Chat It’s Fate — August 2017

Maggie was

in the room

stronger

Another,

Chat it’s fate 5

True life: Evil intentions

Would I ever escape my worst nightmare?

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I was

only 18

and eager

for an

adventure

this point? I hoped to move

out as soon as I found work.

Although David didn’t

touch me, I knew he wanted

to be more than friends.

He was constantly telling

me how pretty I was.

But I figured that, as long

as I didn’t show any interest

in him, I could keep him at

arm’s length.

Gang rape

I’d been staying with

David for a

fortnight when

he took me to

meet some

‘friends’ in

a nearby

tower block.

As soon as

I walked into

the sparsely-

furnished

room, I knew

something was

up. There were

no pictures or

home comforts.

This wasn’t

somewhere

anyone lived.

Nervous,

I sat next

to one of

the men.

Suddenly, the

conversation

turned to

gang rape.

I froze in fear.

Was this

why I’d been

brought here?

I felt

so alone

I’d never felt so

vulnerable, so alone.

Then...

‘Come on, we’re going,’

David announced.

I definitely didn’t need to

be told twice.

But although I’d been

saved from gang rape, instinct

told me I still wasn’t safe.

I knew that David wanted

me to himself.

So I broke free, ran back to

David’s apartment, with him

following close behind.

Adrenaline pumping,

somehow I managed to

clamber out of an open

window to an apartment next

door. But David followed,

pinning me down.

‘Please don’t,’ I begged.

But David was enjoying

hearing me plead.

Challenging

Suddenly, a thought

popped into my head.

Switch your story.

It was as if another,

stronger Maggie was in

the room.

‘Come on

then, let’s

do this,’

I said,

challenging

him.

Though

I had

absolutely

no intention

of letting

him rape me.

As David

prepared

himself,

I made

a dash for

the window

again.

But he

managed to

grab me.

Not

over yet

But with my

new inner

strength, I

escaped his

clutches, and

climbed back

into the main

apartment

where Richard

was now sitting,

oblivious to what had

happened next door.

‘What’s wrong?’ he asked.

Sobbing, I just told

him everything.

When David came in,

Richard calmly questioned

his cousin.

‘Look at her,’ he said.

‘She’s terrified.’

But David was beyond

reasoning with. I knew my

ordeal was far from over.