PICTURE IT: In the dark parking garage at the Towson mall, bottom floor, standing by the elevator at 10:32 PM, a girl checking her phone. Battery nearly dead. The girl petite, slender, cute blouse and shorts. Pretty, with an air of innocence. Eighteen years old, just submitted her college enrollment deposit. Walking back to her car after a night out with her friends, pushing her 11 PM curfew. Looking nervous. She thought: This is how all the horror stories on the news begin. First published in my school's literary magazine. (Cover image from shutterstock.com)