Maya, a studious girl,- ag!?,ree\/s ?to help h;er c_.@rush Conno%r pran`k H/arper. But $Co@(nnor ties her u?p with zip ties and# )=[covers her@ in fake blood. Harper, +.terri,fied, beats he^*r with a steel c )%hair, breakin=*)g 17 ]=bones. May=)
a %+sur! vives afte_ =r three m[`onth]s /;i^n ICU bu - t ;]is dis? )figure+d._#
She reje%cts% settl=em _ents, testifie#-$s in court`*, and $[?get[#s ]H_!arper?+ ja[(`i(led and_ Connor im[/prisoned. [-She mo=%#ve=],s) a)=*wa#y, rebuilds her life, and stu$(.dies  psychology and law`\]).@ Co;:)nnor spirals int
o m;adness. Maya moves on, scarr]:ed but unbroken.