I looked out the window in the door, I had never seen the guy before.
Cautiously I opened the door a few inches.
'Yes, may I help you?"
"Are you Mrs. Winslow?" he asked.
"Yes."
Suddenly the door flew open with the force the stranger pushed it with knocking me aside. Quickly he entered the foyer and slammed the door shut again.
I panicked, I was home alone. My husband had left that morning for a two day medical conference in Salt Lake City.
"What do you want?" I cried in terror.
"You." He snarled looking out the window to see if he had been observed entering our house.
""I have money, I can give you some money." I volunteered in desperation.
"I don't want your money." he said in contempt.
He grabbed my wrist and dragged me to the kitchen window to scan the backyard. Satisfied he had not been seen entering he got down to business.
"Into the bedroom." he ordered.
Not wanting to enrage him I submissively led his to our bedroom.
He looked around the comfortably furnished bedroom
The room was dominated by our king-size bed where Bob and I had made love that morning prior to him leaving for the airport.
"You got music in here?" the stranger asked.
I walked over to the entertainment center and showed him the CD player.
"Put something on." he ordered.
"What would you like to hear?" I asked.
Bob had an extensive collection from classical to rock and roll.
"Something with a beat, something you can dance to." he smiled.
I was not a dancer. Some women have a talent for dancing whereas I just swayed to the music.
The first song that came on was "I am watching you" by Police.
"Do you know what a lapdance is?" the stranger asked.
Visions of naked women dancing before leering men flashed through my mind, "No" I answered.
"Sure you do." he smiled.
"My wife works as a dancer at Pandora's Box." The stranger informed me with a tense look on his face.
Pandora's Box was a local strip joint near the hospital where Bob was an Intern.
"Your husband and his buddies go in there and feel her up all the time." he sneered.
"My husband doesn't go in those kind of places." I said indignantly.
"All guys do, she has told me all about 'Dr. Winslow' and how he loves feeling her tits. Now it's your turn to return the favor. You are going to do a lapdance for me."
So this explained why he had forced his way into my house. I doubted that he would settle merely for me dancing for him, his intentions were to rape me.
Was rape a fate worse than death? Not really, a life scaring experience maybe but you still got to live another day. Countless women had been raped and gone on to live productive lives. Whatever happened I was determined to come out of this alive.
"What's your name?" I asked him.
"Tom, Tom Shooter."
"Does your wife like dancing Tom?" I asked trying to stall the inevitable.