Ashes - Book 1 by Johnson Leslie

Author:Johnson, Leslie [Johnson, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, suspense, romance, new adult romance
Publisher: Atrevida Publishing
Published: 2015-06-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7 – Gage

“I don’t know, man,” Ken says and marinates another steak. “I know a gun would come in handy and I probably could have used one a few times, but seriously man, I’m just not interested in owning one.”

“Pussy.” I can’t help but give him hell and am rewarded with a spatula thrust in my face. I laugh and take a long drink of my beer — a real beer that Beth probably bought. “Seriously, after all the shit that went down last year, and then the break-in at the center. Don’t you think you might want to think about having a little protection?”

We’ve had this discussion a dozen times over the past six months. I’m a strong believer in personal protection. That’s why I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon and have taken hour upon hour of defense classes. Hell, Beth and I have been talking about me teaching self-defense classes for women at HEAL. I just need to get certified and we’ll be ready to go.

“Just come to the range with me one day, that’s all I’m asking. Learn that a gun isn’t a criminal. Criminals are.”

He flips a rib-eye and it gives a very satisfying sizzle. The smell is wonderful. Even though I’m not hungry, my mouth is beginning to water.

“Did I ever tell you about why I hate guns so much?”

That gets my attention. “No, you never did.”

“Well … let’s just say I had a bad experience when I was in high school.”

“Spill it. Seems like the day for both of us to trot down memory lane.”

He looks at the house, then the pool and then back at the grill. “Okay, I’ll give you the short version.” He snaps out of his fog. “It was the fourth of July and I was a senior in high school. I was hanging out on the street with a bunch of friends, probably twenty of us. We could see the fireworks from our corner, so we didn’t bother with walking to the park. We could see them good enough since we were up on a little hill.”

“I thought you were from Ohio,” I butt in on his story, unable to stop myself from giving him hell for his flatland roots. “The biggest mountains there are bridges, aren’t they? Maybe a two story building.”

“In the North, yeah, but I’m from the South East, Athens, down closer to West Virginia. Anyway, we were all standing around drinking beer, some of us had our parents’ liquor. Another reason we didn’t just walk to the park.”

He smiles, looking lost in the memories and then gives the steaks a close inspection.

“Anyway, we had some redneck families down the road and they were always complaining about us ‘city’ kids. We were too noisy, no respect. Blah, blah, blah. The noisy part was kinda ironic because they were always shooting off fireworks — holidays, birthdays, weddings, national fart day. Whatever. Well, since it was the fourth, they’d bring the whole clan out. We hated them.

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