Aurora Magazine 2020

Aurora

beer gut that was only visible when he was turned to the side. My guess was he found his profession late in life and made a big leap to join the force. Benjamin, on the other hand, looked no older than 25. His skin was the same color as toasted marshmallows, combined with jet black hair and a curly smile. Energy exuded from him, and he almost was buzzing from it while sitting in his chair. David began my interview by asking me all the basic questions like, who am I, where was I, do I remember what happened, do I remember anything, do I have suspicions, etc. I could not provide many answers, but I still tried to supply them with as much information as possible. My phone was brought out to show them all the messages with Harry as I explained our date and all the planning leading up to it. They jotted down Harry’s name, address, phone number, and description before asking if I knew what drug I had been given. No one had mentioned being drugged until that point, and I felt completely stunned. A roofie in my drink? It causes blackouts? Everything was making sense…why I could not remember what happened to me. Betrayal and anger boiled inside me as I knew it had to have been Harry who did this to me. The officers tried to calm me down, tried explaining they didn’t know for sure, but I knew for sure it was him. Officers David and Benjamin soon left my hospital room along with Stacy to give me some time alone. David instructed me that I was not to try and contact Harry in any way during the investigation no matter how hard it may be. It was extremely hard. All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and listen to his voice engulfing me with warmth and love. Even now that I know the love was fake, it still was all I craved. Shock had not yet worn off for me to truly grasp what had happened to me. The story went that I arrived at O’Charlies around 8:30 p.m. and was seated next to the bar in a booth. Camera footage had captured Harry walking into the restaurant at 8:43 p.m. wearing a black sweater and distressed jeans (fibers from his jeans were found at the scene). We were seen sitting at the booth enjoying cheese fries when I got up to use the restroom. It is not clear what Harry does when I am absent, but he fumbles in his pocket for something and reaches across the table for my drink. I return, and he carried on like nothing occurred. We are seen leaving the restaurant at 9:45 p.m., me

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