11 minutes

Dom

I've never really cared that much about anything... not even myself. I live on the streets with whatever I can find. I break into houses just to keep myself up. And I've been eyeing this one place for a while and tonight's the night. The girl that lives there come home around 12:00 12:10. The house is huge so she has to have money, I'm not sticking around long. In and out. I take what I need and leave.
It's 11:00 now.... "It's showtime"
The house is a two story black house, she usually keeps the lights on, I'm not complaining.. makes my job easier.
I come to the back window, most houses lock their windows so I shuv a fork in the seal and press down and push up, it unlocks any window. I climb in and I turn around. I start walking up stairs. The house is huge!!! It's the nicest I've ever broken into. I check every room until I find hers. She has a king size bed, with whites sheets, a chandelier hanging from her ceiling. I check he jewelry box, laying ring inside was a $50 bill. I fold it and put it in my pocket. She has a pair of diamond earrings, I take those too. I check the time, it's 11:50.
I still have 10 minutes. I start going down the steps when I hear the door open. I stop. "I've never had this happen..." my mind is running so fast.... I hear her out her keys down... she's in the kitchen.... I'm right around the corner.
I step out. She looks at me with fear in her eyes.. "who are you" she asks.
I look at her... "I'm Dom"
She has tears in her eyes, she's terrified of me!
"I'm calling the police" she says.
I scream "no"
I run to her, I take the phone and throw it!!
For a second I looked into her eyes as she looked into mine.
I smiled at her....
She was quite. She just stood there.
"You never said your name?" I asked.
"It's Ashley".... she said.