Morning came and Ellen rose after a sleepless night. Going down stairs into the kitchen she turned the radio on. The latest popular song screeched from the radio as she boiled the water for her coffee. She poured in the water and stirred the coffee and sugar together. A voice from the radio caused her to pause,
"in local news a girl was found strangled and ****d in wootton fields this morning. Police say the crime took place a little after two am. A man attending a nearby house party has been arrested in connection to the crime."
Ellen froze. Wootton field is where she had walked. The time given was not long after she had walked through there herself. The realisation that the radio report could have quite easily been about her made her body shake and quiver. She stood mindlessly looking at her cup of coffee. She knew how lucky she had been and swore from now on she'd never walk alone again.