I was in real trouble. I needed to find a way to get out of this mess. I’ve worked all these years to build up my business and in an instant it was all going to be taken away. I knew I had taken a few liberties with my tax returns, but I was assured that it would all be okay. Then the letter arrived from the IRS stating I was going to audited.

I met with the agent and my world began to fall apart. He tediously went over every receipt and log to find any discrepancies. He was rude and condescending, but I figured I would still give him the benefit of the doubt. Halfway through the meeting he mentioned he would need to come back the next day to finish up. He also mentioned to enjoy my house now because it wouldn’t be mine for long. I was terrified. I begged him to please cut me a break; I would do whatever it took to fix everything I may have taken liberties with. He chuckled at me and told me he would be back tomorrow.

I stayed up all night wondering what was going to happen. I could loose everything. In my panicked state I decided to take action. I figured if I could just talk to the auditor and explain my side of things he would listen and have sympathy for me. The trouble was he had been so rude and unrelenting. I just needed to get him to listen. In my panicked state I decided I would need to take extreme measures.

He XXXX on the door around one in the afternoon. I stood behind it and yelled out for him to come in. He walked in and jumped on him. I covered his face with a XXXX drenched rag. The shock of what was happening to him caused him to fight me hard. He elbowed me in the gut but I wasn’t letting go. He screamed loudly through the rag but his screams quickly turned to whimpers and he was out.

What had I done? I just XXXXed a government agent and now I was in real trouble. I decided that the audit was now the least of my problems. I was going to lose everything and now I was going to go to prison. My plan needed to change quickly. I dragged him through the house and tied him up. I tied his arms tightly to his body and subdued his hand tightly behind his back. I removed his shoes and laid him in the basement. I went upstairs and paced frantically. I decided I needed to get out of this and I would need help. I called my best friend and told him the story, after a long silence he was on his way.

After some thought we decided to kill two birds with one stone, we would stage a robbery. We loaded all my valuables into his car, if I was going to lose my house I wasn’t going to let the IRS take my valuables as well. We heard his screams from the basement and we hatched part two of the plan. He tied my hands behind my back tight and taped my mouth shut. I mmppphhed at him to put on the ski mask and he lead me to the basement. The agent was wide awake and struggling to break free.

The sight of me also tied with taped over my mouth surprised him. “What the hell is going on”, he screamed. “You two just need to be out of the way while I do a little shopping upstairs boys”, my friend yelled. “Mr. Jimenez are you okay”, he asked? I nodded and mmmppphhhed to him. “ I don’t need you two trying to help each other, I think I’ll take you with me, you need to show me where you keep the good stuff my friend”, Joey said giving a an academy award winning performance. “Don’t hurt us, you son of bmmmmmpppphhh”, he screamed as Joey slapped duct tape across his lips. He mmpphhed and struggled as his ankles and knees were roped. He stood and tried to hop away as I mmppphhed and struggled in unison. Joey pushed him to the mattress and tied his feet with more rope. Next Joey grabbed me and began to lead me back upstairs. The agent jerked and struggled as the door was closed behind us. Once upstairs I was untied and tape ripped off my mouth. We sat and began to brainstorm about what to do next.

To be Continued

The Agent played by Mike
The Attacker played by Rod
Photography by Caitiff

Date of Production: 06/19/2009