Margaret Barnell (Holly Hunter) was at home alone in her pajamas when she heard a noise from the garage. As she goes to check it out she was greeted by a guy. She proceeds to tell him to leave and throwing stuff at him. Unfortunately he has a gun and takes her at gunpoint.

Next she is seen tied up to a chair in the dining room. She is really tied down to that chair. She has bungee cords going criss-cross across her chest, with duct tape going across as well. Her hands are tied to the sides of the chair and taped as well. Her knees and legs are tied with ropes together to the chair legs. At this point she is not gagged.

Later that night, her husband (protagonist) came home and goes to the living room to find her tied up the same way, but this time gagged with a piece of duct tape. He was then greeted with the bad guys, who led him to somwhere else. She remains in the house tied up. At one point as the bad guys were making a phonecall, asking the protagonist about the status of the items they asked for, she is seen cleave gagged with white cloth and it was pull down so she can talk to him. Later as it was put back she began to struggle so much.

The next day, she is seen bound with duct tape with her hands in front. Her hands are taped together even with the fingers and forearm. Her knees are taped together as well as her feet. She is cleave gagged with the same white cloth from yesterday. She began to work herself up to get to the phone and also managed to pull down her gag to talk on the phone.

Eventually they free her from her bonds as the take her into the car, however she is told to have the cleave gag on (without any bonds). She is then reunited with her husband.