Steven R Berger

Innocent Bystander Steven R Berger

Chuck Gray, a 40-something family man whose worked at a paper supply house for nearly two decades can't help but be attracted to Felicia Tafoya, a beautiful Latina coworker more than 20 years his junior. In danger of missing an international flight after missing her bus, Chuck offers Felicia a ride. The next morning detectives ask Chuck some questions about the rape and murder of a woman matching Felicia's description, and before he realizes what's happening, Chuck is arrested.
Innocent Bystander explores the ordeal that one man faces when considered a suspect in a violent sex crime, and the resulting fallout with the people who thought they knew him best: his wife, teenage children, and colleagues. Is there such a thing as "innocent until proven guilty" anymore?