TRAPPED AND TERRIFIED

Mary lay on her bed, staring at the TV screen while a young man lay beside her. The room reeked of cigarettes and wine. The reporter on the TV interviewed Detective Brad, who had just announced that he had solved the murder of Dr. Anderson. Noah, the son of the late Mafia lord Kendrick, was the real murderer, but he was also dead. Mary snorted in disgust and turned to the young man next to her, kissing his back.

Mary sprang up from the bed, revealing her old, wrinkled buttocks and her pink pajamas. She dropped the bottle of wine on the nightstand, and her phone beeped. Mary read the message, and her heart sank.

The $20,000 she received from Ashley was gone. She was sure she had $10,000 left. The man on her bed had robbed her. She angrily woke him up and demanded to know what had happened to her money.

"What did you do with my money?" Mary asked.

"I used it," he replied nonchalantly. "Did you think $2,000 was enough to hire me? I hacked your account balance and took what was rightfully