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I Can’t Forget

November 16, 2022 10 Comments

By M D Smith IV

“I can’t remember anything,” I tell police who’ve just draped a blanket over my shivering, near-naked body. My shredded clothing is scattered about.

“Take it easy, Miss. The ambulance is here,” the cop says. The siren slows with a growl, and the paramedics hurry to help me. At school, everybody will know I was raped.

Gowned in the ER, I’m examined and questioned. I am furious, shattered, bruised, and hurting. Everyone’s clueless because I tell them I don’t remember, but I actually do, and that SOB football captain will pay one day soon at the barrel end of my father’s gun.

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  1. Liz says

    November 16, 2022 at 7:38 am

    Grimly excellent.

    Reply
    • M D Smith IV says

      November 16, 2022 at 10:39 am

      Thank you. Exactly what I was hoping to achieve.

      Reply
  2. Chetana Vaishnavi says

    November 16, 2022 at 9:08 am

    So true.

    Reply
  3. Yogita says

    November 16, 2022 at 9:48 am

    Excellent

    Reply
  4. JK Hayward-Trout says

    November 16, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Good story

    Reply
  5. Rachel Glowacki says

    November 16, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    Wow, my heart sank. Powerful.

    Reply
  6. Ruth says

    November 16, 2022 at 2:44 pm

    Great line: “siren slows with a growl,”…

    Reply
  7. Cathey says

    November 16, 2022 at 9:40 pm

    Lots of emotion packed into few words – not easy to do.

    Reply
  8. Anna says

    November 17, 2022 at 4:44 pm

    Yep. That’s the exact emotion.

    Reply
  9. Elisa says

    November 19, 2022 at 1:02 am

    Wow, that last sentence really said a lot. I had to pause when I read the situation, so many directions this story can take the reader afterwards. Powerful write.

    Reply

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