The Masked Gunman
The bedroom door was forcefully opened and the lights were turned on! The teenager sleeping in bed, was startled and rolled out of bed, adjusting her eyes to the tall figure dressed all in black who walked into her room with a gun in hand pointing at her. “Get UP!” He yelled! Heart pumping and terrified, she gets out of bed. The intruder grabs her right shoulder and leads her through the upstairs corridor of her family’s mansion. She passes the big high ceiling windows only to notice a barn owl perched on the tree branch. For a moment, her mind wanders as she stares into the owl’s deep yellow eyes. It was as if she was looking for an answer to what was happening to her in the owl’s eyes. A rough nudge to her shoulder from the masked gunman brings her back to reality…a reality she wanted to flee from.
