Simple Shorts - The encounter

Simple shorts are short stories or blurbs that will eventually be placed into the story I have meant them to be for, and expanded upon. They are entirely fiction.
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It was a Friday night, and I was getting prepared for a midnight soiree bridal shower at a friend's house later that evening. Tad was out of town on business and Lillian was throwing me a party, as I was to be married next week. It wasn't for several hours, so I decided to relax in the hot tub.

It was beautiful out on the enclosed patio lit only with scented candles, the vanilla aroma and classical music drifting through the air. Hendrix, my Basenji, was sleeping behind me.

I thought I heard something, but after looking around, I saw nothing and chalked it up to a glitch on the CD I was previewing for my upcoming wedding. I got out of the hot tub and reached for my robe when a hand reached around me and pulled me backwards. I screamed uselessly, as no one lived near enough to me to hear, and I had dismissed my servants early as I was soon going away.

I struggled feverishly, but I couldn't get away. He held firmly as I continued to scream.  He held me underwater, and I was forced to hold my breath. I thought for sure I was going to die. As I struggled to get away, he wire-tied my wrists and ankles together. Finally he carried me out of the water, and I started coughing and gasping as he lay me by the pool. As soon as my airway was clear I started screaming. I noticed him walk away and return with something. He kneeled down, grasping a white handkerchief and forcefully held it over my face. I felt groggy and lightheaded, then I passed out.

I later awoke, my hands tied to my bed, my mouth gagged. He stood by the doorway. He had a mask on, and I couldn't identify him. He was dressed entirely in black. I kicked at him as he unbound my legs, but I couldn't put up much resistence before he laid on top of me, and forced himself on me as I cried unrelentlessly.

When he was done having his way with me, he ungagged me, after I promised I wouldn't scream. He untied my hands too. I tried to run, but he grabbed at me again, and just held me as he whispered into my ear, " If you ever tell anyone, I will come after anyone, everyone, and any thing you have ever loved, and then I will come after you. I know where you are, where you go, and you can't escape me. Even behind prison bars, you won't stop me."

He wrapped me tightly in my bedsheets. I could escape, and did, but it took some time, and by then he was already gone. I cried for a short time, and then remembered I was going to miss my bridal shower. I showered, pulled myself together, and went to the party, and I didn't tell a soul.