It all started with an assembly of the teachers union.
I was 18 at that time and attended the final year of high school.
The last two lessons of the day were deleted, so I came home from school earlier that day. As soon as I made the first step into the house, I heard strange muffled sounds...following them to the living room, I was gratified by a view I won't ever forget: lying on the floor, tied up like a sausage, there was my mother!
She was completely naked, her arms were tied behind her back at the wrists and above the elbows, then tied to her upper body by ropes positioned above and below the elbows, her legs were tied at the ankles and above the knees, and finally there was a rope connecting her ankles to her wrists.
Several overlying pieces of tape covered her face from cheek to cheek and from nose to chin; I could see that beneath the tape her mouth was open as if something had been introduced within, in order to prevent mom from closing her lips.
Her body was completely covered in sweat that made her skin shiny.
She was struggling furiously and obviously trying to say something, though from her mouth it came out nothing but unintelligible moans. Her eyes were wide open and staring at me.
I just stood there, frozen and speechless, mesmerized by that vision.
I was recalled to reality by my dad calling my name...he came out from nowhere, ordering me to go to my room. He had to repeat is command twice before I was able to understand what he was saying. Moving like a robot, I walked to my room, closed the door behind me, and began to reflect on what had happened...
I was confused and anxious. I had just found my mother bound and gagged in our own house: had she been the victim of a burglary? Besides, I found her completely naked: had she been hurt?
She was covered in sweat as if she had struggled against her bindings for a long time: perhaps were they hidden close to our house, waiting for me and daddy to come out, living mom alone?
To stay there, without knowing what was going on in the next room, was a real torture...
However, I was beginning to calm down and to notice the many inconsistencies of my assumptions.
First of all, the house was in perfect order and nothing seemed to be missing; secondly it was such an incredible coincidence my father coming home at that very moment: no, he must have been at home since the beginning!