"Open up!" a voice shouted as fists pounded on the door. I rose on an elbow and felt a sticky smear of blood covering the front of me! I cried out and my throat suddenly blazed in sharp pain. As I tried to rise to my knees I was grabbed from behind and once again, I felt a knife at my throat!
I was dragged to my feet from behind by my captor as police burst through the door and the room ignited with the blinding glow of several flash lights.
"Drop it!" a voice shouted from behind the light as I felt the knife press tighter against me! Almost immediately, the room erupted with a gunshot and both my assailant and I dropped to the floor.
Frantic confusion followed through part of which I was awake and most of which I was unconscious.