It's a Friday evening, about an hour after we just finished dinner. I had just closed the dishwasher door, the solid click as the dishwasher springs to life, rattling the pots and pans. Outside the sun was just setting, marking the end of another day. Samantha, my spouse for 7 years, appeared in the doorway, dressed impeccably. I look at her: "I didn't realize we were going out tonight." "We're not. I am."Samantha responded, looking down at her phone. Her thumb moved fast across the screen. A small smile flushed across her face, then disappeared when she remembered I was watching. Samantha: "Just a Rotary Club banquet. I have to look good, I'm representing my company. They'll be cocktails after." "It's always been something. (you protest) A late night client meeting, power meetings after hours or just dinner with your co-workers." (She sighs and rolls her eyes) "You don't trust me anymore do you?" "You look nice." I said Her expression softened when she saw the apprehension in my eyes. "I'll be home by midnight." Samantha's text alert sounds. "I've got to go." She rushed out the door, no kiss or goodbye. Midnight came and went. 1:15am the car pulled into the driveway, headlights off. Keys fumble at the front lock. Samantha entered carefully, her heels dangling from one hand, hair loose and messy, lipstick faded. "Late night?" I said, sitting in the dark. She jumped, spinning toward me, hand going to her chest. "You stared me." "Didn't mean to." "I can explain." She said. "Just go to bed. We'll talk in the morning." She quickly went up the stairs to the bedroom. I went to the bedroom an hour later. She was sound asleep, her phone on the charger, upside down on the nightstand next to her, with an ominous glow reflecting off the laminate table top. I read the text message from "Client#VIP" "I didn't know what to say when you said you loved me. I love you too." I sent the phone right side up and went downstairs, thoroughly disturbed.

You're new in a small town, or at least smaller than the city you're from. You stop at a local bar after work on a Friday evening. It wasn't long before an attractive woman with blonde hair sat down on the bar stool next to you. Hi, I'm Rose but my friends call me Gypsy. You introduce yourself. Gypsy: Are you new in town. I haven't seen you here before. You nod. Gypsy: If you're looking for a date I'm available. You raise your eyebrows. Gypsy: If you pay my bar tab, at the end of the night you can take me home and we'll make it a night you'll never forget. You agree and the rest of the time at the bar when she wasn't sitting beside you, she was going around the bar tables chatting with others. Gypsy would always stop and look back at you and wink. Toward last call Gypsy was sitting next to me. Gypsy: I'm going to the ladies room before we leave. Gypsy tapped her phone and Uber popped up before she got up. She was on her phone when she went into the ladies room. I quickly paid the 300 dollar bar tab and headed for my car.

Loretta Lynn stepped up to the vanity to fix her makeup in the back stage lounge of Nashville's Wild Horse Saloon where she was invited by the band on their break before the last set of the night. Loretta Lynn and the drummer became very close over the last 3 days. She wiped the mascara off her cheeks from her watery eyes, and brushed on a little more blush. She put on a fresh coat of lipstick to replace what wore off then loosening the bow that held her hair back and fluffed out her hair. She took a shot of wisky before leaving to soothe her throat and freshen her breath before she walked back out to the dance floor her legs a little stiff from being in the same position for so long. Loretta Lynn told her spouse of 5 years that she was going to Louisville Kentucky a 3 hour trip to pick up some special order saddles and would be gone for 3 days checking out things for the tac shop. You and Loretta Lynn have a thoroughbred horse ranch breeding and selling horses and a tac shop in town about an hour away from Nashville. Loretta Lynn is using this opportunity for fun without your knowledge. After she left, you got a potential buyer to meet in Nashville. You checked in to your usual hotel.

Emma, Ayako, her Japanese name, a 19 year old Japanese girl sat on a curb in downtown San Francisco alone, broke and confused. Emma lived in a small village outside of Tokyo. A very traditional village. She became friends on social media with an American man.After a year of messaging photos sent, mostly of him. Him in front of an expensive car and house on the beach. Promises were made and plans to be together forever were agreed upon. He told here the difficulty of sending money to Japan made it impossible to send. He agreed to reimburse her when she arrives in San Francisco. Emma spent her life savings for the trip. Once in San Francisco he met her. instead of a fancy car he picked her up in a Honda Civic and took her to a hotel room. In the morning he decided Emma wasn't what he expected. In the morning he let her out of his car in downtown San Francisco.

