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man standing right behind her.  She screamed and the fear gripped her worse than any pain she had ever felt as she froze. He was dressed in all black and wore a mask.  He took his hand and wrapped it around her neck and slammed her body repeatedly against the glass shower doors.  She tried to grab his face but he held her back.  He continued to apply a strong grip around her neck.  She could not breathe and used the last of her strength to reach for his face again, this time latching on to his mask and yanked it off to reveal his face.  He threw her on the floor and grabbed the handcuffs he had on his belt. Dazed and confused she tried to fight him as she continued to scream.  He punched her in the face causing her face to slam against the marble floor.  Her vision became blurred; she could feel him yanking one of her arms.  She noticed a plumber’s wrench that was next to the vanity and she was able to lunge for it as he was putting the cuff on one hand.  She swung the wrench connecting with his face causing him to grimace in pain. She then swung again and hit him in the balls and she scurried away using the wall as support.  As she got to her feet she felt his arm on her back grabbing the back of her bra.  The elastic material gave way on her bra as she ran into the living room screaming wearing only a thong.  Kiyomi heard the loud boom as Takeo came running through the door.  He saw a battered Kiyomi who had collapsed onto the floor with blood running down her face and the back of her head.  His horror turned instantly to anger.  He took off his jacket and wrapped it around her as other security rushed in behind him.  He ran to the bedroom and found the intruder getting to his feet and Takeo instantly went on the attack.  Takeo grabbed him by the throat and punched him so hard he hit the wall leaving a huge dent.  Before the man’s body could hit the floor, he swung his right hand connecting with the left side of the intruder’s face, and then swung his left fist connecting with the right side.  Blood splattered all over the wall as his body fell to the floor with a thud.  Takeo began to kick him in the ribs.  The other security members made sure there was no one else in the condominium and stood behind Takeo until he was done with the intruder.   He yelled in Japanese to get rid of the trash, but not before finding out who else was behind the break-in.   Takeo turned his attention to Kiyomi who was shivering and crying.  He helped her up onto the sofa and called for a car to take her to the hospital.  “Kiyomi, can you walk?” Takeo asked in a calming voice. She nodded as the tears continued to fall.  Realizing that she was practically nude he immediately stood to get clothes for her, when she grabbed his arm halting his progress as she whispered in a shaky voice, “Please don’t leave me.”    “I have to get you something to put on to go to the hospital.  She released his arm and he quickly retrieved a sundress and pulled it over her head and down her body.  He carried her out of the condominium, on the elevators, then to a waiting car. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck as he carried her.  She remembered Takeo was so angry with himself for not being there sooner.  He had to drop documents off at her condominium but stopped to have a drink with a friend first.  He was convinced that if he had come straight there, none of this would have happened.
    After that incident a high-tech security system, which included cameras, were placed throughout the entire building and in every apartment owned by Takahashi and occupied by employees in that building, unbeknownst to the employees residing there. 
    Kiyomi poured a glass of juice and walked towards the bedroom when her cell phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was her sister, Muri.  She let out an aspirated breath before answering.  She and her sister did not always get along.  They shared the same