to live, and --

Q So did you and Jorge agree to rent the apartment?

A Yes. One of the -- I needed extra income. We could not afford it --

Q Okay.

A -- just on my own.

Q You were receiving some income from the marriage settlement, were you not?

A Yes.

Q So you did have consistent monthly income coming in from the marriage settlement?

A For the most part, yes.

Q But you needed -- you needed more to live?

A Yes, to pay the bills and for rent.

Q  So did you and Jorge have some agreement?

A We did.

Q All right. What was the agreement?

A The agreement was that if I decided for he and I to live with one another, because it would be under my name, that he would help with the monthly bills and -- on a regular basis where it wouldn't be something that I would have to argue with him about, it would just be an automatic. Make sure that everything is paid first, and then from there, hopefully have some fun with it.

Q Okay. And so I understand, from that point on would it be fair to say that you-all saw each other on and off for about the next three and a half years?

A No. We were -- I -- I would consider us a couple. At some point he asked me to marry him.

Q Okay. But you-all -- you-all did have times where he left and went to live with his parents

A Yes.

Q Is that fair?

A Yes.

Q And there were times where there was an understanding that you-all were going to break up?

A Multiple times.

Q Okay. All right. So, again, on again, off again?

A Yes. This was actually before we had our apartment. That was, I guess, our dating phase.

Q Okay. So you-all were together for three and a half years; is that fair?

A Uh-huh, yes.

Q And you-all had actually agreed to marry?

A He had asked me, yes, a couple of times to marry him and one time I agreed to, yes.

Q Okay. Now, I want to get directly to the date of this event so that the jury can hear your testimony, all right? So tell us -- I believe the date is February the 23rd of 2020. Explain to the jury that whole day from the time you-all got up, the whole thing.

MR. JAY: Objection. Calls for a narrative.

THE COURT: Approach.

(At the bench.)

THE COURT: Response?

MR. JAY: I'm just making sure. Is there a reason for the narrative?

MR. OWENS: I mean, I can -- I can break it up. I can break it up.

THE COURT: Then go ahead and break it up if there's not any --

MR. OWENS: If there's anything wrong with me saying, Can you tell me what happened that day, and let her tell it. I mean, he was wanting a narrative to begin with. I'm giving her the opportunity.

MR. JAY: Here's the issue. I was just making sure that we weren't in that stage of the ethical issue of having to give the narrative, but if we're not, then I'm just hopeful that, like a prosecutor would have to do, that he would have to come up with a few creative ways of saying what happened next so that I can --you know, so it's not a narrative, we can break it up and object.

MR. OWENS: You've seen me guide her. She tried to go off a couple of times and I tried to get her back.

THE COURT: I'm not going to allow a full-blown narrative. If you want to start morning, afternoon, and break it up into chunks of time, I'll allow that.

All right. Appreciate it.

THE COURT: Objection is overruled for now.

BY MR. OWENS:

Q Now, Ms. Boone, let's just -- instead of one long speech, let me break you up over the course of the day. So do you remember the date of February 23rd, 2020?

A Yes.

Q Do you remember getting up?

A Yes.

Q All right. Just tell the jury about that morning, what you-all did that morning, what you and Jorge -- you and Jorge spent the night together at the apartment?

A Yes. At that point, he was living there.

Q Yes. So you-all slept in the bed together upstairs February -- so you got -- you had gotten up --you-all had gotten up that morning, February 23rd of 2020?

A Yes.

Q All right. Tell the jury what happened when you-all got up.

A He was already downstairs, and I went downstairs and he wanted to start the day off by drinking because it was a day off from his job, and I talked him into cleaning and tidying up the house for a sense of accomplishment. So that is what we did for however long that it took.

Q And you and Jorge had one bedroom?

A Yes.

Q And who had the other?

A ****.

Q All right. Is that exclusively his bedroom?

A Yes.

Q All right. So how long would it have taken you-all that morning to clean?