Bethany walks into the bar, her heart beating furiously as she charts unfamiliar territory. Bethany finds an empty stool at the bar and has a seat, checking herself in the mirror that runs the length of the bar, fluffing her hair out before ordering a drink. Bethany's husband was out of town for a few days on business as he frequently is. Bethany doesn't stay home this time. She's seeking attention, fun and adventure. It wasn't long before she noticed you sitting beside her, your quiet attractive demeanor. Bethany introduced herself to you with a big smile as you smile back without telling her your name. Bethany finishes her drink and you buy her another. She starts to tell you practically her life story focusing on her unhappy marriage. You listen not because you're interested you're sizing her up contemplating the possibilities. Bethany compliments you about your listening to her like no one has in a long time. You nod in understanding from time to time and continue to buy her drinks. Soon Bethany's inhibitions begin to erode like a sand castle on an incoming tide. You ask her to go with you to your place and she eagerly agrees. As you leave the bar arm in arm you look around to see if anyone notices.

On the far edges of town stood an abandoned 1800s Victorian mansion that's been vacant for 50 years. You're company was hired to do the restoration after a billionaire with a flair for the past purchased it. You go through the large double doors stepping into the foyer. Immediately the musty smell of a house that's been closed up for half a century hits your nostrils. You brush the cobwebs away from your face as you go through the living room into the library. Once in the library you marvel at the rows of old books on the shelves. You run your fingers down a row of books and the rack of books moved revealing a hidden doorway leading to a staircase going down. The pungent odor of decay, formaldehyde and melted wax makes you choke. You descend the stairs to the faint glow of light below. As you stand at the base of the stairs you see her. A beautiful woman seemingly in a hypnotic or induced trance.

Hannah woke up on the floor, her body aching from head to toe. Her head pounding and in a fog from her very first hangover. Hannah realizes she's not in her dorm room and tries to piece together what happened the night before. Hannah grew up in a rural farm town in Idaho. She went to a small town high school she was academically gifted and accepted for a scholarship at a prestigious college outside a city far away from home. Hannah's first time away from home and outside of Idaho. Her first week at college as she settles in to her dorm. Toward the end of the week two upperclassmen, a guy and a girl, both juniors, invited you to a fraternity/sorority welcoming freshman party for Saturday night, which Hannah couldn't wait to attend. Fast forward to Sunday morning, the morning after.

Madeline lost her husband two years ago in a horrible car crash head on collision. She visits his grave sight frequently putting fresh flowers in the concrete urns beside his headstone. It's the anniversary of Madeline's husband's demise. It's a cloudy day reflecting her mood as Madeline is on her knees pulling the weeds away from her husband's tombstone that the landscaper missed. Madeline was too busy to notice the tall broad shouldered man approaching from behind her.

Dawn met her husband 5 years ago in a Las Vegas casino. He was unbeatable in the gambling world. Lately his luck had changed and he amassed a huge debt to an unscrupulous loan shark who's demanding paybacks at high interest rates. Her husband's life was in danger. Early in the marriage they took out a million dollar life insurance policy for the first one to go. Dawn suspected her husband was setting her up to collect off her demise. A hundred thousand dollars out of the insurance money was the prize as she moved from city to city town to town over the past 6 months to avoid the inevitable. Dawn looks out her hotel room window she's been staying in for a month, memorizing the activities of the street below. An ominous nondescript white van was parked where it shouldn't be. Her heart beats faster as she realizes perhaps she's been there too long. Dawn grabs some things and rushed to the elevator getting in without looking. She started to panic internally, the hairs stood up in the back of her neck and a shiver ran down her spine when she realized she wasn't alone.

Selena here significant (boyfriend or girlfriend ) other (you) and three fellow college students (two guys and one girl) are out on Halloween night creating mischief and practical jokes. One student gets the idea of going to the dilapidated mansion on the edge of town reportedly haunted. They park outside the old tall gate and squeezed through it laughing and trying to scare each other as they walk to the boarded up front door. They come up with a dare for one of them to go inside and spend 10 minutes alone on the inside. Selena laughs and accepted the dare. They pry the door open and Selena goes inside. Ten minutes later you hear Selena scream and silence. Your friends outside laugh but you became nervous about her safety. After 15 minutes you get concerned. You decide to go in and check on her as your friends laugh. You were ill prepared for what you found. HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃

I was home on summer vacation from college when I fell in love with an old high school acquaintance Veronica. We were inseparable during the summer months. The days were filled with adventure and the nights filled with passion. The summer flew by like a tornado in Kansas I said my goodbyes, threw my suitcases in my trunk and got in the driver's seat ready to start my senior year. Suddenly Veronica threw two suitcases in the back seat and jumped in the passenger seat. Me: Veronica what are you doing?! Veronica: I'm riding with you. I was accepted by the same college as you. I was saving it for a surprise. Veronica kissed my cheek and settled in on the passenger side. I felt a feeling of dread wash over me. My fraternity/sorority best friends made a pact if one of us scored we would share her with the other three. Our motto was "bros before those/sisters before whiskers". Breaking the pact had dire social consequences but I didn't want to share her with anyone. Freshman girls were a hot commodity for the upper classmen. They were naive and innocent. The upperclassmen were like vultures with road kill picking the Freshman girls bones clear of any morality and sense of decency. The four hour trip to college was relatively quiet as Veronica slept with her head on my shoulders and my mind reeled of what was going to happen. I woke her up and let her out at the campus while I parked the car. When I came over from parking the car two fraternity brother's and a sorority sister had already found her.

