This is a complete work of fiction.
Remember the difference between fantasy and reality is as fundamental as the difference between right and wrong.
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Eliza Collins in "My Longest Day"
"Today would be the longest day of her life"
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The following takes place on the 5th July between the hours of 00:00 and 01:00
She needed to be alone tonight. Alone to think. It was the 4th July, or at least it had been until a few minutes ago and he hadn't showed up. Where was this whole relationship thing heading anyway? She had taken one too many glasses of white wine with her friends in order to drown her sorrows, and now she needed to be alone.
Eliza Collins walked the short distance to her home. The lights from her taxi became smaller as she watched it disappear and the streetlights cast a shadow on the walkway. The wind blew a little harder and the trees and bushes stirred around them. A lone dog barked in the distance and the sky rumbled.
"Shit, rain, that's all I need," Eliza groaned. She tossed her gorgeous main of blond hair and hurried her steps. The thunder sounded louder now and the young actress burst through the front door of her apartment just as the first drops began to fall.
She stood alone in her living room and looked around. The apartment was silent, lonely and unbearably hot. She flicked on the lights and the instant illumination made her feel a little better. Eliza tossed her bag down and switched the air conditioning to high. She slipped off her denim jacket and, moving to her bedroom, searched the bed for her favourite, most comfortable pair of pink pajamas.
Outside, the hedge branches scraped against her bedroom window and a splatter of raindrops dotted the glass. She stood at the glass pane for a moment and watched the trees bend under the wind, and then she closed the curtains and flopped onto the bed. Reaching lazily out Eliza hit the play button on the answering machine and listened to the dulcet tones of the female voice saying βyou have one new message β message one.'
"Eliza hi it's your Mom. Call me when you get in we need to arrange your next visit home. So call me β love you."
Now distracted by feelings of guilt over not having seen her parents for weeks Eliza took a shower and slipped her pajamas on. Dragging her feet wearily to bed she slid beneath the welcoming covers. She turned her shapely frame to the pillows and bunched them just the way she liked before settling down for a night of welcoming sleep.
Outside a boom of thunder sounded and the streetlights flickered, but all Eliza heard was the soothing sound of the rain when it hit the windows as she fell fast asleep.
The following takes place on the 5th July between the hours of 01:00 and 02:00
He had slipped easily into the apartment through the unlocked window with the broken latch in the living room. He came in just after it started to pour and he was soaked. The damp seeped through his clothes and into his skin while he waited for Eliza to settle down and go to sleep. With the curtains drawn it was pitch black in the room and he could see nothing. The kitchen clock ticked loudly nearby. Carefully he negotiated his way around the furniture and the lower lying coffee table. He could see magazines and newspapers spread around the table top as his eyes adjusted to the dark.
He had been in this house many times before. He had read those magazines and drank her coffee. He had smelled her perfume and handled her mail and she didn't suspect a thing. He had rummaged through her underwear drawer and lay on her bed. He knew this apartment inside out. He had checked out the type of shampoo she used and he knew her nickname was Zaza. There was nothing he didn't know about his favourite blue eyed, blond goddess.
Now he stood silently in the living room breathing in her scent. He traced his fingers along her sofa and cushions. Slowly he made his way towards Eliza's bedroom. His heart beating like a drum but his breathing controlled. As he got nearer he heard a noise, a creak of the bed. He needed his girl to be asleep when he surprised her. It was not part of the plan to have her see him before he was ready, and things must go according to plan β his plan!
He turned and made his way back to the living room. He would sit a while and give her chance to sleep soundly before he made his entrance.
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It was ten minutes to two in the morning of the 5th July and it was time for him to make his move. He smiled a slow, sweet smile as he approached the bedroom, her bedroom. Then he opened the door with a squeak and went inside.
His mouth went dry as he gazed down at her. She lay on the bed curled on her side, facing away from him. Eliza, his girl, was covered only by a thin sheet. Her luscious blond hair was spread out contrasting against the dark blue pillow. A floorboard creaked as he move nearer to her. She moaned and squirmed a little but, crucially, remained fast asleep. He reached down and pinched the sheet where its edge curled over her shoulder. As he eased it down she continued to take slow, deep breaths, but his own breathing quickened as he drank in the stunning sight that the lovely Eliza Collins presented to him.
The sliding sheet revealed her naked back where the pink top had ridden up her body, the smooth curve of her fabric covered buttocks and her sleek, lithe frame.
As he stared his lips went dry. He ached to spread her legs and fill her completely. He had wanted to for so long β and now he would.
The following takes place on the 5th July between the hours of 02:00 and 03:00
A feeling of pure panic pulsed through Eliza's body. She had been dreaming an anxious dream and just for a split second her eyes refused to open as her brain frantically tried to reconcile the fact that she could hear a voice here, now - in her room. Then in an instant she felt a tremendous weight on her chest and she tried to cry out but heard no sound. Something smooth, soft and silky was shoved deep into her mouth making her gag. Eliza's eyes were now wide open in terror. She had a gut reaction to cover her face with her hands only to find that they had both been tied to the metal headboard with a tight fitting cord. Her legs too were spread wide apart and fastened to a metal post at each end of the foot of the bed.
βThis must be a nightmare it can't be happening to me'.
She looked up, her eyes adjusting to the bedside light that was now switched on. She could see the man, a handsome man with his face uncovered. He rubbed a knife blade, slowly, with his gloved fingers. She could feel his stare, smell his musk and Eliza frantically flailed her bound arms. The tight cord dug into the tender skin around her wrist and ankles and she wriggled on the smooth sheets as he moved closer.