Mr. Gayle was summoned

Michael said, "We just need you to tell the truth to everyone. We know that we did not have proof before, but we have got one now. But actually the proof is actually..." He looked at his friend. I asked confused, “I am not understanding what you are saying.”

His friend described, “Actually last time, when we said Mr. Gayle we will complain, he said we did not have any proof. So, I had kept chargeable cameras on that class and outside that class because we thought he might do something like that again as he was not afraid. And also that we could stop if something happened or we will get some proof. But, but actually there's another victim and I guess she's your friend."

Wait, what. Another victim. I was shocked and angry. I asked, "Who? What happened exactly?" He said, "I just searched and her name's Sofia. Everything happened yesterday and I saw her in school. She was actually... actually raped by him. We got the video, we had not expected that but we watched it. I am not sure if you will be able to watch.” He showed me the video. Everything was happening same. In the middle I was shivering, tears were in my eyes, Michael noticed me and he stopped the video. I could not watch further but after calming myself I watched it till the end whilst I cried silently. It was Sofia. I guess she could not fight back and also she was threatened like me. I wanted to stop him now as I did not want any more victims. Just then, my mom came. She saw me crying and asked what was happening. I could not lie anymore and I told her everything that happened. She was shocked. Her eyes were wet and she hugged me and consoled me as I was crying. “I am sorry baby I did not know you were going through so much…” she said.

The senior brother sent me that video so that I could use it as a proof. But I did not know what to do. We all left the hospital. When I reached home, I went to my room and I was crying and a video call came. It was from Alice, she went abroad after high school to study nursing. We called each other often. I wiped my tears and when she saw I was not in good state she asked me. I told her everything and even sent her the video. She seemed more in rage. The day went just like that.

The next day, my mom told me to change my dress because we had to go out. I did not know what it was about, so I just got ready. When we went out of the house, there were two expensive cars. I did not know what was happening but I sat in the car with my mom. Before we got in the car, in front of another car there was my dad and other two adults, one man and another woman. I greeted them because my mom said to.

What happened next was a shock to me. The car drove and stopped in the ground of our college. It attracted many ones’ attention because it was the lunch break time and cars were not allowed to bring by students in class hours and also it was expensive. I had not expected that we will be going to my college. I and my mom, we came out of the car. I asked mom what was going on. She did not say anything except a few words “I am here, your dad is here with you. Don’t be afraid.”

Just after a few minutes, each and every head of the college came. We did not go to the office but just sat there on the benches that were out. Those two seniors came with Sofia. Mr. Gayle was summoned. I came to know that the man was the Mayor of the city and the other was his wife. He was my dad's friend.

It was the first time my dad used his connections. I was nervous. I was scared. But I was relieved because there were people for me. I was a little far from them. They were talking slowly but I could see anger in everyone's face. The school's heads had fear and Mr. Gayle had no guilt in his face. Just then, Mr. Gayle came towards me shouting like, "This all because of you." Before he even reached my circumference, Michael stood before me and my dad was in front of us. He slapped Mr. Gayle so hard that Mr. Gayle fell down on the floor. He yelled at Mr. Gayle, "How dare you?"

Although it was just those words and a slap, it was the first time I saw my dad like that. He was protecting me. My eyes were wet. A police van came. There were four men and a woman. They arrested Mr. Gayle. Everything happened in a blink of an eye. It was like a dream for me. I could not believe what was happening. After that we thanked my dad's friend and seniors present there and we went back home.