Page 77 of Dirty Filthy Boy
"And that's it," Stephanie Colton says.
"She wasn't interviewed again?"
"There are no more records of her. Poor girl."
Clearly, there was a connection between Emily Suarez and one of the football players. The dastardly coward seemed to have known or at least approved of what was going to be done to her. And yet, he did nothing. No wonder Coach Gronowski didn't want any of the football players mentioned.
"And there were only two football players living in the fraternity house?"
"Yes. Ty Mathews and Ryan Taylor. Buchinsky was a member but he had an apartment off campus. The only reason I know that is that his girlfriend was a friend of mine."
"So much for Coach Gronowski's rules about no girlfriends."
"Oh, believe me, Mad Dog didn't share that detail with his coach."
"But one of the players witnessed Emily Suarez being taken to a room to be raped."
"Yes."
"And the choices are Ryan Taylor or Ty Mathews." I can't see Ty ignoring the girl taken anywhere to be raped, no wonder how drunk he might be.
"My vote's on Ty Mathews."
"Why?"
"After the rape, he was seen coming in and out of her dorm. Turned out he knew her. They both came from the same town in Texas. Apparently, she had a crush on him."
"It can't be him. He wouldn't have ignored his friend being taken to a room to be assaulted, much less encouraged it."
"How do you know?"
"I'm interviewing him. I know what he's like."
"From what I understand, he's got quite a bad boy reputation in Chicago."
"Yes. But deep down, he's not like that."
"I only know what I've heard."
I've got to clear Ty's name, even if he's never been charged with anything, I have to find out for myself. "Whatever happened to her? I hope she made it through okay."
"Emily Suarez?"
I nod.
"But I thought you knew?"
"Knew what?"
"She found out she was pregnant. Two months after the rape, Emily Suarez killed herself."