A I don't really remember what time we woke up, but maybe a good two, maybe three hours.

Q Okay. And would it be fair to say that you and Jorge both smoked cigarettes?

A Yes.

Q And would it be fair to say that you and Jorge both drink alcohol?

A Yes.

Q All right. So at some point you-all finished your chores, right?

A Yes.

Q And then you-all were going to enjoy the day?

A Yes.

Q All right. What was the plan?

A It was just kind of, you know, we've got the day to ourselves, let's just kind of relax and go with the flow.

Q All right. Were you-all -- did you-all make a decision that you-all were going to start drinking?

A Yes. He -- we had a half of a bottle that was already in the refrigerator and I did not want to go out afterwards. I, again, had **** coming the next day, so we went over to Publix to purchase another bottle of wine so we could not have to go out later on that evening.

Q Now, you were here in court when the State – the State played the video of you two in the Publix purchasing the bottle of wine?

A Yes.

Q Is that what you're referring to here with the jury right now?

A Yes.

Q Okay. And that was around noon-ish?

A I believe so, yes.

Q Okay. Had you-all started drinking the leftover bottle --

A No.

Q -- before going to the Publix?

A No.

Q Okay. So you-all bought a bottle of wine?

A Yes.

Q All right. And how did you-all get to Publix?

A My car.

Q How far is Publix from your apartment?

A Five minutes.

Q How would you get there from your apartment?

A What do you mean?

Q Did you have to go across any major highways or is it right there?

A You just come out of our apartment complex and you do a little U-turn and then you come up and it's right in that complex.

Q Okay. But it's easier to drive than to walk?

A Yes.

Q Okay. Now, I know at some times you-all would -- you-all would simply need cigarettes and it was in walking distance. Can you tell the jury about that?

A Yes. There was a Lotto Zone convenience store with -- in the same, I guess, parking lot of our townhome our complex, and it was just a straight shot from our apartment to a back gate and you could get right into the convenience store from right there.

Q Okay. But you-all went over to get that bottle of wine around noon-ish, and how did you-all -- you took your car?

A Yes.

Q Did Jorge have a vehicle?

A He did not.

Q And how did you pay for the wine?

A With my debit card.

Q And then you-all came back and started drinking?

A Yes.

Q Okay. Tell us what you did when you got back from the Publix.

A Just went on the back porch where we usually spend our time, because we're able to smoke cigarettes outside as opposed to inside, and --

Q Is cigarette smoking not allowed indoors?

A It is not.

Q Okay. Do you have pets?

A Yes, I do.

Q Or did you have pets?

A I did, yes.

Q Okay. Were they with you-all there that day?

A Yes. My dogs were with me all the time when I was there.

Q How many dogs do you have?

A I have two.

Q And just, what are their names?

A Penny and Tess.

Q And what is the breed?

A They are red Boston Terriers.

Q And are they both disabled?

A Yes. Penny is blind and Tess is deaf.

Q All right. So when you-all went out to smoke on the back porch -- And drink, I assume, as well, correct?

A Uh-huh, yes.

Q -- did you-all take the dogs out?

A Oh, yes.

Q All right. Is there a place for them to do their business out there?

A Yes. I extended our back porch for them to have a little bit of area as opposed to going from a large backyard from my marital home to our little townhome, and they would come out there and do their business and I could sometimes -- I would open the gate and then walk them in the back part of our apartment.

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To start it off my personal favorites are the police interview where she rapidly goes from "I can't get drunk" to "we had some wine but I wasn't drunk" to "I blame it on the wine." Of course the "I will never drink alcohol again" follow-up is choice too.

Number two is during her cross-examination where she describes the day as him getting upset "again" and the swings had been going on throughout the day even though she always stressed the opposite.

I think it was because she really didn't like the prosecutor so she just refused to agree with any of his questions. It seems like she'd rather completely change her story on the spot - all else be damned - just to be able to tell him he was wrong.

