"No, no it's not how it looks. I j... just got here. She was already...like this." Todd stammered.
"Shut up and put your hands up." the cop shouted.
"You don't understand." Todd started to say as he moved toward the cops.
"Freeze or we will fire." The cop shouted.
Todd saw he had no choice and slowly raised his hands. In seconds the cops rushed him. They pushed him to the floor and cuffed him. An instant later, he was lifted up and shuffled out of the room.
"I swear Bo, I was set up." Todd said in the interrogation room an hour later.
"This I gotta here." Bo smirked sarcastically. "Alright Manning tell me what happened." His smile vanished before adding. "And when you're done, give me a reason why I shouldn't jump over this table and rip your head off." His tone was quiet but the anger in his voice was unmistakable.
Startled and frankly a little scared at Bo's demeanor, Todd stared at Bo for a moment before beginning his story.
"I was walking through the park on my way home from Rodi's like I always do, when I saw him."
"Saw who?" Bo said.
"The guy in the ski mask, the rapist." Todd said.
"You saw a guy in a ski mask in the park." Bo said disbelievingly.
"It was the rapist. I know it. It was the same guy who attacked the two women in the parking lot at the hospital. The same guy who's been trying to set me up to take the fall. I saw him and when he saw me he took off. So of course, I ran after him. I chased him three blocks until he cut through the woods toward the university. I thought I lost him but then I saw him running into the frat house. When I got there, I checked all downstairs and then went upstairs. I saw the only light on was in Kevin's room so went it." Todd paused and a chill through him as he remembered how it felt being in that room again. "At first, I didn't see Marty on the bed. I just think I didn't want to see her because I thought I was either hallucinating or having some sort of flashback from the night of the spring fling. But when I went closer, I saw she was really there. Whoever was there really did a number on her." Todd voice lowered to almost a whisper. "Her hands were tied, and she was gagged with a sweatband. I thought she was dead. Her eyes were closed, and she was so still, and she had these bruises on her face. But then I saw her breathe. I started to reach down to shake her and, you know, see if I could wake her up. But I just got scared. It was too much. I thought wait a minute she's gonna really freak out if she does wake up and sees me standing over her. So, I decided to go get help and that's when the cops burst through the door."
"You're disgusting." Bo said angrily.
"Oh, you don't believe me." Todd countered. "I'm telling you the truth." He shouted.
"You think you're so smart Todd. You probably had this planned out from the moment you heard you might get a pardon. Sure, pretend you've changed. Act like you're so sorry. But that's all it was Todd-an act! You couldn't wait to get out of prison in order to get your revenge on Marty. And a what a plan it was Todd. Make up some phantom rapist. Some guy who you can say is setting you up. But it was you all along. You attacked those nurses at the hospital just to throw us off, so you can finally go after your real target, Marty. You kidnap her and take her to the spot where you raped her in the first place to do it again. This was all some sort of sick game to you, wasn't Todd, this whole plan." Bo snarled.
"I did not do this. You gotta believe me. I didn't do it!" Todd shouted as he jumped up.
"Calm it down." The officer in the room said as he went to restrain Todd.
"No, just get him out of my sight." Bo ordered the officer.
"I didn't do it Bo. I'm being set up. I swear I didn't." Todd continued to yell as the officer dragged him out of the room.
"I can't believe this. I just can't believe it." Vicky said.
"Is she still unconscious." Andrew said.
Vicky nodded. "I still cannot believe this has happened to her. When I was on my way to the elevator from the board meeting, I did not realize at first it was Marty they were wheeling to the emergency room."
"The police found them at the fraternity house?" Andrew asked.
"Yes. Bo filled me in on a few details when I spoke to him right after I called you. He said Marty was bound and gagged on the bed in Kevin's room and Todd was standing over her when the police arrived."
"I can't believe Todd did this. As if he hadn't hurt her enough. He is sick and it's a good thing he's locked up because if I could get my hands on him." Andrew took a deep breath before speaking again. "I'm sorry, I'm sure that's not the kind of talk you want to hear coming from a minister."
"You're speaking the truth." Vicky said. Just then, Vicky looked up and spotted Dr. Larry Wolek heading towards them. Andrew and Vicky quickly got up from their chairs to meet the doctor half away.
"Larry?" was all that Andrew needed to say for Larry to know that all they wanted was news on Marty's condition.
"She's still unconscious." Larry sighed.
"Larry, when I saw them taking her into the room she looked really...I don't know-." Vicky started.
"Messed up." Larry finished for her. "Yeah, I know. He must have beaten her. Her shoulder was dislocated. She has bruises on her face, all over her back and inner thighs. There are lacerations on her wrists. It also looks as though he tried to strangle her."
"Oh my God." Vicky covered her mouth in horror. "He was trying to kill her."
Larry nodded. "It looks that way." Andrew's heartrate sped up at Larry's words and the thought of Marty dying.
"Is she going to be alright." Andrew asked.
"We're doing all we can and while her physical injuries are serious, they are definitely treatable. It's just that." Larry paused trying to find the right words. "Something like this. Emotionally." Larry looked at the floor and took a deep breath.
"Larry, I know this has to be tough on you too. I know how close you and Marty are." Vicky said.
"Don't worry about me, I'm a professional." Larry said as he regained his composure. "But Marty, she's going to need a lot of support from here on in."