This is the story of how my family was changed forever. This story is almost completely true. A few details have been changed for obvious reasons.
We are a typical family. Maybe a little more fortunate than some, but I consider us typical....or at least I did. It was spring break three years ago. We were supposed to be going to Arizona for spring break. My wife, son, two daughters, and I we going to be spending a week at my parents' winter home having fun in the sun by their incredible pool. Unfortunately, my wife is an attorney and her most important client had a class action lawsuit take a horrible turn a week before we were supposed to leave. So, we cancelled the trip and decided to take a family vacation later in the summer.
We were supposed to fly out that Friday, but instead we were all at home that night. All, except my 16 year old daughter, Claire. She had decided to spend the night at a friend's house. My wife and I decided to make popcorn and watch a movie with our children. Our son Ben was home from college for spring break. He is our oldest child and was handling the disappointment of our cancelled trip very well. He could have probably tagged along with some college friends, but he decided to spend the break with us. Lauren was not taking the situation nearly as well. She was 18 at the time and had gotten into a screaming argument with her mother a few days ago. That is why she was stuck at home with us that night. She had taken the argument a little too far and said some choice words to her mother that resulted in her being grounded for the weekend. Lauren blamed my wife for ruining her senior spring break, but she had graced us with her presence for the duration of the movie. It seemed like a typical night. We watched the movie and all went to bed a little before midnight.
I was lying in bed when I heard something. I looked over at the clock and it was almost 2 a.m. I am a very light sleeper and I often hear things at night. I didn't think much of it and tried to go back to sleep. Then I heard another sound. This time I was sure it was the sound of a voice. I got out of bed and headed down the hall to find the source of the sounds. I figured it was my daughter on her phone that she was grounded from for the weekend. I opened the door to her room and saw that she was sound asleep. I then checked to see if Ben was awake, but he also was sleeping. So I headed down to the basement to see if Lauren had left the TV on after the movie. When I got to the bottom of the stairs, I knew something was wrong. The hair was standing up on the back of my neck and I knew there was someone in the house. I turned to get back upstairs when I heard the sound of a gun being cocked and then a deep voice said, "Don't move."
I froze.
"Put your hands up." The voice said.
I raised my hands
Then I heard a second voice. "Dude, let's get out of here!"
"Shut up and let me handle this." The first voice snapped back. "How many people are in the house with you? And don't lie to me, or everyone dies."
Then the other voice pleaded again, "Dude, come on. No one was supposed to be home. Let's get the fuck out of here!"
"I said, shut up and let me handle this! We aren't walking away from this score." the man with the gun pointed at me said with confidence.
Then he asked me again. "How many people are in the house and don't fucking lie to me!"
I was ready to lie and say I was alone, but the vision of these two walking through the house and killing my family flashed though my head. "3 others." I whispered.
"Where are they?"
"Upstairs, and they are all sleeping. Just take what you want and leave. " I pleaded. "Just please leave them alone."
Then the man that was obviously the leader of the two spoke. "Here's what's going to happen. You are going to walk upstairs and we are going to get everyone together in a room. We are going to tie you up and then take what we want and everyone will live to see tomorrow."
"Ok." I replied.
The two men followed me upstairs. I first went to my son's room. I followed their instructions to wake him. My son was startled when I woke him, but he quickly grasped the gravity of the situation when he saw the two men in masks with guns pointing at us. They ordered us to Lauren's room where we woke Lauren up. I had to cover her mouth to keep her from screaming when she saw the men with guns. I was terrified that if she screamed, the men would kill us. Or that she would wake her mother and start a series of events that would end up with us all dead.
The two men forced us down the hall to my bedroom. There I turned on the light and my wife slowly awoke from her deep sleep. Once she realized we weren't alone, she jumped out of bed as if she was going to do something. She quickly came to her senses and froze after she jumped out of bed. It was then that she and everyone else in the room noticed that she was completely naked.
My wife was 45 at the time. She is an attractive woman. She has a normal body for a 45 year old that gave birth to three kids, She is 5'6" tall and was probably 150 pounds then. She was not in the best shape. She didn't have time to exercise much and we ate well. She does have large breasts though. 38DD breasts that only sag in a perfectly natural way. I find her attractive and I think most men would find her naturally attractive. The two burglars unfortunately did.
"Well, look what we have here!" the leader hooted.