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“What’s going on?”
“I’ll talk to you later.”
“Okay…”
I ended the call then turned my attention to Jocelyn. While I believed Austin, I had never seen my roommate so upset before. Maybe she was attacked by someone else and thought it was Austin? If something had happened, we needed to report it.
“Come on,” I said, offering her my hand. “We’re going to report the attack.”
“No, I don’t want to get the police involved. I’ll be okay.”
“See…” I shook my head. “I knew you were making this up. You’re sick.”
“I’m not making it up,” she said, the waterworks starting again.
“Fine. We need to report it then.”
“I’m afraid, Brooke.”
“I’ll go with you,” I said. “If we don’t report it, whoever this is might harass someone else.”
“I don’t know…”
“Let’s go. I don’t have all day.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“Look, if you were really threatened last night, you need to report it. Show me the email.”
She frowned, worry wrinkles appearing all over her face.
*
She dragged her feet as we approached the front of the campus police station, a single-story tan brick building. I turned to face her.
“Come on, Jocelyn. This is the right thing to do.”
“I’m not important enough to report what happened.”
I grabbed her hand and dragged her to the glass door. After opening it, I waited for her to shuffle inside
. Part of me hated myself for being so cold and mean, but I wasn’t sure if she was telling the truth or not. Something was up, but I couldn’t put my finger on it and she hadn’t even showed me the email yet.
Inside the lobby, a bored officer behind a desk looked up.
“How can I help you?”
“My friend needs to report an online harassment,” I said.
He looked from me to her.
“When did this happen?”
“The other night,” she said then burst into tears.
“I found her crying at our apartment.” I turned to her. “Didn’t you say it happened last night?”
“I was wrong. I’m confused.”
