Chapter 206: Parasitic Infection
Marcella was busy for the next few weeks.
Just like Marcella asked her, Natalie wrote letters to every major publication about the abuse she faced by Coach Rourke. She tried to contact local news channels to see if anyone would listen to her.
A month passed. No one replied. Natalie did get a death threat from Rourke.
As expected!
Marcella asked Natalie to file a complaint against Rourke and apply for a restraining order. Natalie followed Marcella’s plan to the T. She didn’t reveal the fact that she had met Marcella previously and had her backing.
The cops talked to Natalie giving her hope that they would do something, but in fact, nothing was mobilized.
Even good cops couldn’t do anything against the power of the district attorney. Natalie didn’t get any pressure from the cops to take back her complaint and they promised her that everything would get resolved soon. But they did nothing.
In a way, that was worse. The cops weren’t protecting her and sided with her abuser and yet she was led to believe that she was safe.
After six weeks, Natalie took the next step—talking to Randy’s paper. In a couple of days, Natalie’s story was printed and distributed all over the state.
The day the news was published, Marcella was in the garden taking care of the blooms. The gardener said that moles were attacking the carrot patch and Marcella discussed with him what could be done.
Tony had an off day after working the weekends. He was sitting on the porch with a bottle of beer. Although he was having the newspaper in his hand, his eyes were on Marcella.
She was showing; at least, that was what he thought.