Sooky Leung waited for the bus to take her to the mall near her home after working all day as a housekeeper for a rich Alabama couple. She liked her job because it gave her money to send home to her kids in the Philippines.
Lonely Sooky lived by herself in her small, decrepit hi-rise apartment. The 43 yr old Filipina had not had a boyfriend in several years, but still liked to look and feel sexy. At 5'4", she liked showing off her trim 120 lb body by wearing tight-fitting pants and loose, clingy tops.
Today she wore a low-cut, lavender blouse, loose at the top to show a hint of her firm brown 36C breasts, and tight around the tummy to emphasize her trim figure. Her beige pants were a little tight around the waist and bum but loose down the legs. Her shoulder-length black hair bounced when she walked and her bangs nicely set-off her black eyes.
Although she liked to look attractive, she was by no means easy. In fact, her old-fashioned and cautious nature probably accounted for the lack of boyfriends.
This evening the weather had turned bad. A thick, damp chilly fog had set in making everything look spooky. Worse, two buses had gone past marked "Not in Service". One of the drivers had stopped to say the next bus would be an hour late.
The thickening fog became colder and damper. Sooky anxiously awaited the overdue bus becoming more nervous by the minute. Would the bus ever come? How would she get home?
A shiny white van pulled up across the street and a clean-cut young businessman leaned out the window calling, "Hey lady, haven't you heard? The buses are out of service because of the fog." Sooky was dismayed. "Are you sure? How will I get to the mall? I need to get home."
"The mall? You mean the one about two miles back there?"
"Yes, I need to go to the mall to buy groceries. I live near there. I'm afraid to walk so far in this fog. It's scary."
Sooky crossed the street to talk with the man. He was well dressed and respectable looking. Two other men, dressed in leather jackets but wearing ties sat in the back.
"Ma'am, I wouldn't normally do this, since I don't know you. But, maybe, we can do you a favor? Hop in. We'll turn around and drive you to the mall. It isn't more than 5 minutes out of our way."
Sooky cautiously replied, "I don't know. You're strangers. I shouldn't ride with strangers. Maybe I should just walk." Looking down the street nervously, she could barely see to the next light pole.
"That's fine. Just thought I'd offer some help. By the way my name is Reverend Fred and that's Joe and Bill. We're just on our way to evening service at the church. Still, be careful...you never know. It's real foggy. Understand?" The man seemed concerned for her safety.
Sooky thought, "They look like very nice men, well-dressed and going to church. I can't walk two miles in this fog. Something could happen to me.
She looked at Reverend Fred and said, "OK. Please drive me to the mall. This fog scares me. Thanks. Oh, my name is Sooky."
Sooky found herself sitting between Joe and Bill as Fred put the van into motion. The van didn't turn around. Instead it speeded up going in the wrong direction.
"Aren't you turning around? You promised to take me to the mall?" Sooky asked uneasily as she saw her regular bus go by headed to the mall. "Mall? We meant MAUL!" Fred almost rolled with laughter.
Bill put his hand on her knee.
In alarm she yelled, "Let me out! Right now!" She brusquely shoved Bill's hand away.
Bill jabbed his elbow hard into her stomach bringing tears to her eyes.
"Sit still or we'll break your jaw and maybe a few other bones."