Alaskan Legal: A Legal Thriller by Dave Daren

Author:Dave Daren [Daren, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The fisherman with black boots aimed for my legs rather than go for another punch, and I understood why when I realized it was harder to dodge his outstretched arms than a single fist.

I tried side-stepping him, but he managed to hook his fingers around my calf, and he was still charging forward, but with a grip on my leg, he brought me down just as he fell forward at Cassandra’s feet. Before I could get to my feet, the fisherman with green boots was on top of me.

I put up my arms side by side to shield my face from the incoming punches. I wasn’t sure if the fisherman was weak or if it was the doing of my parka, but the punches being thrown at me were not unbearable. Still, I didn’t want to risk moving my arms to grab his if it meant exposing myself to a punch. When he stopped punching and instead tried to pry my arms apart, I used that pause in attacks to lift my hips and throw the fisherman off of me.

I jumped to my feet just as Black Boots recovered from his fall and faced me.

He swayed on his feet, but that didn’t deter him from running at me again with his arms outstretched. He aimed for my legs again, but this time around he started his charge from further away. The distance allowed me ample time to determine when it would be best to dodge him and avoid the outcome from before.

But I then remembered I was facing multiple opponents, not just one, and I glanced behind me at the other two fishermen.

They glared at me, but they made no move to join the fray. From the way they stood on the outskirts of the road, it looked like they were acting as gatekeepers trying to prevent me from running away.

I noticed their stances didn’t carry the same drunken stupor as their other two companions, and I wondered if another reason they abstained from joining the fight was because they were sober enough to recognize it wasn’t a good idea. Whatever the case was, I was grateful for only having to face two adversaries rather than four.

That just left Green Boots, and I spotted him out of the corner of my eye. He’d made it to his feet finally, and he was coming in for a punch. There was a sedan parked on my left, a fisherman coming in for a punch on my right, a fisherman charging for my legs from the front, and two fishermen blocking the path behind me.

I realized it wasn’t possible for me to dodge both incoming attacks, and so I needed to make a split-second decision on which attack I wanted to dodge. I also needed to determine the direction to take in evading that attack.

Backing out of the reach of Black Boots’ attack was out of the question. If I backed up too far, I would probably be pushed forward by the fishermen behind me, and that would only lead to me being caught by Black Boots anyway.

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