Archive for August 4th, 2008

I am asleep in bed.  The dog begins barking wildly.  My eyes shoot open and I see a dark, hooded figure dart from the end of the bed followed by a flash of white light.  At the same instant I hear my daughter let out a blood curdling scream.  I leap from the bed and across the room, hurdling my wife, and start down the door chasing the man determined to tackle and beat the life from him.  As I cross the threshold, I glance another man in my daughter’s room.  Dressed in khaki and dark skinned is all my eyes glimpse as I am racing down the hall.