Chapter 5
1996
Emmeline walked down the alley behind the library, it was dark, no street lights. She was taking the shortcut to her house she shared with her fiancé and her best friends. She walked quickly, eager to be home, she was already running late to dinner with McGee. Her journey usually took 20 minutes on foot so taking the shortcut would cut her journey down by about 5 minutes. Normally she wouldn't take the risk but tonight she felt she would. Her biggest mistake.
Part way down the alley she stopped, she'd heard another set of footsteps apart from her own, behind her. She sped up but attempted not to make it noticeable to her 'companion'. Her companion did notice. He sped up too before catching her from behind, hand clamping over her mouth. She tried to kick and scream. She couldn't. She was pinned. She couldn't move. Her head was thrown against a wall and she blacked out.
She woke up sometime later being shaken by a large warm hand. She shrugged and sat up slowly with help from… McGee. It was dark now and McGee held a torch in one hand. She felt light-headed and McGee looked panic stricken.
"What happened, Timmy?" She asked groggily. Tim looked pained. "Tim?"
"I'm sorry, Em. I should have got here sooner." He said choked. Why did he sound like that? What had happened to her to make him say that? She looked down at herself and gasped. Her lower body was soaked with blood. Why? Then it dawned on her. She'd been attacked, violated… the word stuck in her throat… She'd been raped. She stared up at McGee frightened.