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Post by feralferret on Dec 7, 2022 11:46:19 GMT -6
Didn't take Ricardo long to get there.
Thanks for the update.
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Post by sniper69 on Dec 7, 2022 17:07:33 GMT -6
Sounds like cliff visited.
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 8, 2022 9:40:28 GMT -6
The preacher and his wife was out at the farm this day, visiting and helping out. When he heard who the guy was, he caught his wife's attention and motioned for her to round up Ralph's children and move them back. The preacher was getting a vibe that Ricardo was going to be used by the Devil as an attack against Ralph and God's work here on the farm and started silently praying for Ralph. There were still 15 customers left that hadn't finished their business.
Ralph looked at Ricardo standing in front of him. He didn't look like much. Tattoos on him, some of which he recognized as prison tattoos. Ralph asked him what was it it that he supposedly had that was Ricardo's - his woman. This perked up the customers ears. Ralph told him he was mistaken, Cassie was his wife. Ricardo just smiled and then started talking to Cassie.
Ricardo – I saw you on that news segment from out here. I came out here to get you as soon as I got out of prison. Neglecting to tell her he had been out for several weeks and he had done drugs several times and spent the night with 3 different women.
Cassie – I am married now.
Ricardo – smiles and says that she is still his woman and always will be. You belong to me.
Ralph – She is my wife, now leave.
Ricardo – laughs and said to ask her who her man was.
Behind Ralph, in a low soft voice, he heard “Ricardo is my man.” People gasped at her response, knowing she was married to Ralph.
Ricardo – laughed. Then said that at least she didn't have any children with this country hick due to her having her tubes tied.
She had never told Ralph her tubes had been tied and acted sorrow each month when she didn't get pregnant.
Ricardo – and remember how much of a “bigger” man I am. You really enjoyed that “bigness” and there is no way this hayseed can match up to me in bed.
Cassie – in a low husky voice – I remember.
Ricardo – you have a rifle, shoot this country hick and we can live here.
The head vet had been hearing this and had slowly moved behind Cassie. He saw Cassie slowly moving her rifle muzzle to point in Ralph's direction. Behind Ralph, he heard several of his children scream out “NO MOMMY NO!” Then he heard a scream of pain. The head vet had seen her rifle muzzle was almost on Ralph and had reached around Cassie, 1 hand jerking the muzzle skyward, and then ripping the rifle from her grasp. Her finger had been inside the trigger guard and was broken in the movement.
Ricardo took that moment to rush at Cassie, intending to take her hostage, using her against this country hick. Ralph quick drew his Ruger GP100 from his cross draw holster. Bystanders said it was a blur, the speed he drew his revolver. Ricardo in slow motion saw 3 blossoms of fire from the muzzle and felt 3 explosions of pain in his chest as the 180 grain Hornady XTP bullets crashed into him. The head vet also shot him several times with the AR15 he took from Cassie but he was beyond feeling them.
He crashed into Cassie and his momentum caused her to fall backwards with him on top. Everyone heard a muffled gunshot and Cassie screamed again. Ralph grabbed Ricardo by the hair and jerked him off Cassie. Ricardo was definitely dead and Cassie was covered in blood. The head vet screamed for the medic and the preacher's wife was hurrying the children away to the house. The medic quickly arrived and started checking her out. Looking at Ralph, he said sorry and then ripped her blouse open. Most of the blood seemed to of come from Ricardo but then he spotted a small bullet hole. An ambulance was called and whisked her away to the hospital.
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Post by brucearmstrong65 on Dec 8, 2022 16:37:43 GMT -6
Great story to this point (as always). I was kinda hoping Cassie would work out with Ralph, but that's not the way most of iamnobody's stores go. Still a great story!
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Post by feralferret on Dec 8, 2022 18:48:38 GMT -6
I was not expecting this to unfold the way that it did.
Thanks for the new chapter.
