eerie minded that she was going to die alone after a rough , rough day, she decided to scroll through tinder. She was in search for a man who’d let her turn his house, into her home, place where she can unravel, forget about the troubles in life .Stumbling upon a man scrolling through tinder there was a photo load error of a man but the man’s bio stated“ my house is your home” it was everything her mind convinced her she needed, silly right? for relationships should be much more than that. Excepting the male figure into her life for daily conversation , they had pastionate conversations . Career driven conversations, Conversations about daily routines , small moments . She and the man had conversations like that , he sent her pictures of the inside of his home but never of the outside of his home or his face. A very simple home , everything in the man’s home white , promising her that it was her blank canvas to be creative. She smiled a lot speaking to this man , despite the abundance of questions running through her mind , they planned a night to meet up in person . Her car radio loud , chin high , singing her favorite song on her way to this man’s house , she truly had no worry at all . Turning down the radio to take a left hand turn into the man’s driveway, her head slightly turned to the right while turning down the car radio , her car started shaking and all four of her car tires popped, her car now sliding down her tinder dates driveway, she knew no fear . When she looked forward, she noticed a man and quickly knew getting what the man promised her was going to come with trials and tribulations, she didn’t think this wouldn’t happen. Him standing in front of her staring into her car, fast she looked in her rear view mirror and obtained he had a friend with the same demeanor he had, same mask . Turning her head back forward , now making eye contact again with the masked man in front of her , slowly she moves her right hand up, smiles , with a mask that looks similar to there’s , puts it over her face, her face is now unseen too . She turns off her car lights ,steps out of her car and runs not to the man in front of her car but runs to the man behind her car . Quickly the masked man in the front notices , that both her and his friend are out of sight . Just as he thinks there gone she quickly pops up no longer in her mask but his friends and with little time to process what happened still standing in the same place, in front of her car ,puts his hands up and says “ very good “ . She didn’t want to say much in fact she decided to stand in place herself and just stare at the man and her surroundings take in the environment. and say nothing at all . He nor her have ever communicated about each other’s dark sides so they both in the moment had a lot to take in . He fell in love quickly and was surprised he had those feelings for his friend just died , but the feelings he had for her for some reason where overcoming the death of his friend. His friend in fact planned the whole thing, does everything happen for a reason, was it his friends karma ? The masked man surprised thinks he found the love of his life on tinder .

Breathing. Something I was incapable of doing at the moment. There he was standing, hovering over the car. I was petrified not a single part of my body was capable of moving. Seeing him after the incident, five years ago. My heart dropped to my feet for the only things that I could possibly think about was the whereabouts of my family. Did he already get to them?

These where the heinous thoughts that invalidated every other thought in my head. Everything from his mask to his suit kept me enclosed in my car. As I slowly gripped my steering wheel and drove into him... He pulled away as I drove into the garage door. There was my family all tied up in chairs. I quickly put my hand right back on the steering wheel to look up and see nobody outside. I hopped out the car to untie my family to hear them mumbling loudly. I take off the sock stuffed in there mouths to hear my wife scream “HES COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR!”

He walked slowly towards us with such confidence it left everyone uneasy. My hands trembling as I untied them all. They ran upstairs as I stayed behind to lock the door. Infuriated with myself as I remember that I left my keys in the car. There was no looking back. I told my wife to take the kids into the bathroom. That I was gonna fight a fight that was long overdue. I ran to the front door to make sure he didn’t get in yet. Scared for my families life, I knew I couldn’t let him get to them. I held my bat that stood as a decoration above the door. Suddenly I hear the door rattle open. He was here.

BOOM. I bashed my baseball into his stomach leaving him knocked on the floor. I knew my wife had called the police but I had to make sure the fight with him ended. I banged repeatedly at his body. Making sure he suffered as much as he once made. I ran to the bathroom and hugged my wife and kids because I knew that they had been scared. “I love you” I mumbled to my wife and children. “He’s gone now, he won’t ever come back to try to hurt you.” they replied with relief in their voices “I love you daddy”. The cops arrived and since that day I’ve learned to never let my guard down. At any minute a stranger could be watching you...