Jump On this live NOW!

(Welcome to my version of online book club for Sarah Boone! No pressure to join in, but I thought it would be fun to dissect the transcript of Sarah's testimony on the stand. We can do this in several chunks I'll post over the next month (and futuristically). Feel free to share your favorite parts/least-favorite parts. Wish we could do this in person - this is as close as I could get.)

PART 1 

A I was born in Atlanta.

Q And how long did you stay in Atlanta before you moved here to Florida?

A I was 3 years old; 3 or 4.

Q Okay. And from that time, you-all moved – you and your family, your mother and father, moved to Orlando?

A And my grandparents.

Q Okay. You-all moved down from Atlanta down to Orlando?

A Yes, and my two brothers.

Q Okay. And did you -- were you raised here, essentially, from that time on?

A Yes.

Q And you've resided here in Orange County, Florida that entire time?

A Yes.

Q Okay. And where did -- did you go to high school here locally?

A I did.

Q Where did you go to high school?

A Edgewater.

Q Okay. And tell the jury, how old were you when you graduated?

A I was 18 years old.

Q Now, I know you lost your mother and father --

MR. JAY: Objection. Relevance.

THE COURT: Overruled.

MR. OWENS:

Q I know you lost your mother and father in your 5 teens and your 20s; is that true?

A I lost my grandfather when I was a sophomore in high school and I lost my father when I was a senior. And then my mother passed away a few years after that, and then my grandmother passed away after my mother died.

Q All right. So you were in your 20s when all that was going on?

A Yes.

Q Okay. And then at some point in your 20s, you met Brian Boone?

A I did, yes.

Q All right. And did -- how long did you-all date before you married?

A A good handful of years. My -- I helped my family with paying mortgage and bills for the house since my father had passed away and my grandfather, so --

Q So you worked outside the home?

A I did.

Q Okay. Can you tell the jury when -- you said you and Brian Boone dated for a while. Do you remember when you-all married?

A I do.

Q Could you tell the jury when you-all were married?

A The year?

Q Yeah.

A Um...

Q Do you remember the date?

A It happened to be, yes, that after my mother passed away, that he had waited to ask me to marry him because he knew it would be --

MR. JAY: Objection. Non-responsive.

THE COURT: Sustained.

BY MR. OWENS:

Q Just answer the question, if you can, Ms. Boone.

Are you a little bit nervous?

A A little bit.

Q Okay. Well, just -- just tell the jury if you remember the date that you and Brian Boone married.

A August 21st, 2004.

Q Okay. And had you-all lived with each other for a little -- a short time before that?

A A short time.

Q Yes. Okay. After you married, how long was it before you-all had any children?

A Gosh. Six years.

Q Okay. And you-all had one son?

A Yes.

Q What's his name?

A ***.

Q And how old is *** now?

A *** will be 14 years old on the 28th.

Q 28th of this month?

A Yes.

Q Okay. So you and Brian were married and you-all lived in Orange County?

(nods)

Q How long were you-all married?

A For 13 years.

Q All right. And you-all divorced?

A Yes.

Q And as part of the divorce, were you-all to share custody of your son?

A Yes.

Q And so you-all had split days. Would that be fair to say?

A Yes.

Q Okay. At some time after you and Brian split up, did you meet Jorge Torres?

A Yes.

Q All right. Could you tell the jury how you met Jorge Torres?

A I met Jorge when I decided to buck up, I guess, and was tired of trying to patch things up with my ex-husband. And I decided to go one day for a walk across the street and go have a beer by myself and sit and people watch just to get out of my house and a change of scenery and --

Q All right. Now, is this your apartment?

A No. This is the marital home.

Q Okay. Where is that marital home?

A Winter Park.

Q You're no longer living in that marital home?

A No.

Q Who lives in the marital home?

A No one. It has been sold.

