“You okay?”
“Yeah. Just… my shoulders are ruined from the ordeal and now these handcuffs are killing me.”
“I won’t be able to get them off, but I should be able to get them shackled in front of you.”
“Listen,” Kim said, “make sure they arrest Doug and his squeeze, Laura. Don’t let them get away. And get Chief Brown to the station. We’ll get this straightened out. Also, very important. There’s a chrome table leg, a cylinder thing, in the bedroom. Make sure it doesn’t get lost somehow.”
“Got it.”
Three cops emerged from the building with Doug and Laura, Doug’s face covered with blood. At the same time, the paparazzi appeared with cameras clicking and videos recording under bright lights. The Kellogg Kidnapping and Murder Attempt Story was about to reach critical mass.
The End
Acknowledgments
The pit crew doesn’t get the accolades of the racer, but is vital to the team’s success. I appreciate my crew, including Miss Tazzie. You first helped me believe I could write. I appreciate you, Terry Burns (Hartline Literary, www.hartlineliterary.com), because more than anything else, you exude integrity. Thank you, Jami Carpenter (www.redpengirl.com); you make me look good without destroying my fragile ego. Susan Campbell, graphic artist extraordinaire, thanks for the fine cover art. Thanks to the Henderson Writers Group; you have aided and abetted in a big way, too. Myriad other people contributed to this work as well, and I respect you all.
A special thanks to my wife, Sherri, responsible for much of the inspiration, along with reading and critique. Thanks, honey, for riding along. It’s been quite a ride.
About The Author
Kevin B Parsons has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, including American Motorcyclist magazine. He’s a member of the Henderson Writers Group and American Christian Fiction Writers. He has also been a member of Toastmasters International since 2006.
He blogs twice a week, posts on Author Culture (www.authorculture.blogspot.com) and Geezer Guys and Gals (www.geezerguysandgals.blogspot.com). He’s a contributing writer to Choices eMagazine.
Kevin has owned numerous businesses in the construction, motorcycle, and real estate industries, in Nevada, California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. He’s ridden and raced motorcycles his entire life and won the ‘Best in the Desert’ off-road championship in his class in 2003 and 2006. In May of 2013 he finished a ‘50 States in 50 Weeks’ Adventure.
If you’d like to “experience” the ‘50 States’ Adventure, visit kevinbparsons.blogspot.com, find the ‘archives’ button, and hit ‘50 States.’ You’ll discover over 400 entries for every day of the Adventure, and almost four thousand photos, too.
He currently lives in Brian Head, Utah, with his patient wife, Sherri.
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