Anonymous Story: He Hid Because He Was Guilty

My friend was raped by my brother’s friend inside our own home. We live in the province, when my college friends decided to visit my hometown, they were welcomed by my family and some friends. My brother’s friend, let’s call him Enzo, together with my brother were there to show us around. We came from manila, flew to the province for a stress-free vacation. We enjoyed the days on the beach and nights at the bars. One night, we decided to end the day inside the house. We drank there and then with my brother’s friends. My friend got drunk so I personally took care of her as the host. I bathed her, changed her clothes and I took her to her room so she could rest with ease.

We continued to drink. My brother’s friends decided to spend the night at home. After we finished all the bottles, we dozed off and went to our separate rooms. I woke up early for a drive around town and to buy us breakfast. Before I left home, I saw Enzo leaving my friend’s room, at first, I thought it was weird but because I trusted him, I didn’t care much and said to myself “Baka wala nang space sa ibang rooms” (maybe there’s no space left in the other rooms) so I went straight to do some errands. While driving, my girlfriend called asking why she woke up, wearing only her undergarments. I told her that when I sent her off to bed drunk, I changed her outfit and that she slept fully clothed. She told me she felt pain in her stomach and in her vagina. I told her to wait for me to come home.

And when I arrived, she was already crying saying she was raped. I saw her black bra straps underneath her muscle tee, I asked her “Nagpalit ka ba ng bra?” (Did you change your bra) she said no and that she only woke up wearing that one. I cried. Because that was not the bra I got when I changed her clothes. I was so angry and furious so I went to my brother and told him that Enzo raped my friend. He said Enzo wouldn’t do such a thing because he has a girlfriend. Now that made me really angry. I told him the whole story. The whole week, we couldn’t find Enzo, he wasn’t talking to my brother either. He was hiding because he was guilty.

I felt so sad for my girlfriend because her virginity was taken away by someone she doesn’t even know and because she had a boyfriend of 3 years who respected her decision to preserve it. We went back to Manila to find out that Enzo confessed what he did and that he wasn’t in the right state of mind when he acted upon his instinct. My girlfriend told her boyfriend that she was not a virgin anymore because she was raped, but her boyfriend left her because he couldn’t handle the pain he was feeling. Enzo didn’t end up in jail. My girlfriend locked herself in her room for days as she couldn’t vividly remember what happened to her but felt the pain both physically and emotionally.