The Complete Cooper Collection (All 97 Stories) by Bernico Bill

Author:Bernico, Bill [Bernico, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: azw, epub
Publisher: Downwind Publications
Published: 2013-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

46 - Mutiny On A Bounty

It was a quarter to one and I’d used up most of my lunch hour at the sporting goods store. I’d stopped in to buy a box of ammunition for my .38 revolver. That in itself should have only taken ten minutes, but some of the newer models of handguns that they had on display there distracted me. Before I knew it, I’d wasted forty minutes and I needed to get back to the office by one o’clock. Gloria was holding down the fort until I returned and she was competent enough, but I needed to set a good example for her by not staying away past my hour. I couldn’t expect her to be on time if I wasn’t.

I slipped behind the wheel of my car and headed back to the office. My stomach rumbled, reminding me that I had neglected to fill it during this hour. I spotted a fast food burger joint half a block ahead and pulled into the parking lot. I would have driven through the drive-thru window, but the line for that was at least eight cars long and I knew I could get faster service by simply going inside and waiting at the counter.

There were three lines at the counter, the shortest of which had just two people in it. I fell in behind the last man in that short line. There was a woman ahead of him and from the looks of it, she’d ordered enough food to feed a small army. She finally got all of her order and left with four bags full of food and a cardboard tray with four large drinks on it. The man ahead of me stepped up and placed his order. I glanced at my watch. If someone waited on me right away, I could still grab a burger and a shake, eat it on the way back to the office and still make it back in time.

Just before the guy ahead of me got his order I saw another man come in through one of the side doors and walk immediately up to and behind the service counter. He stepped back behind the warming rack, coffee pot station and ice cream dispenser. He looked as out of place back there as a ballet dancer in a foundry. I kept one eye on him as I waited for my turn at the counter.

I saw his hand go into his coat and come out with a small handgun. He was pointing it at a woman in a white dress shirt. All the other workers here had blue shirts, so I assumed she was the manager. She glanced down at the handgun and her eyes got wide and scared. She backed away from the man and bumped into a young woman who was making fries. The young woman turned around, excusing herself. When she looked up and saw what was happening she cringed and backed away. The gunman was guiding the manager

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