You swore to God that you heard footsteps in the night that would wake you up from your sleep with the feeling that someone was watching you.  You were one of the 7 slaves of a large family.  You slept in a room with all 6 other girls.  You slept on the floor next to the huge window leading to the balcony.  You couldn't sleep that night because of the fear and unknown anxiety that plagued you all day.  It was snowing heavily outside as you lay there staring at the ceiling until your thoughts were interrupted by a shadow you saw out of the corner of your eye and again, footstep and then tall figure of man