The Road to Love and Redemption Volume - I

The Road to Love and Redemption is a gripping, layered narrative that begins with a violent crime on a hot New Orleans night and unfolds into a years-long search for truth, justice, and understanding.
At the center is Calvin Jay Washington, a street-hardened young man consumed by addiction and desperation. Living with his lover and her children, Calvin seems like just another restless soul in a struggling neighborhood. But when he sets his sights on robbing an elderly woman for her color television-a plan driven by his heroin addiction-he sets off a chain of events that will end in tragedy and reshape the lives of everyone involved.
Told in three parts, the book moves from the night of the crime, to the investigation and legal fallout, and finally to a personal journey of discovery that begins thirteen years later, when the writer revisits the case to uncover what really happened that night. Through interviews with Calvin's mother, the lookout boy's family, detectives, neighbors, and even the prisoners themselves, a more complex-and disturbing-truth begins to emerge.
Was it a simple burglary gone wrong? Or something far darker?
Blending real-life grit with emotional depth, The Road to Love and Redemption is more than a true-crime story. It's a powerful look at broken systems, lost youth, and the lingering effects of violence on families and communities. With every chapter, the line between guilt and innocence blurs, and the road to redemption proves far more complicated than anyone imagined.