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Post by ydderf2 on Dec 9, 2022 11:42:31 GMT -6
Glad you are feeling better. Thanks for the updates
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 9, 2022 13:18:50 GMT -6
The farm was like a beehive. The Sheriff was called for the shooting and after hearing from witnesses, it was ruled as a justifiable shooting. The Sheriff even told Ralph to bury the body somewhere because they were overloaded in town. With the preacher's wife watching over the children, Ralph eventually made it to the hospital and made arrangements for Cassie's care. It turned his stomach to even look upon her. It turns out Ricardo had the little Jennings 25 ACP in his hand when he crashed into her. It went off, sending a bullet into her abdomen. It missed all her organs but the little bullet was lodged against her spine. Ralph arranged for the best doctor at the hospital to do whatever needed done. It turned out the best doctor was a man, his wife was an RN and his adult daughter was a herbalist.
Back at the farm, Ralph made it in time for the children's bedtime and finally got them all tucked in after assuring them all that he wasn't leaving them. But before the night was over, there were 12 children camped out on his bedroom floor, so that they could be close to him. The next day, he was able to talk the preacher's wife into sitting with Cassie at the hospital. She still had not woke up from being knocked out by the fall.
Farm life had to go on, and Ralph was sitting on the porch watching all the activity. The farm stand was doing a booming business but he felt that a lot of that business today was from people wanting to “rubberneck” the shooting scene. He saw more than 1 group of customers look in his direction and then laugh. Ralph had a feeling of why they were laughing - “loser Ralph loses another wife to another man. This time to a druggie ex convict with a “big package.” The head vet had told him he was sorry for manhandling his wife but Ralph assured him he did nothing wrong, in fact done an excellent job at security.
The preacher came over and sat down with Ralph, offering him a glass of mint tea. Looking off into the distance, the preacher told him not to pay them any attention. Continuing, the preacher looked at Ralph and said that this had been a satanic attack against him for doing God's work of taking care of the poor and needy. Therefor the devil didn't like that and attacked him by using Ricardo to turn Cassie against him. He needed to remember that Cassie was the weaker vessel and fell. Also that over his years of counseling victims of abuse like Cassie had experienced, that the victim was often still mentally tied to the abuser and it was the only life they knew. It was still no excuse what Cassie had done to him, but maybe now he could see it wasn't his fault.
On the 4th day after the shooting, Ralph was at the hospital for the 1st time since arranging the doctor for her. She finally woke up, looking around and only seeing the preacher's wife sitting in a chair. She groggily asked what happened. Before the preacher's wife could say anything, Ralph walked in the room, the hate radiating from him. Cassie was taken aback, he had never shown anything but love. She asked him what had happened, her finger was in a splint and she was sore. Ralph looked at her and spat out RICARDO, “your man” remember. Your finger was broke when “your man” told you to shoot me and when your rifle muzzle was near me, your rifle was snatched from you, your finger being inside the trigger guard, it was broken. Then “your man” shot you when he crashed into you and the bullet was still in you. For your information, “your man” is dead from gunshot wounds. Ralph guaranteed it to be true this time and he had buried Ricardo himself 12 feet down so that he had a head start in his journey to Hell. Cassie was flinching every time Ralph said “your man.”
About then the doctor came in the room and told Ralph he needed to check his patient now that she was awake. He checked vitals and then started using his pen across the bottom of her feet. She felt nothing. He asked her to move her legs – nothing. Cassie had a scared look as he told her that she was paralyzed from the waist down from the bullet that had lodged against the spine. That he didn't think it was permanent but didn't know when it would heal. She was crying as the doctor left the room and the preacher's wife was comforting her.
2 days later Cassie was released to go home. The doctor and his family also traveling to the farm because they had taken Ralph up on his offer of moving there and working full time for him. The city was bad and they wanted out. Arriving at the farm, they wheeled Cassie into the house in a wheelchair. Ralph told them where her room was and then it dawned on her, it was her old room, not the master bedroom with Ralph. She said she belonged in the master bedroom with him as his wife. Ralph looked at her and said his wife died the other day when she chose “her man” over him. Cassie was wailing and had to be sedated as Ralph walked away.
