Might be some good news?

 I asked Hera to print out my testimony in two copies. She accepted.

When I came to fetch it in the afternoon, she gave me some news that give me a small glimmer of hope throughout this whole Kafkaesque nightmare.

During lunch break, she came across the Colonel at the mess hall. They spoke about what happened. He first asked her if I had given any news, in essence, he was worried about me. Not only that, but Hera told him that I had accepted to defend myself and give my version of events, and that I had been writing a whole testimony. He actually told her that if I wished to, I could actually give him a copy of it, and that if he estimated that the allegations were not as bad as Hopoe (or Cass? though I doubt this could've been Cass's work, perhaps Cassiopeia did tell Hopoe to file for harassment, though... I don't know really) seems to have painted them, that there might not even be an investigation, at all. 

I accepted. I had actually thought about it this morning. I had hesitated to ask her if I could get the Colonel's email to try and send him a copy, and there it is, they bump into each other at the mess hall, and they talk about it, and he actually wants to know my side of the story.

So, she gave me an envelope, I put a copy of my account into it. 

I didn't say it in my previous entry, but I wrote a total of 20k+ words in just two days. 31 pages without the annexes. The bulk of the annexes is the chatlog with Hopoe.  

Not only that, but thinking about it, Hopoe made a massive strategic mistake by deleting her Whatsapp just a couple of days after my attempt. Granted she might've done this while emotionally affected, but that's still a serious mistake when you're actually making allegations of harassment against someone... because it makes you look suspicious, especially given the timing with my suicide attempt. 

Hera believes me, by the way. She could only skim my account, but from what she's gathered, she said that "I did all that I could", with a smile. That I just happened to fall in love with Hopoe. That she has no preconceived ideas, that she doesn't know her nor assume I'm not telling the truth.

I mean, honestly, who would invent 30+ pages of events with such a massive amount of details? And add annexes and shit? It would take a tremendously methodical lying...

So, with the Colonel willing to hear my account, perhaps he does have an inkling that... you know. 

I sent a text to Cepheus on the way back. Now waiting on the Colonel to contact me again regarding this. 

Still, I wonder what the consequences on Hopoe might be. One thing sure, if indeed harassment is not demonstrated, and given all the incriminating behaviour in the account, she may very well get an earful or two...

But one thing sure hasn't changed: where my Hopoe is, there's some novel-like shit going on.

I hope you're well, in spite of everything.

Even if... you know. That might not last.

But honestly, thank God I left my job? Imagine the logistical nightmare if I had stayed. Hopoe for sure could've pressed more charges against me if I just happened to be in the same perimeter for any goddamn reason...