The policeman helped the girl to sit on a chair. Vivian was holding her head, everything was swimming around, her head was buzzing terribly.
– Who could hit you like that? – the policeman asked.
– I do not know, I have no enemies.
– Maybe you crossed someone’s path recently.
Vivian began to recall the events that happened to her before this terrible incident. The girl was returning home from university, very strangely, but the light bulb in the entrance was unscrewed. While Vivian was trying to turn on the flashlight on her phone, someone attacked her from behind and hit her hard on the head.
Surprisingly, nothing was stolen. All the things remained in her purse until the ambulance arrived. Even the phone was still there. Vivian suddenly remembered herself:
– Maybe it was Jeremy… but no, he’s not capable of that.
– Who is Jeremy and why did you think of him?
Vivian told a short story of her failed relationship. She and Jeremy had been dating for only a few months.
– We didn’t even communicate much, we were away all the time. He was always at work, and I was studying.
It so happened that there was a concert at the university. Vivian did not want to go to it, but had to, because the dean’s office made her. Vivian did not want to dance with everyone, so she sat quietly in the corner. Suddenly Jeremy got up on stage and started talking:
– The love of my life is studying here, Vivian. My dear, will you be my wife?
And Jeremy artistically got down on one knee, his outstretched hand shone with a wedding ring. But they never discussed their future life together, moreover, Vivian even wanted to break up with him.
– I was so embarrassed and ashamed that I immediately got ready and ran away from there. Since then, Jeremy and I have not communicated.
A week passed, and a happy policeman told Vivian:
– “After all, it was your Jeremy who attacked you in the stairwell.
– But how could he, why?
– He says that you disgraced him that evening. Even his friends laughed at him. So he decided to take revenge on you. He just wanted to scare you, but overdid it and hit you on the head. Tomorrow, come to the police station, we’ll sort it out.
