Chaos in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-05-14T17:07:35+00:00

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of striking back at what they perceive as an uncaring society.”

Anna stared at the woman. Unwrapped a piece of gum and stuck it in her mouth, chewing for a moment. “Horseshit!” she said, then walked off a few yards.

Ben smiled at the brief exchange.

“That is a very impudent child,” Janet said.

“You and Anna should talk later on,” Ben told her. “She could tell you something about a lousy childhood. And something about a fierce drive to better herself without being on the public dole. She’s a damn good soldier, too.” Ben turned and walked into the ground floor of what used to be one of Memphis’s largest department stores. His team followed him.

Janet hurried to keep up. She was unarmed, since she didn’t believe in the individual owning or carrying of guns, or the use of them against human beings or animals.

“That woman is a ding-a-ling,” Anna whispered to Ben.

“She’s politically liberal,” Ben returned the whisper.

“Ding-a-ling,” Anna insisted.

Ben smiled and walked deeper into the darkness of the ground floor of the multi-storied old building.

A very faint odor reached his nostrils as he passed a door that led to a downstairs storage area. Ben paused, sniffed around the edges of the closed door, then stepped back, pointing at the door. Cooper and Beth took grenades from their battle harness and stood ready as Ben put his hand on the doorknob.

“Whatever in the world are you going to do?” Janet asked.

“Make boom-boom,” Anna told her.

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