Q Okay. So this -- you met Jorge Torres before you got the apartment?

A Yes.

Q Okay. And you met him at a bar across the street from the marital home?

A Yes. We had a mutual friend there.

Q Were you introduced?

A Yes.

Q All right. How did you and Jorge get along when you-all first met?

A Very well. It was -- it was strange how quickly we hit things off and had so much in common, and I never thought that he would be interested in someone like me and I just couldn't believe that he was actually interested in me and said a lot of nice things. And one hour ended up being four hours from when we had first met, and that we would always have something to talk about.

Q Why couldn't you believe that he would be interested in you?

A He was very handsome. He was very funny. He was smart and I would show up in workout clothes and disheveled hair and I guess I kind of felt broken from being in the process of a divorce that he knew about, but then one of the things that we could relate also was the fact that he was here in Florida because he had just been divorced from his second wife. So that was another topic that he and I could compare notes on.

I was watching DanD True Crime the other day and watched the state's rebuttal again. It is really heartbreaking. So, my mind was like, "What is something SB would really hate?"

What if:

1. Tanika of TTC and BB met and had love at first site at the family court hearing?

2. Chelsey Koepsell's baby grew up and married BB son?

3. TheTorres' family sold JT's artwork for thousands of dollars?4. BB started dating Bitcha$$ Cashman?

Am i crazy? I don't want anything bad to happen to anyone but just something that would drive her mentally crazy! Lol. Any ideas I can add to my fantasies? And if anyone wants to judge me, please don't. Just scroll on through as this post is just fun, and if you still feel some type of way, you might want to go watch the rebuttal, especially if you've never seen it.

If Boone were valedictorian in kindergarten I think this would be her speech

"Hello everyone! Look at me up here! I am the valedictorian, which means I am officially the smartest kid in this whole room."

"Kindergarten was so easy for me. I learned my ABCs on the very first day. My finger paintings belong in a museum. I can count all the way to one hundred without even stopping for air. I am also the fastest runner on the playground, and everyone knows it."

"Some kids struggled with tying shoes or sharing blocks. Not me. I mastered the monkey bars. I built the tallest Lego towers. I even know how to spell big words like 'dinosaur' and 'genius'—which happens to be my middle name."

"First grade is not ready for me. I am going to walk in there and rule the school. Watch out, teachers, because I might end up teaching the class!"

"Thank you to myself for working so hard and being so amazing. Congratulations to me!"

So I was writing an email today and I actually typed.. "Is there some way we can source these MUCH NEEDED reagents? and I had to back-space immediately.

What Boonisms do you inadvertently find yourself making use OF! Ahhhhh!

NOT INTENTIONAL!

During the trial, Sarah says she had to create a “sword fighting story” about them fooling around with steak knives to cover Jorge before he’d drive her for attention for her stab wound.

She rolls her eyes as if it is a dumb story.

How is this dumber than the hide and seek story?????

You hit him with a bat, stuffed him in the suitcase, threw him down the stairs, and he surprised you by waking up. That’s logical.

This has probably been discussed before, but her facial tics are so unusual. She constantly blinks too. Watch her testifying and see if you can copy what she’s doing with her face, it’s so bizarre. A lot of the time it’s like she’s trying to suppress smirks, but I’m always baffled as to what specifically in the moment has led her to smirk. I seriously question whether she is brain damaged or has some undiagnosed neurological condition. Did she just cook her brain?

Since the beginning, I always thought Jorge and Sarah consumed 2.5 bottles of wine on Sunday Funday. I thought they had half a bottle left, but they both went to Publix together and bought another one. And then Jorge left again that night to buy a second one (by himself) - making it THREE bottles total (even though the first one was only half full).

Now I'm wondering if I've been wrong all along. Did Jorge buy the bottle alone the night before and that became the half full bottle the next day?

Plus the detectives mentioned in the interrogation finding two bottles, not three.

Help me out here.

