Stephanie was glad to be leaving work after working almost fifteen hours. She didnβt even notice that it was a little before ten until she turned on her car stereo. She also didnβt notice until now how hungry she was. Maybe it was because she had been trying to figure how to help get her teams part of the multimillion project back on schedule and back on budget. So she pulled into Arbys to get a sandwich and a diet coke to eat when she got home because she did not want to make anything.
When Stephanie walked into the house she realized that it was quieter than normal. She remembered that her roommate Jennifer left earlier with her new boyfriend, Mark, for a long weekend at the lake. That would be a nice change to have a quiet house compared to their loud TV and conversations that Mark and Jennifer have she thought to herself.
Stephanie sat down at the kitchen table to eat her dinner. She was surprised and a little mad when she opened up the wrapper on her sandwich and saw that it was not what she ordered. What made it even worse was that it was something that she didnβt even like. 'What a perfect ending to a perfect day,' she said sarcastically out loud. After throwing the sandwich in the trash and finishing her diet coke, Stephanie went into the bathroom and turn on the water for a nice long hot bubble bath.
While the water was running, she opened a few windows in the house to get some fresh air on this warmer than normal spring night. Hurriedly she took off her work clothes, put on her robe, and ran to the bathroom. By then the water was about the right level to cover her petite, 5β3', 108 pound frame as she laid comfortably in the warm tub. She was too busy relaxing to think about going to bed hungry. She was relaxing so much that she fell asleep in the tub for a few minutes. Stephanie decided to get out before falling asleep in the tub again.
After drying off, the cute, petite dark haired woman went to her bedroom and put on a big comfy T-shirt and crawled into her bed. Stephanie had been sleeping for a little while when she heard someone walking down the hardwood floor hallway from the back of the house. She was so tired, she wasnβt sure if she was dreaming or if she was awake. She lay there listening with her eyes open even though she could not see much from the red light coming from her digital clock. After listening and looking towards the ceiling for what felt like an eternity, she heard her doorknob turning ever so slowly and quietly.
'Oh Shit!' she thought, 'I forgot to close the windows,' as her door opened. She saw the red light of a small flashlight as she was sitting up. Her heart was about to beat out of her chest. She started to scream for help when she heard the figure wearing the nylon running suit run for her, he then slapped her face with such force that her head immediately spun to the right. He then jumped to her left side and held his gloved right hand over her mouth and whispered in her ear, 'shut up bitch!'
Stephanie was so terrified that she stopped fighting, While he was telling her to shut up he felt on the wrought iron head board post for the belt of her robe that hung from the corner to gag her with so she couldnβt yell anymore. He removed his hand quickly and wrapped the belt over her mouth and started to tighten it, he tightened it so much that it forced her mouth open so there was no way she could yell.
When he finished, he threw Stephanie back, jumped onto and straddled her. He then grabbed her arms and held them above her head. She watched the masked man with much fear as he stuck his free hand into the fanny pack and pulled out a pair of handcuffs that glowed red from light of her clock. Quickly and in one smooth motion he handcuffed her small wrist that he pushed it through the barred headboard, he then grabbed her other hand with the empty side of the handcuffs. A lot had happened in only a few seconds.
The masked man then knelt down next to her and whispered, 'Is Jennifer home tonight?' Stephanie shook her head no. He then whispered to her, 'I'm not going to hurt you, I'm only here for your valuables.' As soon as he said that, he got up and left her room. She heard him walking as quiet as the floor would let him, but he stopped suddenly, she knew he was in front of Jennifer's room. Even though he was being quiet, the noise of her squeaky door hinge was loud enough for her to know that he was going into her room.
For what seemed like hours, as she heard him walking through house and searching everything for whatever he was going to take, she was hit with a flood of emotions. Besides the fear of not knowing what he was going to do to her, was anger, she was pissed that this masked man was going through her house, he also hit her in the face, and tied her up. She also felt denial, she could not believe that this was happening to her.
As the hallway floor creaked, she knew he was coming back to her room by the sounds, it was the last one that he was going to go through. She lifted her head and saw the red light getting brighter as he was getting near. He entered her room without even looking or speaking to her. What nerve. He went straight to her bedside table and turned on a small light. It was only as bright as a nightlight that he had seen a thousand times before for kids.
She felt so violated as he entered her closet. He was looking in the boxes in the top first. And then systematically searched the hanging clothes followed by everything on the floor of the closet. After finishing the closet he went to her dresser. She still couldn't believe this was happening and felt helpless while lying there handcuffed to the bed.