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Lulu muttered under her breath as she walked along the pier. Kate was at it again. She needed her, NOW! Ughh, why can't I have just one night off, she thought to herself as she walked in the heavy darkness that made her nearly blind. Just then, she bumped into a dark shadowy figure which seemed to come out of nowhere. "Sorry, I guess I wasn't watching where…" She had no more than gotten the words out when the figure grabbed her arm, pulling her into him. She could feel something cold and hard pushing into her side, a gun. She tried hard to maintain her composure, even though the fear was gripping her mind, causing her to not be able to think.

"Just go quietly and no harm will come to anyone you love," said the man. Lulu knew that voice, but from where?

"Okay. Please don't hurt me," she replied, tears now streaming down her face. Without another word, the man pushed her into an abandoned warehouse. She tried to fight, but knowing that he still had the gun made it more difficult. As he kept pushing her back away from the door, he knocked her down. This is it, she thought. I'm going to die right here. She struggled some more, but the man was just way too strong. He started ripping at her clothes. "No! Please, no! Help me, somebody help me!" she screamed with everything she had. There was no one there. He was so rough with her that she thought she might pass out. Her thoughts flashed. She went back to her childhood. She saw her mom, dad, and Lucky. She thought how she might not ever see them again. She went through her high school years, graduation, getting her first job. Maxie, her best girl friend, and him. The one constant person through all of that time had been a brown-haired, brown-eyed, wonderful boy. He was the best friend a girl could ever have. They thought that they could be more, at one time, but it never really came to anything. He was still the same wonderful man he had always been.

When it was over, he left just as quickly as he had come. She laid there for a long time after he left, afraid to move, afraid that he might come back. Two hours had passed and she decided that it was time to take a chance and leave. Meanwhile, Sonny and Olivia were walking along the pier after a nice evening out. "I need to go and check on the warehouse on Elm Street," Sonny told her. "Let's go," she replied.

When they arrived, they noticed that the door was slightly ajar. Sonny told Olivia to stay there while he checked it out. He walked cautiously into the warehouse. He could hear shuffling in the darkness. Trying to discern whether it was human or animal, he found a flashlight hanging next to the door. If it was human, he didn't want to startle them by abruptly turning on the lights. It was a good thing because as he flashed it in her direction, he caught a glimpse of the girl that he had loved as a daughter. "Lulu? What are you doing here?" Because it was still dark, he couldn't see the condition she was in. She wasn't sure, at first if it was really him. He started toward her and she met with a swing that punched the air, but was still close enough he could feel the wind.

"Whoa, wait a minute. It's me, Sonny. Let me find the light switch," he said.

"No. Wait. I don't want you to…" she pleaded.

Sonny flipped on the lights, just as Lulu tried to hide herself from him. He had seen some brutal things, but what he was about to see was probably the most frightening thing. He was in complete shock at how she looked. Her hair was disheveled, partly still in the hair clip she had so meticulously placed in earlier that day. Her face, so innocent looking and yet so hardened now by what had just happened, was covered in streams of mascara. Her beautiful blue dress was torn at the shoulder. She was shaking from head to toe. Sonny reached out for her and held her so gently, like a loving father. Olivia, hearing the screams, walked in to see them standing together. A look of utter shock and dismay on her face. "Oh my," was all she could muster. She drew in a breath, gesturing to both of them, and said, "we need to get you to the hospital."

Lulu protested furiously, at first, but realized that she was right. Lulu, with Sonny and Olivia flanked on each side of her made their way out of the building. She was terrified that her attacker would show up again, but knew that she was now safe. Relief washed over her knowing that she had made it out alive and would get to see her family once again.