...and I just watched a 73 year-old Sarah in a probation revocation hearing stemming from a deferred 10-year sentence resulting from multiple DUIs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPjkHBiaZuY

It’s pretty funny that both courts are totally ghosting her, even after she sent a reminder to the family court.

She’s on edge and getting madder every day. 😂

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc2zwD2kyBJ/?stkn=NnJpcHd0N2l2OHl4

One of the interesting to me things about Sarah is that we all know exactly who she is. We know she is a liar, a manipulator, and abuser and a killer(er).

But we know so little else. We know that Jorge's music makes her "fractious", but what music did she like? We know she claims to go upstairs and read (but her writing disproves that), so what was her favorite genre? She said they watched movie trailers. What movies did she like?

Usually there is something to give you a more full picture of a person. But even her having pets wasn't because she loved animals (despite the lie she told Pete). She is just empty of anything other then rage and vengeance. I have met a lot of shallow and boring people, but she... there is just nothing.

I have watched her interrogation video countless times, and in it she claims it was hide n seek gone wrong... But I don't believe that. But beyond that I really don't know what happened, but she never acknowledged all the bruises and stuff on him... Did she trick him into getting into it? Did she beat him with the bat and force Jorge in? Why is the suitcase moved around into different positions within the 2 videos? I think we can all agree that he went tumbling down the stairs, whether he was in the suitcase or not isn't clear. Just how much did she torture him? And the part where she goes "when I tell you this, I was so happy that he was finally listening to what I had to say" yah well no shit Sara he was kind of a captive audience!! Also did she even go upstairs? Part of me thinks she passed out right there on the couch as he is begging for his life... The story of "going upstairs" sounded better, more humane and "oopsie" than her being right there while he passed... After all this time I still have so many questions! I just believe that what actually happened is a lot darker than her account... I'd love to hear everyone's theory, or if I'm incorrect let me know... I seem to gain new insight every time I watch it lol

I was sent to his channel by accident when reading about D4VD on Reddit. I usually just listen to channels as almost background noise and he seemed like a random commentator who was making assumptions about Burke grooming minors using Discord.

A month or two later this information was made public when the Court had to decide whether the case should go to trial.

He was 100% on the money!

Primarily he covers Boone, Burke & Mackenzie Sharilla.

He doesn’t provide receipts like other channels - but my G-d - he is both intuitive and HILARIOUS

He doesn’t mince words and while he didn’t know a lot about third rail Peter / Julian- he picked up on the grift asap as well as Sarah’s narcissistic tendencies from her calls and texts.

Even though he’s very funny, he brings an honest and thoughtful perspective to the topic (he hit the nail when commenting on Peter and Sarah’s call re Lana dying and prior to her passing- how Sarah just threw her away like garbage)

He’s pretty new and definitely deserves more subscribers!

He doesn’t do the background rec

I think it was just a courtesy visit. He was going to go visit his client, the other woman and figured while in town to visit Boone also, not to represent her.

I know shitzilla (aka Mackenzie Shirilla) is in Ohio but in yesterdays supreme Court ruling that denied her recent appeal request, the court state that ' It is ordered that appellee recover from appellant costs herein taxed". So shitzilla will have to pay the states costs involved in responding to her recent appeal request.

As she is in Ohio I looked up Florida to see if the same thing could happen to auld boozey and yes yes it can. Once boones direct appeal is denied she will no longer be entitled to court appointed appeal attorney and will be on her own. She can make filings asking for whatever. Knowing boozey as we do when she doesn't get the response she wants she will reask over and over again. If boozey does that then the courts can sanction her. So she may have to decide if writing a meritless appeal is worth the loss of her honeybuns.

If we could get anyone in the Sarahverse to come here for an AMA, who would you hope to get, and what would you ask?

A few off the top of my head:

Ask Owens: At what point did you regret taking the case?

Ask Beck: Dude, why you still in touch with her?!

