There was not a man in a black suit driving a white van away from a crime scene.
This man did not speed through a red light without stopping. There was no man to do so.
There was not a man in a grey track suit driving a silver Mercedes away from a crime scene.
There was not a woman dressed head to toe in black.
There was not an elderly lady dressed in florals.
Was there a crime scene? What was the crime?
I was told a young woman was attacked by an ex. Ex-boyfriend, husband, platonic friend? I don’t know. An ex.
She’s in hospital now, alive, just about. That’s what I heard anyway.
The man escaped. He was not wearing a black suit. He was not wearing anything. He was wearing something, but no one can remember what. If he was actually wearing nothing it would not have been forgotten.
I saw it all happen. Not it all, not the cause, not their relationship, whatever it may have been, before the attack.
I know what could have happened or should have happened.
The man is wearing a black suit, no tie, a white shirt with navy buttons. He has a generic short back and sides haircut, a number two I’d say. His shoes are black and dull, in need of a polish. He has no visible scars, tattoos, or piercings, which is not to say he doesn’t have any at all just that they’re not visible. The eyes are blue, almost grey, milky but not quite. Dark circles lie below both of them. The nose is distinct, strong, powerful, foreboding, worrying. The mouth turns downwards. The weight of all this causes the chin to sag.
The man calls the woman’s name. ‘Milly!’ he says in a voice that is not normally his. It all sounds quite absurd, the frilliness of ‘Milly’ and this artificially gruff voice. It’s all phony, fake, fraudulent.
She turns, her face is obscured. It is frightened. He approaches. His mouth moves. He says something I can’t hear in the absurd voice. They are half a foot away from one another. The back of the man tenses, the head lurches forward, collides with the other head, a body falls, legs flail, there are cries, the man his nose, head and legs all evacuate.
I did not see this. It did happen just like this.