history: Lately I feel like I have let my family down. I have gotten myself into trouble.  I feel like I have let my family down. I got into trouble with the law. 
current: Oh that's not good. What did you do? 
next: I lied to the cops about something I was questioned about. Truthfully, I didn't want other people to get into trouble. But instead, I was charged with making false statements to the police. 