Sunday, 15 June 2008

There are no words...

Just been woken up thismorning at 7:30 or there abouts by a woman screaming. Thought I was dreaming initially, but opened eyes and the was still screaming. And banging. And a mans voice shouting.

Then the screaming turned into "God no! Noooo! Someone help me. Please HELP me!" and she remained screaming "help me!" over and over again whilst I was window hanging and trying to work out where its coming from phone in hand. Getting dressed at same time, lifting a pair of latex gloves and mouth protector just in case. She's still desperately pleading "Help me" and by this point he's shouting "shut up". A baby starts wailing, and then a door slams. Everything goes quiet.

Debate to run out front door to see where the guys left from, or out the back to check a close door or two and see if I can hear anything from inside a flat.

Run out the back door in bare feet. Silence. Dead Silence. I can't even hear a baby crying anymore.

Wait for about 20 minutes outside, checking the odd close, and then come back in.

I'm shaking. I don't even know why I'm writing this here. [edit: Paul has asked me remove the stuff here, as he felt it was a "bit much]

Oh Christ I'm a mess. I feel so guilty and yet there was nothing I could do. I wonder if she and her baby are okay. I hope they are. All I can still hear is "Help me. Please help me" in my head. There are no words to express just how shaken I am at the moment.

Going for a shower and a cup of tea. And a valium. I won't be able to sleep now for the rest of the day.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Jesus Christ babe!!!

I hope everything is OK. I hope nothing more like that happens any time soon. Hopefully someone close by will have gone to see what was wrong.