“Oh, my god.” The unexpected admission took Amy by surprise. “I’m sorry, so sorry. You weren’t involved in that were you… I can’t imagine… how awful… how did you…”
“How come I’m alive?” The girl fidgeted again, as if her horrendous ordeal took her back to a place worse than hell. Amy regretted asking the minute she saw the pain in the girl’s eyes.
“The police… they came… many police. They rescued me.” She wrapped her arms around herself and rocked back and forth in continuous rhythm, silent tears streamed down her face.
Amy reached for a tissue in her purse and gently held it out. She could sense the girl wanted to talk about it, to let it out. She sat and listened.
Once she’d regained some composure, the girl rambled on. “That bastard…they arrested him. Hope he rots in hell. Really, hell is too good for him.” The anger spilled forth now. Her face hardened in disgust.
“So, they arrested the perpetrator?” Amy asked, keeping the woman engaged.