Well exactly that is the point.Not sure why you think so? Keep in mind Max spent several years in jail at the end of part 1, so the world has moved on a bit.
My Chapter I ends with "nothing". (After Birthday and X-Mas Event)
After completed all the girls (Went to the PC and followed the walkthrough for all girls) I decide that I am done. Because there is nothing more to do.
No Jail, no Prison no nothing. And thats why I have NO Idea what all the guys talking about in Chapter II.
Noone tells me why I was in Jail, and nobody finds it strange. Everyone is ok with it and hop on the MC's Dick as soon as they can. Noone has married, no one has gotten a boyfriend.
I started part 2 as a "Oh.. I am mid-30 now wtf.. and why do everyone is talking about a Prison?"
And that makes me thinking, that the Chapter 1 I played (the one from this thread here) must be a remake or an offspin or chapter 2 is. Cant say.