“what are you talking about?!?” he said standing up and trying to walk towards me.
“At the party!” I yelled “you were the one who raped me. I remember Dace!” I started to run for the door when he grabbed my arm and pulled me back. “and that’s why Jake told me to stay away from you!”
“There is a lot you don’t remember about that night, taylor.” He said avoiding eye contact.
“if youre about to give me the nitty gritty details of you forcing me to have sex with you I’m just going to leave.” I said pulling my arm back.
“it wasn’t me” he sighed. Sitting down on the edge of his bed”
“bullshit!” I yelled tears running down my face
“Taylor,” he said “I didn’t rape you. At some point in the party, i went into my bedroom and I found you lying on my bed . You weren’t really conscious but you did open your eyes a few times. it wasn’t me”
“why should I believe you?” I cried
“because” he said looking up at me “I know who did it”
“Well tell me!” I screamed
“I heard someone in the bathroom that I have attached to my bedroom, and it was him. It was Jake” he said as the room started spinning “I didn’t know he raped you, I guess I didn’t think of it like that. He just said you passed out after you hooked up. I’m so sorry Taylor.” His voice cracked as he broke down. I walked over and sat on the bed next to Dace. “That’s why he told you to stay away from me. He didn’t want me to say anything to you, I guess have the truth get out. I’m sorry” we both sat there crying and hugging for a while. “Do you hate me?” he asked
“no,” I said. I truly didn’t. I wasn’t even mad that he didn’t tell me. I had no reason to hate him.
“are you going to tell the police?” he asked me.
“Yes, absolutely, I have spent the past four years of my life trying to figure out who it was who did this to. Ive been haunted and always will be haunted by that night. Jake ruined so much for me. I plan on doing the same to him.”
Dace and I went to the police station together and reported Jake. My dad met us at the station and I explained everything to him then he called his lawyer. My dad even remembered that night, he told me he knew something wasn’t right when I got home, but due to the fact I was a 14 year old girl he didn’t say anything cause he didn’t want me to flip shit on him. I wanted to press charges. Jake raped me and he would pay the consequences .They asked Dace a billion of questions about the party. They questioned me as well but I was unable to say much because I didn’t remember much and I was an ‘unreliable source’ as they said. They police though, did think dace’s story was strong enough to pull in Jake. The arrested him and had him questioned. We were scheduled a court date where Jake admitted to raping me. Jake was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
