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Note: this is a mlm story involving coercion and forced sexual acts, it this is not your thing I suggest finding something else.
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Shit, shit, shit,
Toby thought as the home alarm started blaring. Quickly he grabbed his bag and hurried towards the kitchen, stuffing every piece of electronics and other valuables in his bag as he went. In the kitchen he emptied the silver drawer into his bag before hurrying upstairs towards the bedrooms. Toby tried a few doors before,
bingo
, the master bedroom. As Toby searched for a jewelry box, he heard the faint sound of sirens.
"Come on, where is it?" He whispered to himself, rummaging through every drawer he could find.
Finally, he located the jewelry box in a drawer in the ensuite bathroom. Toby stuffed the box into his bag as he ran downstairs towards the back of the house. The sirens were closer now, too close to comfort, as he jumped out the window he had snuck through earlier, landing hard in the flowerbed under the window.
As Toby ran across the small yard of the house, he heard the police cars pull into the driveway, screeching to a halt behind him. Sprinting towards the fence, Toby threw his bag over first, and then proceeded to make his way over after it. Just as he hauled his body over the fence a flashlight fell on him.
"Over there, quick!" A cop yelled as Toby dropped down on the other side of the fence. Toby grabbed his bag and sprinted through the alley, the cops hot on his step. Toby ran as fast as his body could carry him, dodging every obstacle in his way with grace, still he could hear the cops gaining on him. Toby ducked into an alley hoping to escape his pursuers, but as he stood face to face with a blind alley, he quickly realized his mistake. The alley was nothing more than a few square feet filled with trash cans, ending in a brick wall too high for even him to climb.
Toby's only chance was the fire escape running up the apartment building to his right,
maybe he could jimmy a window and hide inside until the cops had passed.
It took a few tries to reach the ladder to the fire escape, but once he had a hold of the lowest bar, he hauled his body up the steps with ease, his low bodyweight coming in handy in moments like this.
Toby reached for the first window he encountered, expecting it to be locked, but as he went to open it, he saw that it was unlocked. Toby knew that an open window always comes with a bigger risk of the residents being home, but he didn't have time to try another window. He threw the bag in first, before lowering his body inside, closing the window quickly after him and pulling the curtains closed.
The room was dark, so Toby couldn't see exactly what kind of window he had snuck through, but as his eyes got adjusted to the darkness, he could make out a bed on the opposite side of the room.
Guess I'm in a bedroom,
Toby thought as he let his eyes wander the room. It was a small room, decorated with just a bed, dresser and a small desk, some art on the walls and a soft Persian rug. The bed was made up despite it being late at night, this, combined with the fact that it was completely quiet in the apartment, made Toby assume no one was home.
Toby could still see the light from the cops' flashlights flickering through the curtains and he could hear them talking outside the window, searching for him among the trash cans.
Better stay here a while,
Toby thought as he picked up his bag. Wandering over to the bed, he dumped the contents of the bag on it, studying the goods he had taken. The house alarm had been unexpected, so Toby hadn't had the time to be picky about what to take. Still, there was some good stuff here, a tablet he had made sure to turn off before he grabbed it, a decent amount of silver, a few more pieces of tech, and best of all, the jewelry box. Toby knew the couple who lived in the house were an older middle-class couple,
those ladies always had the best jewelry and the worst security
he thought as he set the box aside for now.
There were also some items of lesser value, a watch that turned out to be broken, some porcelain knickknacks, and a remote he had thought was one of those fancy smart-remotes that he now saw was just a random tv remote.
Imagine coming home to someone having burglarized your home, just to discover they stole your tv remote
, Toby thought, making himself chuckle.
Standing there, studying his haul, Toby's blood suddenly went cold as he heard the click of a light switch, the room suddenly flooded in light. Toby spun around, suddenly face to face with a man he had never seen before, standing in the bedroom doorway. For a movement none of them made a move. Toby assessed the stranger in front of him, unsure if he could win the fight he was sure would ensure. Toby might have the youthful arrogance associated with his twenty years of age, but even he came to realize this was not a fight he would win. The man was older than him, around thirty-five or forty, Toby guessed, and at least a head taller than his own 5 11" frame, he also looked fit for his age.
Toby could still hear the cops outside, the stranger's eyes following the sound towards the window before moving to the goods on the bed, back to Toby and back to the window again before finally settling on Toby, realization dawning on his face.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" The stranger asked, his voice deep and low, as he closed the bedroom door behind him, turning the key and putting it on his desk beside him.
Toby swallowed hard, weighing his options. On the one hand he could jump back out the window, but then the cops would get him and considering the amount of houses he had broken into lately he was sure to go to jail. On the other hand, he could stay here with the strange man who had just locked him in and find out what he wanted for not ratting him out to the cops outside.
"I'm willing to bet the better part of my paycheck that you're the one those cops are looking for outside." The man said as he sauntered towards the window, lifting the curtains to peek outside. "What did you do?" He added with a laugh, walking over to look at the goods on the bed.
"Oh, I see, you're a little burglar, aren't you?"
Toby didn't reply, his eyes fixed on the man in front of him. The stranger had a light tan, dark, short hair, and beard, giving him a slight Italian looking appearance. He was wearing dark navy slacks and a pinstripe shirt, arms rolled up at the elbows.
Office attire
, Toby thought to himself instinctively, maybe he could take him after all. Office work is still work and Toby was in the shape of his life from his recent, ehm,
hobby
.
Toby's eyes flicked to the key on the desk as the stranger picked up a ceramic cat Toby had grabbed by accident when looting the house.
"What even is this?" The stranger laughed casually, turning the ceramic cat in his big hands.
Seeing the stranger preoccupied with the cat, Toby made a dash for the key on the desk, but before he could grab it, the stranger grabbed him, forcing him back.
"Oh no you don't" The stranger said in Toby's ear as he forced Toby's hands behind his back, holding them in place.
Toby tried to tear himself free of the strangers grasp, but he couldn't budge the strong grip. Maybe this office worker wasn't so still after all.