CURSE IN A BOTTLE

CURSE IN A BOTTLE

The day was dawning when Lucinda woke up on the back seat of her VW Polo Highline and realized she was naked from the waist down. Freaked-out, bewildered and scared, she curiously looked around to determine her whereabouts.  For the life of her she couldn't recollect what had happened to her, where she was, how she got there, why a silhouette of her panties was hanging over the rear view mirror and why she was butt naked. Lucinda  started crying out of fear, making the hangover from hell she woke up with, even worse. In the dim light of daybreak she groped around on the floor of her Polo for her mini skirt but instead ended-up with a used condom stuck to her fingers. "No, no, noooo" she shouted, shaking it off and hurriedly opening up the left door, in order to slide out. 

As her bare feet touched the ground , she quickly withdraw them out of horror because she stepped on a another used condom causing it to ooz its contents. By now her heart was racing and sitting in her throat while she sobbed uncontrollably. "What's Barry gonna say, what's Barry gonna say", flashed through her mind. "Oh no, I was raped, oh no, I was raped by at least two men", she said hysterically, repeating it over and over, as the fog cleared from her mind.

As she donned the mini skirt that she was searching for, her first rational thought was to phone her best friend Angela,  who may be able to shed some light on this darkness. Shaking uncontrollably she retrieved her clutch bag from the front seat of the car but her brand new iPhone 6 cell-phone was missing. "No no, noooo"! she shouted. "Ok now, Ok now, I must calm down and drive home or should I go to the police station" flashed through her mind, "but what do I say to them". Lucinda  then looked for her car keys in her bag but it also wasn't there either. On her knees on the left front seat, she searched frantically for her car's keys, "Ok, Ok, its not in the ignition, not behind the sun visor, not in the glove box, not on the console, not in the ashtray, not between the seats, not under the seats". 

Then Lucinda  just sat there on her knees crying her heart out, as the first sun rays streaked across the carpark.  "Ok now, I need to get to a public phone" she though, but then realized that her money, credit cards and drivers licence were also missing from her purse. Lucinda realized she was stranded, no keys, no phone, no money. Plucking all the courage she had left, she put on her shoes that was lying on the dashboard, she got out of the car, looked around and somewhat recognized her surroundings because by then it was much lighter.

Her headache had subsided and she easily identified her whereabouts as the car park of  Three Rivers Mall not too far from... ZiggBee's Dance Club. That thought, jolted Lucinda 's mind, when suddenly she recalled the occurrences and all the mental images of everything that happened the night before, flashing through her mind's eye.  She remembered that she fetched Angela that afternoon for cocktails at the Merengue Lounge. Angela needed some cheering up because she was fired from Omega Psychiatric Academy where she still worked a week ago. She was caught on CCTV footage slipping a few vials of psychotropic drugs into her cleavage, for her boyfriend Jorge.

DRUGS AND BOOZE

Thereafter she remembered driving Angela to Jorge place, for supper and sun-downers.  Jorge then suggested they go out for shots and everyone was game except her.  See wasn't dressed for the occasion but Angela quickly convinced her to come along, after Jorge slipped Lucinda's wineglass  a psychotropic pills as a mood changer. Angela provided her with a complete attire for the evening, from miniskirt to sequined-top to high heel shoes. Lucinda remembered ZiggBee's Dance Club, the tequila and the group of guys who were hitting on her and buying her drinks, and the argument she had with Angela, 'about going with whomever she pleases', and the rest is blank. After a police investigation, it turned out the group of six guys who were flirting with Lucinda were unknown to Zigbee's regulars. They were in fact night club hoppers, going from club to club usurping the wares of vulnerable young women. In their inebriated state it was also easy for these "usurpers" to rob  them of whatever they held dear, including their chastity.

Now Lucinda  is emotionally scared, uncertain how many of those six men raped her and apprehensive of Barry's reaction.  She was also penniless because they had found her bank card pin number on her iPhone 6 and helped themselves to the remainder of her bank balance. And temporarily car-less, because a new car key with immobilizer remote control is going to cost her at least $250.00. Having to apply for new bank cards and a driver's licence is another nightmare  in itself. All due to an error in judgment and Satan's "curse in bottle."

Other young women who go to nightclubs looking for love could find  horror instead. Flunitrazepam is  a powerful oral sedative and benzodiazepine is a  potent oral valium route sedative when pulverised and snorted. It is popularly known as the ‘date-rape’ drug by the name rohypnol. It is also  known as "roche," "la rocha," "roachies,"   "roofies,"  "rophies," "ruffies" and "roofenol", when illegally mixed with alcoholic drinks provides an aid to rape. The effects of benzodiazepine  is slurred speech, impaired judgement, sedation, difficulty walking and  blackouts of up to 24 hours, much like drunkenness.  It may also cause  amnesia and respiratory distress; but may also have paradoxical effects and trigger aggression in some people. An overdose can cause death  if mixed with alcoholic drinks or other drugs. 

QUOTES TO PONDER ON

"Bad things only happen to you because you allow it."

"Don't set yourself up for failure."

"Real men don't rape."

"Reverence the wombs that bore you"

"Look & think before you leap."

"Men are endowed with their God given strength to protect women, not to use it against them."

"All actions have consequences."

"Drink and make Mary, sucks."

"Alcohol beclouds the mind and permits Satan's suggestions to influence it."

"You can never win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket."

"Sex without a condom is like bungee jumping without a rope."

"C'est la vie" / "Shit happens"  Even shit happens for a reason."