Later that day, all 12 of the children took turns stopping in to see her. Cassie's oldest daughter was the last one. Looking at her mom, she asked why she hurt daddy so much. That late at night after daddy thought they were all asleep, they heard him crying and sobbing in pain and sorrow because of his deep hurt. The daughter said daddy never hurt mom nor none of the children but she chose that druggie over daddy, how could she. The daughter said daddy would always be her dad, that lowlife scum druggie was never her dad. The daughter said she had spit on the grave of him after he was buried. Then she left the room crying.
With tears in her eyes, Cassie looked at the preacher's wife sitting in the chair. “I was really stupid” “how do I fix this?” Thinking a few minutes before answering, then she said that Cassie sure had pulled a big stupid concerning Ralph. That she wasn't sure if it could be fixed. That Ralph no longer considered her his wife since she picked Ricardo. That basically she had torn down the walls of her house (marriage) with her own hands and all that was left was rubble and nothing lasting could be built on rubble. But that all things were possible through the Lord Jesus Christ. That all things worked together for good to them that loved God. Now let me talk to you of your needed salvation. You come to church with Ralph but never have you said you were a Christian.
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Post by feralferret on Dec 10, 2022 3:17:27 GMT -6
Another wonderful chapter. Thanks!
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 10, 2022 11:44:08 GMT -6
Over the remaining months of Summer, Ralph was busy having regular barracks built for the men and women. There were the field tents but they were not too warm in the Winter. The doctor and his family had brought their RV but a home for them would be easier to heat. The same for the preacher and his wife, they had also moved to the farm. Physical therapy was progressing for Cassie and she was getting used to being wheel chair bound. But she didn't like it.
She was doing her own crying at night. In frustration she asked the preacher's wife why God wasn't answering her prayer to be healed so that she could get back with Ralph. The preacher's wife wife looked at her and said that maybe it is because her prayer is selfish and only about her. That Ralph was the wronged one and the children by Cassie's actions. That Cassie had done the evil and needed to repent. Cassie opened her mouth to argue back but then stopped as she realized the preacher's wife was right. Her prayers changed from “heal me” to please heal Ralph and the children from the evil that she had done to them.
Cassie had a change of attitude and became the “servant” again like when she first came here. Along with the children, she did the cooking and cleaning for Ralph. She would make Ralph's favorite meals, wear the skirts and dresses that he used to love on her. She wore the perfume that he liked. She thought about “accidentally” brushing against him but then thought better of that idea, it would only drive him farther away. Ralph had already forbidden her from carrying a weapon, she didn't want him to have any more reasons to be mad at her.
Ralph was busy on the farm, there were crops to finish tending, produce to sell and produce to preserve. After talking with the medic, the doctor and his daughter the herbalist Ralph placed large orders for medical supplies, dried herbs and herb seeds to grow their own. He also placed orders for more high tunnels to erect on the farm, he had a feeling that he needed to be doing it. He learned long ago not to ignore those gentle prodding. He spent hours a day with all his children, making sure they were getting their homeschooling and seeing that he loved all of them. Story time in the evenings and tucked in bed. He had a lot of hate for Cassie but he was working on letting that hate go. God said to let hate go, it was bad to hang onto hate for someone, instead pray for them. He was aware of Cassie being in the room, being a servant to him and the children. And she was good at accounting and keeping track of everything coming into the farm and being used and what was being sold.
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Post by cnk479 on Dec 11, 2022 7:00:26 GMT -6
Thanks for a new piece of the story.
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 11, 2022 10:54:18 GMT -6
Cassie was able to sit in her wheel chair on the porch and see the farm stand, and it was driving her crazy. She saw numerous women trying to entice Ralph by exposing their “charms” with their loose low cut tops and spray painted on pants. She knew that she had destroyed her marriage to Ralph, and those women knew it too and were trying to get his attention. But Ralph refused to look down any of their blouses or at their backsides. He was done with the headaches of dealing with women.
