Dan liked children

Dan liked children. It had always a problem for him, but he kept it to himself, and, until his wife left, he suppressed all feelings about it. After Linda cheated on him with his best friend and abandoned their marriage, Dan was depressed. He spent a couple weeks without seeing anyone, only leaving to get food and other necessities. Dan had a generous boss and took advantage of his numerous vacation days. Eventually, some friends got a hold of him and got him out of the house. All attempts to cheer him up were futile. Strippers and the like had no effect.
One day, a family moved in across the street from his two story suburban home. They had a thirteen year old daughter, and, in the pits of Dan's depression, his old desires awakened. He would watch her from his bedroom window, but never fathomed fulfilling his fantasies.

A couple weeks passed before Dan's wife sent him divorce papers from Europe, where she was staying with Chad, Dan's old friend and the Best Man at their wedding. Dan's agony recommenced, and he moved on from only Emily who lived across the street to watching girls coming out of the school, a few blocks over. When steel prices skyrocketed, the automotive industry was hit hard. Dan got laid off. This threw him to rock bottom. He had been gradually coming to terms with his pedophilia and, though a favor from a former coworker, bought a snow-colored van. Dan began driving out to neighborhoods where he wouldn't be recognized and luring girls to climb to his vehicle. He had always been particularly attractive. Despite the weight he had gained since his divorce, convincing young teens to come with him was surprisingly easy. He didn't dare force them to have sex. Touching and groping sufficed for him. However, Dan wasn't very discrete and was apprehended by the police in a matter of weeks.

Dan pled guilty, and the judge assigned him a 7 year sentence for his crimes. In jail, he contemplated suicide multiple times, but never had the courage to go through with it. The only thing that moderated his depression was the art classes he chose to take. Dan was surprisingly talented, and the judge who convicted him bought one of his paintings as evidence of the positive effects of the prison system. When he got out, Dan registered as a sex offender, and moved out of state. He had trouble getting a job and was turned down 6 different times because of his history before finding a position at Subway. To keep his spirits up, Dan decided to try to get a girlfriend. He made an online dating profile, but no relationships lasted after they found him on the registry. The longest one he had lasted a month. As a result of pure coincidence, Susan ended it with him on the same day that the Subway franchise Dan that was working at closed down.

Dan relapsed into depression, and his pedophilia reignited. He slipped back into the same routine that put him behind bars. Dan found a cheap Chevy Astro in white, and this time he took it further. Unfortunately for him, emotional distress made him sloppier. The police caught him even sooner. Dan found himself in court once again. By pure chance, he was confronted with the same judge from before. The judge's wife had found a better job, which happened to be in the same state Dan took up residence in. Her husband moved with her, knowing that he could find a similar position in any city. When Dan stepped into his courtroom, the judge was surprised. He had bought Dan's impressionist painting, and recognized the man he had convicted. He cried out:
"DAMN, DANIEL BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THE WHITE VANS"