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So I'm sitting in my car on Jackrabbit, waiting for the light to turn green so I can go left. Faintly under my music I hear this girl yelling so I turn the music down. She is screaming and crying and I have no idea whats going on, but she seems to be yelling at this guy to give her back something. It seemed like a really intense fight and I wondered if I should get out and help or something because the way she is screaming sounds like she might be in trouble. The screaming stops and I'm still waiting for the light when she appears next to my car weeping and asking if I can help her. I let her get in the car and she asks if I can take her home and talk to the police as a witness. But I didn't witness anything but her screaming at some guy to give her cell phone battery back. He probly did beat her as she said, but I didn't see anything. I stayed for a bit, but I left before the cops got there because I realized that I have been drinking tonight and paranoia sets in. Listening to her talk to the cops I heard her explain her fucked up life and how she keeps on being with this guy who beats her and I felt horrible. In a way I would love to lie and tell the cops that I saw this guy beating her. Maybe that would save her from this terrible existence she has constructed around herself. Or maybe nothing would change and when this guy is in jail, she finds some similar guy who reminds her of her abusive father and falls in love, and then this guy gets out of jail and she can't say no to him or he kills her. The cycle. Its amazing that people can see love beyond getting beaten. Its amazing that people in this world are sick enough to beat each other. Its amazing that something can happen and I feel compelled to help, but I keep my distance. She thought that I was there to save her and be witness to something, and then I told her I was just waiting for the light and she started crying. I feel so bad, but what could I do. Should I have stayed and talked to the police? Lied to help her?