[ WP ] You have been found `` not guilty '' of a crime you DID commit

The judge pounded her gavel as I continue to shake my head. 
 
 
 I have been declared not guilty by the jury but I have been. They need to declare that I am guilty. They need to. 
 
 
 I was the one who ran over that poor guy while he was crossing the street during the wee hours of the night. Probably on his way home after a night of partying. 
 I was the one who continued driving even if I looked back through the rear view mirror if someone tried to help him. 
 
 
 I could n't have stopped. Not that time. I was running for my life but they got me. And had made me pay for being a traitor. 
 
 
 I am now bound on a wheelchair and could n't utter a word, could barely move a finger. A perfect excuse presented by my `` family's'' lawyer. 
 
 
 I was born in a world where I could make no choices of my own. I was born as a child of Gethoda. A man who formed his own religion and got a cult following. Soon he moved his children and formed his own village. A village where everyone bows to him and sees him as a messiah. He chooses any woman he wants as his wife. As many as he wants. 
 
 
 The very reason I tried to escape that night. But they found out my plans and before I knew it they were after me. 
 
 
 The day they caught me back, the `` family doctor'' injected me with fluids that made my chest ache. I do n't know what it was but when I woke up, I could no longer move on my own. 
 
 
 Maybe I should have stopped and helped the poor guy. Maybe then the police could have arrested me and I'll be far from them. I could have been saved. 
 
 
 But no one saw me except for those who were after me. 
 
 
 They need to declare that I am guilty. They need to. 
 
 
 They need to.
