Brothers

You decide to ask her out. She accepts.

Her name is Vicky.

The two of you have a great time together. You start seeing one another more regularly.

You feel alive again, for the first time in years. Each time you see her, your heart feels as though it is floating along blissfully in your chest. The two of you become quite intimate.

A few months pass and one cool autumn night the two of you decide to skip work. You take her out to dinner, go see a movie, and make your way back to your apartment.

You lead her up the short staircase and down to the end of the hell to your tiny apartment. When you reach the door, you find that it is open. Three men are inside, one of them is unplugging your TV.

"What the hell is going on here?!" you ask, storming into your apartment and leaving Vicky in the hall.

"Shit," one of them says.

Another one, a man much larger than the others, grabs you and throws you into a wall with enough force to drop you to the ground where two of them take turns kicking you until you find yourself unconscious.

You wake up a little later, coughing up blood. No one seems to notice. You hear the screams of a woman, and slowly remember what is happening.

Struggling to your feet, you see one of the men fucking Vicky on your couch as she struggles to escape. Her eyes meet yours, they are wide with fear and full of tears that spill down her reddened cheeks. Her eyes plead with you to do something.

They are still unaware of your presence, one of them is leaving the apartment with your TV in his hands, and the other is watching his friend fuck your girlfriend.