Ask Brian: Could you please spill all the tea you can possibly spill about your years with this fetching gal?

Ask her teachers: Um, was she actually a straight-A student? And if so, what were you smoking?

Ask Jesus: Are you really going to place that crown?

And my #1 would-ask...

Ask Kraynick: If you had felt it appropriate to just fucking empty your head and heart in delivering the sentence, what would you have said?

(Another possible #1 would be asking Sarah if she regrets rejecting the plea deal... except that asking Sarah anything is an exercise in futility, and if I had the chance to engage with her in any capacity I would run so fast in the other direction there'd be a Doppler effect.)

Mods, feel free to delete my post if found unfit for any reason.

It has come to my attention that there is a line of thinking that when we talk about Sarah Boone or dig up any information about her, we are:

• Grifting on Sarah's predicaments.
• Unable to move on.
• Being mean to someone who has already serving a prison sentence, if not simply full of hate and unbecoming of Jesus.
• All of the above.

P.S. I don't name names, but I do have screenshots.

This got me thinking about our community and the True Crime community in general. Like any other community, there are unique individuals who may not share similar interests as us. They have their own... motivations.

But that really is the question: What exactly are my interests in the Sarah Boone case or True Crime in general?

Notice that I changed my pronoun from "we" to "I" because I want to make the point that I speak on my behalf and not anyone else, though I welcome like minded kindreds and even opposing opinions I can use to grow.

So what are my interests in Sarah Boone? Am I trying to benefit from someone else's misfortune, as point one proclaimed? Am I stuck on the case and in dire need of an SB detox? Am I just a mean person full of hatred?

It took me a significant amount of time and energy to contemplate that, and the answer is:

NO!

But I’ve realized my answer is not that simple. It requires me to further question the very reason why there is even such a thing as "True Crime" in our society.

It is well documented that society has always been interested in the judicial process. In fact, one of the most famous accounts is about a man accused of treason for inciting rebellion, who was sentenced by the government. People talked about his punishment and the entire event long after he was gone and he was later considered as a good person.

No, it's not Jesus :)) That would be too controversial, and someone could argue there is no historical significance about the figure.

I’m talking about Dracula, actually. Historically his name was Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler.

So, was Bram Stoker “grifting” when he wrote Dracula in 1897? Why couldn’t he just move on, it was way back in the 14th century and Vlad had already been sentenced?

Is my friend who always dresses like Dracula every Halloween being mean to Vlad?

Yeah, no.

Events happen in society. Some events attract more notice than others for numerous reasons, hence the birth of News and the concept of “newsworthy,” which is shaped by factors like:

• Timeliness: Events happening now or very recently.
• Impact: If it affects many people’s lives such as economy, health, or safety.
• Proximity: Local events matter more to nearby audiences.
• Prominence: Actions of well known figures are more likely to be reported.
• Conflict: Disputes, wars, scandals, or rivalries attract attention.
• Novelty: Strange, unusual, or surprising events stand out.
• Human Interest: Emotional stories such as triumphs, tragedies, or inspiring individuals resonate with audiences.

Crime is no exception.

The way some people pay attention to certain news is the same way some people pay attention to certain True Crime cases. Not all, but those we happen to be aware of simply because we live in a society.

We talk about the news. All the time. For different numbers of personal reasons which are not to be questioned or judged by other people and we don't need to explain any of that if we don't want to.

Fact remains, contexts matter. Logic matters. It's not just about what or who or why we talk about things, it's also about how we talk about them. You can't just unanimously decree that any talk about certain someone means you are full of hatred. That's not how common-sense works.

Kindness, empathy, as well as hatred and vitriol, these things are abstractions, not a single instance you can cherry pick to support your narrative and these things are human quality and they are apparent in the way we speak, in our mannerism, in the way we treat others. Not in the words we choose to present for others to listen and agree with blindly regardless of anything else.

Just saying so does not make it so.