Listener, do you ever feel vulnerable in your own home?

Waking up in the middle of the night, going to get a drink or use the bathroom,

those little noises your home or your apartment makes, little creaky noises that might

startle you.

I think about that sometimes, about that irrational fear but what if those fears became true?

Statistically someone listening right now has likely dealt with a break-in.

That is something I do think about a lot, especially when working on this show.

I want you to keep those fears in mind for today's episode.

Those fears are going to be very, very relevant.

And while I have your ear, while you're sitting there listening to me, I have your full attention,

I want to let you know that this episode features extreme sexual violence.

So if that's something that bothers you, you might want to dip out on this one because this episode has a lot of that throughout the episode and you know if I'm

warning you it's going to get heavy now with that said let's get on with it.

October 1990, Orlando, Florida.

Heather Claypool is sleeping. It's early morning hours. A small creek

stirs her. Between squinted eyes she scans the side of her bed.

It was probably just someone downstairs.

She lives in an apartment.

Heather drifts back to sleep. Another creek. She sits up. There is a man crouched at the end of her bed.

What are you doing here? She asked the shadowed figure.

The sun hasn't yet risen.

It's dark.

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