“Your friend kicked him in the balls so badly, he couldn't rape her, though she said it was his plan. He beat her after that, and at some point she lost consciousness. That's all she remembered. He told her he was going to kill her and she thought it was over.”

Poor Maria. She was all alone and had to be so scared. Knowing her, she was relieved I wasn't there and he couldn't hurt me. We'd waited for the revenge for so long and he hadn't struck until we'd let our guard ...