9.
“I was walking to my car, about to go to the bank on lunch. It was payday. A guy was walking toward me and our eyes met as he passed. Something in my brain said, ‘Hope he doesn’t try to rob me.'”
“The next second there was a gun stuck in my side, and he said, ‘Give it up.’ I gave him my purse and he grabbed my car keys. He told me to get on the ground, and I watched him drive away in my car. Luckily he only got my checkbook, not actual money. I was pretty fucked up about it for a long time. But I guess I knew when he looked at me.”