A few weeks of her getting out of the hospital, the next attack came on the farm. 2 carloads of about 10 hoodlums showed up, screeching to a halt in front of the farm stand. Jumping out of the cars with their handguns held sideways like the Hollywood gangsta movies, they were demanding money. Ralph upset the farm stand table to use as cover since they had been reinforced for such occasions. He had his AR15 with the newly installed 3 round burst parts.
Cassie was on the porch and was protesting the doctor's wife the nurse wheeling her back inside the house with the children. 1 jeep roared up in front of the house as security, with its top mounted gun swiveling to cover any threats. 2 other jeeps went to the farm stand, their guns blazing at the hoodlums shooting with their handguns. Hoodlums were trying to grab the spilled money box even as their buddies were dying around them. Ralph was shooting from behind the table, the 3 round bursts of the 64 grain soft points ripping through bodies. They did a lot more damage than the fmj ammo that was in common use. Soon the attackers were all dead.
Thankfully none of the customers had been injured. Ralph had received a stone brush burn when he had ducked behind the overturned farm stand. At the evening meal, Cassie saw his wound and went to touch him but he drew away before she could and told her to serve the children's meals and then eat with them. He left the dining area.
More attacks came during the rest of the year. Ralph couldn't understand them. People were hungry and all the hoodlums were interested in was money. The Winter came roaring in with lots of snow and bitter cold. Ralph couldn't remember a Winter like this, it wasn't normal for this area. It was like someone was throwing a switch and causing this weather. Everyone at the farm made it through the Winter but with the snows and cold, no one from the city was making it to the farm stand. The preacher's wife had continued to work with Cassie on bible studies about salvation. By the late next Spring, she saw her need for salvation through Jesus Christ and accepted Jesus as her Saviour. When it warmed up some, she asked to be baptized in 1 of the ponds to which Ralph agreed.
At the appointed day everyone gathered at the pond to see her get baptized. Since she was wheel chair bound, Ralph helped the preacher carry her out into the water till it came to their waists. Before she was submerged under the water in baptism, she looked at Ralph and said she had sinned against him and caused him a deep hurt and she was sorry. Then she told the preacher she was ready. The preacher and Ralph lowered her backwards into the water until she was all under. When she was under the water, her body twisted some and she felt a “pop” in her back. As the preacher and Ralph raised her up, in amazement she stood on her own 2 feet. A little wobbly, but nevertheless, standing.
Back at the house, the doctor checked her over and said the only thing he could think of was the twisting in the water relieved the pinching on her nerve and she was no longer paralyzed. The children all gathered around her and were so happy for her. Off to the side, the preacher and Ralph gave thanks to God for her healing.
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 11, 2022 13:03:22 GMT -6
Some people think my stories of these “bad girls” are just figments of an old man's over active imagination.
But since the year 2000, I personally know 3 women who tossed aside a decent man in favor of a bad boy.
The 1st woman just had to have her ex convict boyfriend over a decent guy. Well, lets just say that after a quick dating and marriage to him, he quickly gave up his status of being an ex convict and became a convict again. She ended up chasing after a married man. I lost track of her after she moved out of the State to be with the married man. She is 60 years old now.
The 2nd woman had a decent man, dated for 2 years and she was well cared for. The man was ready to propose when she threw him aside for a bad boy drummer in a rock n roll band, into alcohol and drugs. Whirlwind romance and married. Went on the honeymoon and filed for divorce before the ink was dry on their marriage license. Now she is age 58, lives with her sister and they are still waiting on a young very rich man to come sweep them off their feet.
The 3rd woman was actually married to a decent man. She was a stay at home wife while he worked to pay the bills, even her previous bills before marriage. It didn't take long for her to start up with a bad boy who was married. He introduced her to the “swinging” scene and the woman soon threw her husband aside. She is in a very bad place in her life nowadays. She is age 60 now.
As you know, I live in a rural conservative area. That is 3 women that I personally know of.
Am I just living in a very unlucky place for the number of bad women??
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Post by feralferret on Dec 11, 2022 14:56:44 GMT -6
"Am I just living in a very unlucky place for the number of bad women??"
