A Measure of Happiness (2015)
“When you realized you were in love, you never let go.
At two in the morning, Zach woke up on the sticky couch, with his legs wrapped around Celeste’s two yellow blankets but no Celeste. His wrist ached from holding Celeste against him while she’d trembled. His eye socket throbbed from the punch she’d landed. His head tingled from sleep deprivation.
When you realized someone had raped the girl you loved, your heart actually hurt, as if that someone had torn your heart from your body and crushed ...it in his hand.
Zach wanted to go after Matt and pound his face until even Matt’s mother wouldn’t have recognized him. Zach wanted to punish Matt for getting away with rape.
With neither a witness nor physical evidence, a rape charge came down to a pissing match of he said, she said. And even if Celeste could manage to get sexual assault charges lobbed against Matt, any defense attorney worth his or her salt would rip Celeste apart on the stand.
Probably the reason Zach’s father refused to take on rape cases.MoreLess
At two in the morning, Zach woke up on the sticky couch, with his legs wrapped around Celeste’s two yellow blankets but no Celeste. His wrist ached from holding Celeste against him while she’d trembled. His eye socket throbbed from the punch she’d landed. His head tingled from sleep deprivation.
When you realized someone had raped the girl you loved, your heart actually hurt, as if that someone had torn your heart from your body and crushed ...it in his hand.
Zach wanted to go after Matt and pound his face until even Matt’s mother wouldn’t have recognized him. Zach wanted to punish Matt for getting away with rape.
With neither a witness nor physical evidence, a rape charge came down to a pissing match of he said, she said. And even if Celeste could manage to get sexual assault charges lobbed against Matt, any defense attorney worth his or her salt would rip Celeste apart on the stand.
Probably the reason Zach’s father refused to take on rape cases.MoreLess
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