Hard Times by Pete Thorsen

Author:Pete Thorsen [Thorsen, Pete]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pete Thorsen
Published: 2014-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I had pretty much just got on Interstate 80 having only picked it up about twenty five miles back or so when I saw a rest area coming up so I decided to stop and stretch my legs. My small pickup is great in many ways but it is not really made for a big guy like me. The rest area was pretty empty like most of them were because gas was high and few people were doing any kind of traveling.

I walked up and used the rest room and then just read the maps and wandered around a little. I was looking at a map when I saw a very pretty gal come out of the ladies room and head for the parking lot. A guy came up and stopped her and they started to talk. I could not really hear them and it was none of my business anyway. I saw the woman shake her head and turn to walk away when the man reached out and grabbed her.

The pretty woman proved that she was not just a pretty face when she turned when he grabbed her and she swung her hand and slapped him. And I mean she slapped him hard and it hit with a heck of a noise. Made me rub my own face just thinking how bad that must have hurt the guy. Without realizing it I had at some point started walking in their direction and when the guy swung back with a clinched fist to hit the woman I was close enough to reach him.

Granted I was a big guy and I was strong but I also did not know the first thing about fighting. But I knew that man was not going to slug that pretty girl while I was around. I reached out and grabbed the man’s arm to stop him from hitting the girl. I just grabbed his arm and pulled on it very hard. I heard and felt something give and the man let out a scream like a girl. When I let go of his arm it just flopped down by his side.

Only now did I see he had a gun on his hip and he was trying to grab it from his right side using his left hand. I had read a book once and the author said that if you ever decide to hit someone with your bare hand remember that your hand contains many small bones and you should hit them someplace that is way softer than your hand is so you don’t end up hurting yourself. I made what I thought was a good fist and swung and punched the guy in the stomach with everything I had in me.

I think I actually felt that man’s backbone because my fist went in his stomach so far. He let out quite a wheezing sound and then just crumpled up and fell to the ground. I reached down and removed his pistol that he had been after.

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