Sadly probably not. The population (both genders) in general has turned away from God and morals. The level of selfishness and impatience these days is overwhelming. They are self-serving and narcissistic. They believe in "do what you want", and have no regard for the impact of their actions on others.
Thanks for the chapter.
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 12, 2022 9:13:36 GMT -6
Ralph had his people expand the planting on the farm, they doubled what they grew before. They doubled the number of chickens, ducks, pigs and beef. People were hurting in the cities with the officials being in charge of food distribution. It seemed that if you were part of the officials, you ate good but everyone else was getting the leftover crumbs. But this was nothing new. Throughout history the people in charge had always took the “cream” off the top and the regular people got what little was left. People used to say that could never happen here in the US, but it was now very plain to see. Government was corrupt and the more power they got, the more corruption there was. Local, State or federal government, it all was stinking.
Fewer people were coming to the farm stand. The ones still coming said the city officials were “discouraging” people from traveling out to the farm. Gas became in short supply and then word came that electricity had been shut off in the city except for homes of officials. No electricity meant no running water or lights. Ralph started selling the water filters and candles he had stockpiled to help the poor people. Also ammo was no longer available so he started selling ammo, but he didn't sell it by the box. He sold it by the round. In the city, the officials were casting their eyes towards the farm.
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Post by kansasterri on Dec 12, 2022 15:51:45 GMT -6
As you know, I live in a rural conservative area. That is 3 women that I personally know of.
Am I just living in a very unlucky place for the number of bad women?? You mean you only know of three?!?!?!? I would say that there are many more in your area that you have not heard of. Alas, adultery is nothing new, and some people honestly do not CARE about morality. From a woman's point of view, look at the wealthy men with "trophy wives" who are 30 years younger than they are. What do you think happened to their old wives? ? I know of 2 long-term marriages that broke up because the men were sleeping around, and I am dead sure that there are more(I rarely hear the man's point of view. I am more likely to gossip with women than with men) . In both cases while the men spoke of things like "she is not Christian enough" and the wife being "crazy", it was pretty obvious what had happened. This area is not THAT big, and a married man should not have a different "wife" in each of the 2 churches he belongs to. Word WILL eventually get back to his legal wife. It was pretty hard on both sets of kids. Not only were their parents breaking up, everybody KNEW including their friends and relatives. I suspect that a lot of authors draw plot their books from real life. Because truth really is stranger than fiction
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Post by kansasterri on Dec 12, 2022 16:04:09 GMT -6
Hmm. The site will not allow me to edit my post: I wanted to add that your "bad boy" was believable, and that your female lead was reasonable as well: few people get out of that kind of situation without believing the junk that they have been told for years. Having your female lead mess up SOMEWHERE makes her MORE believable, not less.
Thank you for your chapter: I am enjoying the story
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 13, 2022 10:35:13 GMT -6
Government officials, whether they are elected or appointed, whether they are local, State or federal, most of them as soon as they are in office, they start accumulating power for themselves. They supposedly are there to serve the people but quickly they turn it around to where they think the people are there to serve and obey them. The big city government was no exception. Even though they were 30 miles away from the farm, the officials saw it as a gem to be plucked for their own use. They had their lawyers draw up “legal” paperwork to annex the farm as part of the city and then had one of the liberal judges sign off on it. Those lowly farmers were to be served with annexation papers and be evicted immediately off the farm. The federal government over the years had gifted the city government with military equipment. They had a lot of M4s, ammo, grenades, several Humvee and a Bradley. The city mayor was leading this caravan of 30 SWAT and police to the farm. He wanted to personally hand the eviction papers to this “hayseed” that had been a thorn in his side for a few years.
