Cuffing Craze

Casey was talking to the police about the events of the night, when suddenly she felt like she was being watched. She grew more and more uneasy as the conversation went on and she asked an officer if someone could patrol her building for the night until she could get the locks changed since James had her keys. An officer assured they would keep an eye on things, and told her to get some rest. Casey tossed all night, finding it hard to sleep as she still felt someone's eyes on her. She looked at the clock that shone a bright, red "3:30". She was never going to be able to get sleep at this point, especially since she had to be awake in 3 hours to get ready for her day. After another hour of rolling around in her bed, she decided to call off from work today since she had to go get new locks for her apartment anyway, and she knew that without any sleep, she wouldn't be very productive anyway.

Casey called her best friend, Stella, to go to the store with her to get the new door locks and to just spend the day with her to give her some peace of mind. Stella saw the worry and the fear on her friend's face, which made her worry more. "What happened? You told me things were going well at dinner" Stella asked. Casey told her all the events of the previous evening, trying her hardest to keep it together because, if James was watching, she didn't want him to see her so upset. The girls went to get new locks, both for the front and patio doors, and went back to install them. Back at Casey's apartment, James sat in the living room, waiting for her to return from shopping. As Casey entered and saw him there, she froze, not knowing what to do. Stella hadn't entered the apartment yet, and Casey held her hand up to stop her from coming in.

"What are you doing here?" Casey asked, still frozen in the door way. "I came to see you, since you never responded to my text messages. Its not nice to ignore someone you had such a great time with" James said to her as he slowly stood, squaring his body to her. She noticed he had his hand at his hip, like he had a weapon poised to use against her. Stella realized what was happening and pulled out her phone to call the police. She walked down the hall so James wouldn't hear, but was terrified that she shouldn't be leaving her friend. The police said they would be right there, but it felt like it was taking forever. Stella left her phone on so the dispatcher could hear what was happening and stood right outside the apartment door. Casey was telling James that she didn't know what he considered a good time, since her life has felt like a living Hell since she went on their date.

"What do you mean? You are the one who said you were having a great time!" James started yelling. "YOU are the one who wore the SHORT GREEN DRESS! YOU are the one who was FLIRTING with me constantly!" It was clear now what he had in mind, and Casey was terrified, even with her friend standing right in the hall. "COME ON IN STELLA" James yelled, and they both grew rigid as they realized how much he knew about Casey's life. Stella slowly walked in the apartment and stood next to Casey, staring like a deer in headlights at the man that was standing in the apartment. "Come girls" he said, "sit down and chat with me, I have never had 2 such beautiful women in my presence before." They didn't move, they didn't know what he had in mind. "I SAID, COME sit!" They shuffled, slowly over to the couch, and sat down, with Stella keeping her phone in her pocket so the dispatcher could still hear what was happening. "Go ahead and hang up that phone Stella, there is nothing that they can do for you now." Stella pulled her phone out, and just before hitting the button to hang up, she yelled "PLEASE HURRY!"

That made James mad, and he hit her, hard; so hard that she passed out on the couch. Casey stared at her friend, starting to cry, not knowing what was about to happen to her. James grabbed Casey by the arm and led her to the bedroom, forcing her onto the bed. Casey fought back as hard as she could, but he was too strong for her. James handcuffed her to the bed, tied her feet down and pulled out a knife. Casey just closed her eyes, tears still rolling down her cheeks. She knew she was about to die, but what was going to happen before he killed her? She let her mind wander, trying to get through this nightmare. Out in the living room, Stella slowly started to wake up, realizing her friend was taken into the other room by this monster...