This could have gone badly

Yesterday I heard something unpleasant from a close friend of mine. She and her family live in the same area as us, just a little closer to downtown. My friend works from home while their teenage children are at school and her husband is at work, which means she is home alone during the day. My friend has a habit of never locking the front door.

The day before yesterday she thought she heard the front door opening, but since no one in her family would be home for several hours, she dismissed the sound. 5 minutes later she heard a noise again, she left her office and called quote "is someone here?" unquote whereupon an unknown man in his 30s came out of her son's room.

The man walked over and grabbed my friend's arm, who was first paralyzed and then screamed at the top of her lungs. Whereupon the man pushed my friend to the floor and ran away. The police were at my friend's place within 15 minutes of her calling. Unfortunately, the police said the chance of finding the man is minimal, but a police report was made.

Unlike us who always lock the door and activate the perimeter protection as soon as the whole family is gathered, they didn't even lock the front door before. Considering the circumstances, my friend is doing relatively well.