萨赫耶穿着睡衣坐在床上，给编辑打电话，听取对她发送的书草稿的反馈。 她希望听到对她的惊悚片的热烈赞扬，该片讲述了一名不幸的妇女在残酷罪犯入室盗窃中挣扎求生的故事，但她的编辑认为这需要一些改进，最大的抱怨是它缺乏实质内容和真实性。 挂断电话后，失望的萨赫耶走到她的笔记本电脑前，看看当一个男人冲进来抓住她时，她能做出什么改进。 他绑住了她的手腕和脚踝，将两个海绵圆盘和一块手帕塞进她的嘴里，并用一条 4 英寸长的黑色电工胶带封住她的嘴唇，然后才去搜查她的房子。 在挣扎中，萨赫耶意识到这可能正是她提升小说水平所需要的。 她专注于这一刻，感受着绳子对皮肤的咬合，嘴里的塞子让她的脸颊鼓起，胶带的味道就在她的鼻子下面，当她在床上翻滚时，她感到无助的感觉。 为了写下自己的想法，她扭动着笔记本电脑，试图用脚趾敲击键盘。 绑架者阻止了这一切，认为她是在发出求救信息。 他解开她的嘴，想知道她在做什么，莎莉向他讲述了她的故事，以及她认为这次经历会有什么帮助。 他决定为她提供更多帮助，添加胸带，用大海绵球填充她的嘴，并在她的嘴唇上缠上透明的乙烯基胶带。 萨赫耶被绑得更牢，声音更低，沉浸在自己的处境中，吸收所有的小细节。 这名男子回来后绑住了她，然后逃跑了。 这位受限制的作家在绳子里蠕动，用她塞满海绵的嘴呻吟。 她会向她的编辑展示真实性……只要她能摆脱困境。Sitting on her bed in a nightie, Sahrye calls her editor to hear feedback on a draft of the book she’d sent. She hopes to hear glowing praise of her thriller about an unlucky woman’s struggle to survive a home invasion by a ruthless criminal, but her editor thinks it needs some work, the biggest complaint being that it lacks substance and authenticity. After hanging up, a disappointed Sahrye moves to her laptop to see what improvements she can make when a man rushes in and grabs her. He binds her wrists and ankles, shoves 2 sponge discs and a hanky in her mouth, and seals a 4-inch strip of black electrical tape over her lips before going to look through her house. Amidst her struggles, Sahrye realizes this might be just what she needs to elevate her novel. She focuses on the moment, feeling the bite of the rope against her skin, the packing in her mouth causing her cheeks to bulge, the smell of the tape just below her nose, the feeling of helplessness as she writhes on her bed. Wanting to write down her thoughts, she wriggles to her laptop and attempts to clack away on her keyboard with her toes. Her captor puts a stop to this, thinking she’s trying to send a message for help. He takes her gag off to find out what she was doing and Sahrye tells him about her story and how she thinks this experience will help. He decides to help her more by adding a chest harness, filling her mouth with a big sponge sphere, and wrapping clear vinyl tape over her lips. More securely bound and muffled, Sahrye soaks in her situation, absorbing all little details. The man comes back and hogties her before he makes his escape. The restricted writer wriggles in the ropes and moans into her sponge-packed mouth. She’ll show her editor authenticity… just as soon as she can get out of this.