Cheryl

When I took a step toward home, his arms suddenly spread out wide. For a brief moment he appeared to change completely from an average-sized man to a looming hulk, a dark shadow enclosing me. With one lumbering lunge, he was on top of me. It felt like we were both moving in slow motion, performing a dream-like dance in the street. And yet before I fully grasped what was happening, he had grabbed me.