Abby shook uncontrollably as she huddled behind the putrid,
overflowing garbage bins in the alley. She wrapped her arms
tighter around herself. Even though the misery of the fetid smell
and the cold overwhelmed her, she dared not venture from her
hiding place.
She could not stop the tears flowing from red and swollen eyes.
How had she come to this? How had the blog of one twenty-two
year-old university senior so inflamed others that she was forced to
cower behind the refuse of humanity — in fear for her life?
Her thoughts ended abruptly at the sound of fast-paced footsteps
echoing in the alleyway…