I hope there isn't a misunderstanding over my post about Sutton's attitude towards Dorit's robbery. I said Sutton was callous regarding Dorit's traumatic experience and I wasn't using sarcasm. I also said that Sutton may suspect the robbery was planned. I didn't say I felt that way.
I have been followed home and robbed at knifepoint by two men. When the police showed up, one of them looked me up and down and said to me, "You're a good-looking woman; you're lucky you weren't raped." For a moment, I wondered if I was going to be.
My robbers found my phone number on some paperwork they had stolen and they called me, demanding more money or they would come back and "f*ck me up". When I called the 911 operator and told her what they had said to me, she actually laughed at me. They were never found and I doubt anyone ever even investigated.
Also, when this happened, I was a newlywed and my husband's career required him to work a lot of nights, so I was often home alone overnight and wondering if my attackers really would come back again.
Just a few years ago, when we were renovating an old house close to our city center, I walked into our locked house to find two men inside. They were contractors I had interviewed and they decided to come back, jimmy a window and climb through to see what they could get . I managed to get them out of the house by telling them my husband and his friends were on their way but I never felt safe in that house again, even with glass break sensors and a full security system.
I've had other traumatic experiences in my life but I'm already shaking after writing about these, so that's enough for me to share today but believe me, I've felt the terror.