dream sequence
Last night, my eyes opened at 4am when I heard a girl scream in the street. My eyes were open and I was conscious, but not really awake and I felt like I couldn't move my arms or legs.
Then I basically listened to her get robbed.
I was thinking to myself the entire time "wake up and find your cell phone so you can call the police", but I wasn't awake enough. I could just hear what was happening like it was a record playing in the apartment next door that somehow drifted in to my dream. Like, when you're a kid and you leave your alarm on over the weekend and then Sunday morning you dream that you're getting donut holes with Casey Kasem?
It was like that, except a girl probably got beat up.
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Sleep Paralysis - Wikipedia
What you describe are classic symptoms of sleep paralysis.
http://books.google.com/books?id=l8j_z5-qZfAC&pg=PA674&lpg=PA674&dq=psychology+girl+got+stabbed+and+no+one+helped&source=web&ots=iBp8sXzHR0&sig=D9m3mQ2dnJNabnmn-tDNwjcAUqY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
Pardon my faith in ordinary folk. My comment was based on hope, and an attempt to relieve any guilt Molls might be feeling.