Getting On With Life

Michael Moran got on with his life. He presumed that the woman he raped would have gotten on with her life as well. Why should he have been extradited when he was doing so well?

Before he could be tossed into jail, having already plead guilty to rape, Mr. Moran ran off to Boston to "get on with his life", and getting on would not include jail time, of course. Not much getting on behind bars, is there? He became a successful roofer during this getting on period, and he even fathered a child. That's all part of life, right there, working at a job, raising a family. Can't do any of that in jail.

During his time in Boston, Mr. Moran enthralled a couple of ladies who had nothing but nice things to say about him when he appeared at the Central Criminal Court. His partner knew about the rape, she testified at the trial, but he's such a lovely man, kind and gentle, and he treats her daughter as well as any natural father. Getting on with life, until the FBI ran him down and shipped him back from whence he came, to finish up what was begun before Moran left so that he could get on.

Poor lad is battling depression these days, and he's a bit concerned about the reception he'll be getting at Arbour Hill Prison, where he will serve seven years and come out a registered sex offender.

What of the victim? She's essentially in prison for life, because she's from a small town and everyone knows what happened so she's showered with pity and sidelong glances. Better to stay home, not getting on with life. Not that Michael Moran ever cared one way or the other. As long as he was getting on with life, that's all that mattered.