Rebecca was the fourth person to respond to my ad looking to rent out my spare bedroom. The first three people were just not what I was looking for; a warehouse worker, a retired nurse, and a police officer. Lord knows, I sure didn't want a cop living with me.
Now Rebecca was no raving beauty, but she did look healthy and fairly attractive with her lithe form and sandy hair. What sold me on renting to her was her radiant smile and the fact that she truly did need a cheap place to stay. Because of her finances she said she would have a hard time making ends meet since all she had was a small stipend from her parents back home and her Pell Grant. I had quoted her $350 per month plus utilities and the smile faded.
"I'm so sorry I wasted your time, I really can't afford more than $150."
The tear in her eye was evident.
My heart crumbled.
"$150 it is. But I'll have you do some chores around the place to make up the difference, okay?"
She leaped at me and hugged me and talked so fast at me that I never heard what she said, she was so excited.
Her parents helped her move in the next weekend and I found them to be really decent people. I could see where Rebecca got her good raising and that made me like her all the more.
Over the next semester she met her end of the bargain and my house was never cleaner, my shirts never pressed better, and her cooking was excellent in its simplicity. We enjoyed several evenings together when her studies permitted and we even went out on a few 'dates'. She even invited me to her parents home for the holidays and we had a great time as a defacto extended family. When the spring semester started I told Rebecca that her work around the house more than paid for her rent and that I no longer wanted her to pay for living with me. Truthfully, I had become accustomed to her company and was falling in love with her and didn't want her looking for another place to live. My house went from clean to spotless as a gesture of her gratitude.
Spring break came along and Rebecca, who let me call her 'Becca' now, was invited to a party by some of her friends and a young man she had been seeing, although not seriously. She didn't need my permission, of course, so off she went. It turned out to be a rave. Her boyfriend ended up slipping some sort of drug into her drink and when she lost her senses he took her out to his car and attempted to sate his lust. Becca's friends found her just as the impatient young man prematurely shot his cum on her panties. Under the assault of Becca's angry friends, the boyfriend made a hasty retreat and the girls brought Becca home to me after getting her clothes back on as best as they could.
I thanked Becca's friends for their protecting my tenant and sent them on their way with the assurance that I would see Becca safely upstairs. Becca was quite literally a mess. The girls had told me about what had happened and I figured it best to get Becca out of her soiled clothes before putting her to bed. First, I carried her to her room and, after finding her nightgown, I went to work unbuttoning her blouse.
"Wha?...What are you doing?" She blearily mumbled.
"I'm getting you put to bed, honey. You've had quite a night, haven't you?"
"He tried to rape me..."
And that was the last thing she said as she slipped into a drug induced sleep.