Chapter 8

KATHERINE

My brain was shutting down on itself. I was beyond scared about what was happening and how best to handle the situation that had come down on me. With one of the boys pulling at my pant, I wanted nothing more than to be free from them.

In one last minute attempt, I hit them with a bag at the back of their heads, one quick move. I slowly rose to my feet, and tried my best to run, only for one to shove me on the wall. I gasped in horror as he came toward me. I didn’t know where to go, and tears matted my eyes in pain. What should I do now?

“Please, don’t harm me. You can take my phone and money, but please let me go,” I begged.

The boy laughed at me with the rest of the gangs. They surrounded me at all sides, laughing manically. I had no idea what to do. Who told me come to the dark alley. I wish I had stayed back and not done this, or maybe taken a bus?

I took a shaky breath, and felt completely shaken. “Please, let me go,” I said quietly.

They laughed even harder at me, and