"Okay, see you soon daddy!" Beth cheerfully said to her dad, she smiled to herself and hit the end call button on her iPhone and unlocked her front door. Her dad was going to help her move a few things into her new apartment. Her first time living alone and although it wasn't the best complex in her small town, it was a start and that was good enough for her. She looked around, brushing her fingers against her new furniture. All of this. It was all hers. She no longer had to share it with her older sister or constantly be reminded of things her and her mother picked out before she and Beth's brother passed away in a car wreck on the way out of town for Beth's soccer game when she was in elementary school. Figuring she had enough time, Beth made her way to her bathroom. It was hideous, but the fact it was hers and hers alone made her forgive whoever decided yellow and pink paint with floral print was a good idea for the wall. She removed her clothes and moved to her shower. She started the water and got in, letting the water run down her body. She closed her eyes and thought about all the decorating ideas she had for the place, and which thrift stores she wanted to invite her sister, Maggie, to. She reached for the soap as she heard the bathroom door creak open. "Daddy?" she called out, moving her face to look out of the curtain. Beth's throat was met with a rough hand. She couldn't breathe and steam was filling the air as the man's other hand turned the cold water slowly off, scalding Beth's naked body. He was older, real old, she didn't know him, and she had no willpower to fight back as she weakened under his touch. "Little slut," the guy mumbled, throwing her to the shower floor, "should know not to leave your door open in these parts." This was the last thing Beth heard as she blacked out.
Beth woke up in a hospital room, she looked around and finally spotted Maggie and her father, Hershel, in the hallway talking to a police officer. Beth's eyes caught Maggie's attention and in she ran, throwing her arms around Beth's neck. She winced and looked down to all the burns that ruined her body. "I'm so sorry we weren't there" Maggie cried out. Beth met Maggie's eyes again, "What happened?" she said - almost in a whisper. "You don't remember, Beth?" Maggie asked, her voice soft, "Someone attacked you, the Dixon dad, him and his boy were robbing you.. Daddy saved you and those men are in jail." Beth winced, she knows that it was wrong what they did, but the sweetness of her heart hated hearing that someone would no longer be in the world - especially due to something that would have never happened if she had locked the door... They told her she should have locked the door... Somehow this was Beth's fault, she could feel it. She just nodded at her sister and rested back against the hospital bed.
"I would like to go back home, Daddy." Beth ran up to Hershel. It had been a few weeks after her attack. She could see the pain in her dad's eyes as she said "home" but her attackers had been in jail for the whole time, obviously nobody was going to post bail for them. "Okay, Bethy" Hershel groaned. He walked into his bedroom and walked back out with her car keys. "Call me, as soon as you get there, please..." her dad said, "I have to tend to the farm, but let your sister know you're headed there too." Beth just nodded and called out for Maggie. After asked Maggie to meet her there in an hour, she headed back to her apartment. Ready to see whatever damage was left from the attack.
As she pulled into the complex she got a weary feeling. Something she couldn't push, but walked up to her door anyway. The door flew open and there was a letter that had been pushed under her door. She opened the envelope, cash fell out, a lot of it. Confused, she walked around the rest of the house. Anything worth value was gone, anything worth anything to her was gone. Her apartment was bare, all that was left were scattered clothes, her kitchen items, and one chair. All of these things could be replaced. She walked back into the living room and was startled to see a man standing in her doorway, his eyes shot with pain. Beth jumped back, "Stay away!" she screamed out. The man threw his arms up and backed up. She noticed he was very muscular, his hair was thick and brown, and his eyes were piercing. He looked similar to one of the men that had attacked her "I'm...I'm sorry." he mumbled, and walked away from her front doorway. His vest caught her eye, Undervalley Bikers Club.
The man walked away and disappeared into the woods beside her apartment. Beth sighed and looked to the parking lot. She noticed Maggie getting out of her car, Beth just wanted to leave. Maybe moving into her own place wasn't the best of ideas. Why were these Dixon men bothering her? And why did the one a few minutes ago look so hurt? His family hurt her. She knows she shouldn't feel so bad - especially since her family locked them away, as much as they deserved it, and she knows she also shouldn't feel such a weird feeling in her stomach. The emptiness the man who said "I'm sorry" left upon her. Beth just locked her door and ran to meet Maggie at her car, they were to go shopping that day and that's all that should be on Beth's mind.