Are you victim of a crime or have seen one?

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The story that I'm about to narrate happened in one of the streets in my country. It was Monday around 7:30AM. I rode a van. There were only five people inside: me, a nursing student at my right, the high school student sitting in front of the nursing student, and a boy who happens to be at the far most side. After a while, two men rode. Since I like observing people, I immediately notice them. One was a crippling man who has a huge scar in his lower arm and with marks behind his eye. The other one was normal looking. The two passengers sat beside the high school student. There was nothing special except that they sat too close to each other! Imagine, only seven passengers in the van (very roomy, in fact I can even lie down in one of the seats) and there’s this two men sitting very close to each other. What would you think? Well, I thought it was weird. After a while, they handed their fare and since they are very far from the driver they move closer. Now, they are sitting very closely beside the boy. Normal-looking man handed exact fare, Mr. Scar, on the other hand, handed a bill that will require the driver to give him a change. Then, normal-looking man handed a cellphone to Mr. Scar. And it wasn’t an ordinary way of giving a phone. It was very suspicious. They were almost hiding it. During that time, I was really puzzled and confused. Oh yeah! I forgot to mention, when I saw the act of “cellphone-giving” Mr. Scar and I looked at each other. And it was the scariest 5 seconds of my life. I kept playing the scenes over and over. Questions were starting to build up. “Do they know each other?” “What’s up with the cellphone?” “Why does Mr. Scar acts like he’s texting whenever I look at him?” “Now what?” There were plenty of questions. I just wanted to raise my arm and shout to the boy, “Hey check out your phone. I think they just robbed you!” But I was scared and confused. I chicken out and decided to get out of the van and find help. But there were no police officers in the place. I rode another van, feeling guilty and unsafe. Has this happen to you? Did you experience being robbed or saw someone being robbed? Have you been a victim of a crime or have seen one?