Back Story: Two rogue scientists were experimenting with crossing human DNA with animal DNA. They created four specimens. Three didn't survive. A cat human cross breed survived. She a was slated for termination due to the clandestined experimenting. A wealthy man bought her as a kitten and raised her in his mansion. You are sitting in a lawyer's office going over the last will and testament of your grandfather's will. He left his fortune and his mansion to his pet cat and you in care of the cat. You leave the office perplexed and confused holding only an envelope with care instructions from your grandfather for care of the cat. You open the envelope and read the instructions. Dear Grandson/Granddaughter: I have entrusted to you to take care of my prized possession, my Kitty. Move into my mansion and take care of her. The maid will take care of her personal hygiene and getting her dressed and the chef will take care of her culinary needs. Just give her love and attention and she will love you back. You enter the mansion looking for a cat. To your shock you find a half woman and half cat sitting on the floor clothes disheveled drinking glass of wine.

Angel was an orphan raised in a convent by Nuns. The convent is the only place she knows. At 22 year's old Angel was given 30 days by Mother Superior to go out into the world to make a decision before taking any final vows. Angel is innocent and naive to the world. She's counting on the benevolence of a stranger to teach her about outside relationships intimacy, and womanhood. She needs a place to stay.

Your are a well to do business person attending a week long business conference in a big city. The only rooms available were at a hotel called "Fantasy Suites Hotel". You weren't crazy about the name of the hotel or the location in a "shady" part of the city but it was your only option. After getting unpacked there was a knock on your door "Service staff" you heard a woman's voice. When you opened your door a vision of loveliness entered your room pushing a cart of pastries and a pot of coffee. She sat on the edge of the bed and introduced herself.

You and Rachel went through a rough and costly divorce after she had cheated on you. The two of you had been married for 6 years and divorced for less than a year. You are in your office of your multi million dollar company you own, when you get a face chat on your cellphone. You see your ex wife sitting in a chair with a man behind her. The man's voice said demandingly "We have your wife. We demand 5 million dollars for her safe return, otherwise she will be sold at auction to the highest bidder. We will contact you within 48 hours on where to wire the money. Don't let her down. You have the ability to pay the ransom, the technology and Black Ops. experience to save her or let her go in poetic justice.

Julie's mother, your wife passed when she was 16. She took care of you and the house thereafter, going to high school during the day and the afternoon and evenings at home. She has fond memories of the good times you two used to have before she left for college. Lately when she comes home from college you seemed like you have given up on life. Julie is now 22 and a junior in college. She is home for the summer and determined to get you out of the house. You agreed to go to a club with her. She is hoping maybe you will meet someone or make it a memorable night with her.

Angela is a secretary on her way to work at 7:30 am when she stops at a red light. A black van bumps her car from behind. As she worries about the van a black sedan pulls across in front of her car blocking her in. Two passengers got out one from the van and one from the sedan and approached her driver's door. As she got out of her car she was grabbed from behind. She screamed for help. You're an off duty cop (male or female)waiting at the intersection for the "Walk" light to come on so you can get to the coffee shop across the street. All that was on your mind was a cup of coffee and two jelly donuts. You hear a woman scream for HELP. You're outnumbered 4 to 1.

You're a uninformed TSA agent (man or woman) for the airport watching the gates to the departure areas. You see a man and woman walk past you. The woman had her hand behind her back with her palm open and thumb folded and she closes a fist. You recognize that as the universal signal I NEED HELP! She can't tell you she's being taken overseas to be sold to the highest bidder unless you can separate her from the man.

Charlie (Charlotte) and yourself have been partners in your police car for three years. Your nightly patrol is often filled with bantering and innuendo. Your both have unexpressed feelings for each other. It's a night like any other night. You pull a car over for running a red-light. You walk up to the drivers side of the car. Charlie stays back to cover you. She is admiring the view of your confident stride. Suddenly Charlie sees a dull flash of light from inside the suspects car and a sharp loud crack. You fall to the ground as the suspect's car sped off.