Moira had a very long day, her class ended at 7:30 and still stayed for her volleyball practice, her muscles ache and feels like she’s going to collapse anytime soon, it was almost midnight and there were no longer any cabs available this time of the day, so she only have two choices, either sleep in a classroom and be eaten alive by a bunch of mosquitoes or walk to their home which is half a mile from their school, she paused to think about it and decided to take the latter.

As she was walking down the street, she noticed an old man sitting and clutching his stomach, he was dirty and obviously hungry, Moira remembered that she has a sandwich and a few crackers which she always keeps in her bag, she too was hungry but thought that the old man needed it more than she does, so she took it out and handed him the sandwich and crackers, the old man looked up and gave her a thankful smile, “Thank you young lady, you have such a good heart, may God bless you” Moira stood and said “You’re welcome sir and thank you” and went on her way.

As she was nearing the dreaded junction, she was struck with a dilemma, there were two ways that leads to her house, the first one was lit up with street lights but will take her half an hour to reach the house and the other one was dark but will only take her ten minutes to go home, since the moon was shining and bright enough, she chose again the latter.

As she was walking, she noticed a man was standing a few meters away from her, it looks like the man was waiting for something, she could see the face of the man and knew that he was up in no good, she was terrified and scared, she wanted to run but knew that showing fear would only worsen the situation, so she sent a little prayer to God, Dear God, let nothing happen to me, please do guide me home safely as she was about to pass the man, the man went to move but stopped abruptly and turned the other way. She heaved out a relieved sigh and pick up her pace and went home. That night, Moira made it safely home and had a good night sleep in her warm bed.

That morning, Moira went to automaton doing her usual morning rituals, she was ready for school and made to kiss her mother on the cheeks, she was about to pass her when her mother grabbed her arm, she looked up and saw her eyes were riveted to the TV screen, she looked back and watched the news. Her mouth was wide open as she watched the horror of what happened last night, a girl was raped last night, the girl survived but was now undergoing medical treatment, the police are looking for the suspect, but what shocked her more was the scene of the crime, the crime happened in the same street she walked on that night, just after midnight.

Her mother told her to be careful; she nodded and went to school distracted. She played the whole scene over and over in her head, but always have the same results. The crime happened minutes after she passed that street, and knew in her heart that there was only one suspect to that crime.

After school he went to the police station and gave her statement, the police went to search for the man and strangely enough, the man was in the run, he was not in his apartment and the landlord says that he left that morning, he was surprise to see him up so early because the man went home at dawn. The police produced a search warrant for his apartment and found his jeans and shirt with blood in some strange places, they ran a test and sure enough it was the victim’s blood.

The police didn’t stop looking for the suspect, but as much as they want to arrest him, they can’t find a single clue that will lead to the man, she prayed that they find the man, for she wanted justice for the girl and won’t stop at nothing to stop her. Miraculously, after one week, the suspect was arrested, she went to the police station and talked to the chief of police, she asked them how did they find the suspect, the chief said that there was a note left to his desk a few days ago, it was wrapped in what looked like a sandwich wrapper with crackers smeared on the paper, the chief showed her the wrapper and was shocked to see the same sandwich wrapper she uses in making her sandwiches.

Then the police took her to see the suspect to verify if he was the same man she saw that night, she looked at the man carefully and after assessing him discreetly, she nodded her head “Yes, he’s the one I saw that night”, then the chief wrinkled his brows, and looked at the suspect. “Did you saw her that night?” asked the chief.
The man looked at her and nodded.
“Then why did you let her pass and waited for the other girl to come, sure enough waiting would have been an inconvenience for you” said the chief mockingly.
The man looked at the chief angrily in the eye and said, “How can I fucking rape her if there were two huge guys built like a tank walking with both her sides!”