"Good night Mr Johnson."
"Take care, Sarah."
And with my shopping done, I went out into the night for my short walk home. I had no idea that fateful walk was going to end with my life changed forever. The night was cool, the city lights reflected off the clouds above, and evil eyes measured my every pace. I was so happy at that moment, I had my new apartment, a little small and not well furnished, except the king size bed, but most important, it was mine. Just that day I had met someone, and I felt a connection. I was fairly skipping as I entered my building.
Just as the elevator door was about a close a voice called out, "Hold the door please." and I did. A nice looking young man slipped in, gave me a smile and a thanks, and up we went. He tried to talk to me, but, although he was on the cute side, I had been told time and again not to talk to strangers in the city, so I simply smiled and deflected his efforts at conversation. My floor came and with a smile and a soft "good night" I eased my way past him and out to the hallway and then to my door. I unlocked the door, pushed it open with my hip, when suddenly I was slammed from behind and driven inside, the breath almost knocked out of me when I hit the floor. I rolled over to see the man from the elevator standing over me, with a small black pistol in his hand.
"Not a word, not a sound." He growled at me, and one glance into his eyes told me he would hurt me if I didn't obey. I slithered into the apartment on my backside as he advanced into my home, shut the door behind us and then came the most chilling smile I'd ever seen.
I was in his power and we both knew it. He motioned to the couch and I pulled myself up to sit on the very edge. Inside I was trembling, my body screaming at me to "RUN!" to "HIDE!" anything, just "GET AWAY!" but my mind was icy calm. I knew I had to stay calm if I was going to survive this.
"My name is Sarah. Please don't hurt me." I calmly told him.
"Do what I say and I wont." He replied.
"Can I get you something, a drink maybe, money? I don't have much, but what I have I'll give you. Just please..."
"Quiet, he snarled, "Beer, get me a beer"
Quickly I went to the kitchen, got a cold beer from the fridge, poured it into a glass and brought it back. I watched as he sipped it slowly, all the time devouring me with his deep brown eyes. Inside I shivered. I knew where this was going. I had seen that look of hunger in men's eyes for some time. I was 21, blonde, with a cheerleader body, oh yes, I had seen that look before. He wanted me, and there was nothing I could do to stop him.
"Please." I whimpered.
He waved his gun at the bedroom, "In there."
I slowly backed in the room, feeling the bed hit behind my knees. He followed my every move with his eyes staying within arms distance now. He pushed me, making me fall on my back and I tried to crawl away from him. He dropped the gun and lunged onto the bed after me, catching my ankle in one hand. I can remember thinking how the contrast in our skin was so pronounced, his hand a deep rich black, and my skin a soft pale white. Looking up into his eyes I froze, gasping, the fear growing deeper and deeper.
I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. "Oh god oh god oh god" my mind was trapped, repeating my small prayer over and over. His large hands slid up my legs, under my skirt and grasped the top of my thong. With one quick jerk he ripped them from my body, the band burning my skin as it dragged across. His body fell on mine, pressing the air out me, his breath in my face as he fumbled at his jeans, then pushing my skirt up to my waist.