The Light of the Moon Page #4

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internationals that are like

buying up vacant apartments in Manhattan and

leaving them empty for years and years until

little Johnny comes along and

claims his piece of the pie.

Ew!

Yeah, it should be illegal to

take up space in Manhattan.

I swear to God, I'm

going to start squatting.

I'm going to be the best damn

squatter New York City has ever seen.

Mm, ok, yes. But you think it's illegal

when your Uber rating drops below 5 stars?

Ok, that is actually a crime.

And this is for the good of America.

Mhm. I don't think that argument

is going to fly in court.

Yeah.

You're probably right.

I just have to get out of my

apartment.

There's too many good memories.

I guess they're not

good anymore.

Are you ok?

Huh?

You're like acting weird.

Oh... I'm just... I'm

worried about Matt.

Why?

I dunno, he's just not

handling all of this very well.

Define "handling it well. "

He's become so over-

protective. It's like...

- Suffocating?

- Yes! Exactly!

Yeah, but that's normal, right? I feel like

I've become more protective of you, too.

Yeah, but you're not overbearing

about it.

He is literally doing all the

right things.

Check, check, check.

I know, I know. It's a stupid

thing to complain about.

Yeah, yeah, a little bit.

But, I'm sure he understands.

Oh no, no - he understands.

Oh, he understands everything.

He understands everything.

I could spit in his face

and he'd just wipe it off and then rub my

back and say "it's okay, babe. It's ok... "

Bonnie!

I know, I know!

I'm a horrible human being.

I'm a garbage human being.

And I say, I say the

most awful stuff

to him.

And I feel it rising up in my

throat and I'm trying to like

choke it down but I can't.

It's just too... I

can't handle it.

That is so weird... I would have

thought that you'd want him to

be closer after what happened?

Well, I dunno. Maybe I'm

the exception to the rule.

Shocking.

Ok, maybe I'm not allowed to say this,

but - can you imagine how he must feel?

The fact he didn't come out with us that

night. The guilt must be killing him.

Why do people do that? It's not like I'm

holding it against him or something.

Hmmm... Maybe just, like,

a little bit?

No.

Ok, if that's what you want me

to believe, that's fine.

But, you know... Inner demons

are always the

hardest to overcome.

Did you read that in a book?

I saw it on OWN.

OWN? You're watching

OWN now?

The Oprah Winfrey Network.

The Oprah Winfrey... Okay.

Okay.

Yes. Hashtag Grateful.

No. No!

Alright.

Excuse me. Sorry.

Sorry. The train was late.

Are you still working

those long hours?

Yea.

You'll make yourself sick.

I'm the lead on a big job.

I have to impress them.

Do you really think I don't

know?

Your friends are writing about

it all over your Facebook.

I thought you didn't know

how to use Facebook?

Your cousin taught me.

Great.

- So?

- So?

So do you think this is how I deserve

to find out something like this?

Mom, I cannot control what

people put on Facebook.

And you've forgotten how

to use the phone, Bonita?

Especially, with your

father the way he is -

Did you tell him?

No. Never.

He's in enough pain without

having to worry about his

daughter running around in the

middle of the night.

Mom, please.

It's fine, I'm fine. Everything

is fine. These things happen.

It's that neighborhood -

I told you, it's not safe.

It's New York City.

Nowhere is safe.

- Then you should be extra careful.

- not running around

- sola por la noche!

- Por favor!

I know Matthew was

not there with you.

What kind of friends let you

go out sola por la noche?

You need to move.

To Queens? You just told me last

month your neighbors got robbed.

That's different. My own daughter

can't even find the time to call me.

I just didn't want to worry you.

Okay, you have enough

on your plate as it is.

Do you ever think tha it worries me

more when I don't hear from you?

Did you cancel

your credit cards?

Uh, yeah. Yeah I did.

Brooklyn is where all of

the drug dealers live.

My God. Mom, it's not

the 80s!

Listen to me. You tell me

next time, you hear?

Not the stupid computer.

You call me and you tell me.

Hey. Bonnie, right?

Yeah, Bonnie Gonzalez.

You got my number from Vernon?

At the station? Ah - what's his name.

Oh, ah... Detective

Lambert?

Right. Right! He's a good guy.

I know he can be a bit abrasive

at first...

He's gotta work on his people skills

but I keep telling him that.

Vernon! "Come on!"

You know, today already.

You want some water?

I'm hopeless that way.

Here, let me get you some water.

Thank you

I'm, I'm Kirra, by the way.

Kirra Williams.

Nice to meet you.

So, I had a chance to look

over your file quickly

and we got to decide what

angle to take here, honey.

You're a smart girl, right?

You went to college?

Yeah, I went to Syracuse.

That's great!

The judge will love that.

And you're pretty, that - that

helps too.

I mean, obviously, you were just

born that way, but trust me,

it's good for our case.

Oh.

So, we are just waiting on

the results of your rape kit?

Um, yeah. I believe so.

Ok, that way we can

see if the DNA matches

the guy who raped the other

girl, right? Ok. Good.

Well, hopefully we'll have

two matching sets of DNA.

We'll put this guy

away for a long time.

Um, what if the DNA isn't a

match and it was some other guy.

Well, that's gonna be a

harder battle.

Hopefully we can still find him...

but if he's a first time offender,

that could be tough.

Wait, even with the DNA?

He'll argue it was consensual.

He practically broke

my cheekbone.

That's neither here nor there.

Plus, you were intoxicated. And, uh,

you can't remember anything.

I can remember some

things. Very clearly.

The problem is is that he'll

remember everything, perfectly

clearly.

You know, he's going to say you

came onto him, that you

were flirting

and dancing with him all night

at the bar.

That it was your idea.

And you blatantly asked him t

have sex with you.

I would never in a

million years...

Yeah, but you can't remember?

And just to help him even more,

he has your toxicology

report at this point.

I am not the one who is

supposed on trial here.

But to the defense, you are.

What district are you in?

Bushwick.

Great,

you'll probably going to get Mahoney...

he is a downright creep and has

made it his mission in life

to get every rapist off the hook.

God knows why, ah... his mother

didn't hug him enough as a kid,

who knows...

but he'll break you down and you

need to be prepared.

His aim is to get the judge to

question your character and

lighten this creep's sentence.

Of course, I'll "object" every time,

but he'll plant the seed.

Now don't get me wrong,

I agree with you.

All that sh*t doesn't matter.

Rape is rape.

That's all it should come down to.

But we're not saving the world

today, we're not single-handedly

changing the criminal justice

system - not today.

Our aim is to put this guy behind

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