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Post by cnk479 on Dec 13, 2022 10:39:28 GMT -6
Thanks for the the little tid bit looks like it's about to get interesting on the farm
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Post by gipsy on Dec 13, 2022 15:43:44 GMT -6
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Post by bluefox2 on Dec 13, 2022 20:27:36 GMT -6
Government officials, whether they are elected or appointed, whether they are local, State or federal, most of them as soon as they are in office, they start accumulating power for themselves. They supposedly are there to serve the people but quickly they turn it around to where they think the people are there to serve and obey them. The big city government was no exception. Even though they were 30 miles away from the farm, the officials saw it as a gem to be plucked for their own use. They had their lawyers draw up “legal” paperwork to annex the farm as part of the city and then had one of the liberal judges sign off on it. Those lowly farmers were to be served with annexation papers and be evicted immediately off the farm. The federal government over the years had gifted the city government with military equipment. They had a lot of M4s, ammo, grenades, several Humvee and a Bradley. The city mayor was leading this caravan of 30 SWAT and police to the farm. He wanted to personally hand the eviction papers to this “hayseed” that had been a thorn in his side for a few years. So, the mayor is ricardo on steroids? Obviously he is an idjit.
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Post by feralferret on Dec 13, 2022 20:47:05 GMT -6
Fire up the fan. The bucket of "stuff" is already ready.
Thanks for another chapter.
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Post by ydderf2 on Dec 14, 2022 12:39:22 GMT -6
Thanks
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Post by iamnobody on Dec 15, 2022 14:19:27 GMT -6
Ralph was manning the farm stand when he heard the sound of a lot of vehicles coming in the distance. As a precaution he sounded the alarm over the radio that all adults carried with them at all times. The alarm sent, the people were scrambling to get ready. Inside the house was Cassie, the preacher's wife and the children were going into defense mode. Cassie was banned from having a weapon but the preacher's wife had an AR15 and all the children had their Ruger 10/22s.
Ralph saw several vehicles come to a stop, several vans and even a Bradley. A bunch of men wearing SWAT and police across their chest got out, headed by a man he recognized as the mayor of the city. The mayor and a man with him dressed in clothes that screamed lawyer approached him. The lawyer gave him a stack of papers with Eviction written across the top. The mayor with a big smirk on his face said the city was annexing the farm and “you hayseeds” had 1 hour to leave the farm. And they were to leave all those “pretty children” behind, they were now wards of the city. Ralph laughed and told them to leave and never come back.
Ralph felt a burning pain in his side, he tried stepping back several steps and tripped. He fell backwards and the last he remembered was a blinding light and a pain in the back of his head. Cassie saw Ralph go down and she sprinted out the door towards him as the preacher's wife yelled at her to come back. She reached Ralph just in time to hear gunfire break out. She grabbed Ralph and dragged him behind a cement planter he had fell against. She yelled for the medic and then took off the AR15 strapped to his body. Bullets were starting to ping off of the cement planter that she had dragged Ralph behind.
She heard people from the farm start shooting and all 4 Humvee that Ralph had “liberated” came roaring into the fight with their guns firing. The attackers were trying to make an advance. Cassie's training kicked in that her and Ralph had got from the gun trainers. The medic was slowly working his way towards her but the gunfire was slowing him down. Cassie was squeezing off 3 round bursts at the men trying to come at her. The attackers had bullet proof vests and she quickly aimed for their groins which had no protection. She already had shot 2 of the attackers.
The vets from the farm were rallying the defense. They organized the defense and had several people with grenade launchers and a few with rocket launchers. The rocket launchers took out the vans and were maneuvering to take out the Bradley. The Bradley didn't have the normal weapons they were outfitted with in the military but the attackers were trying to use it as cover to advance. Cassie was still firing and protecting Ralph. The attackers had seen Ralph go down and were trying to push through there as an advantage. She was like a grizzly bear, she already had 5 attackers down in front of her.
The medic had finally been able to reach her position and started treating Ralph. He found a through and through bullet hole in his abdomen, which he bandaged. He saw a gash on his head from where he had fell against the cement planter. Cassie saw the mayor crouching behind a car, trying to force the attackers against the farm. She took careful aim at his exposed foot and sent a 3 round burst into it. All 3 rounds of the 64 grain soft points hit his foot, basically pulverizing it. The mayor was screaming in pain and at his attackers to get him and retreat back to the city.
Of the 30 men that came, only 10 men and the mayor left. In front of Cassie's position were the bodies of 9 men. She had been like an enraged grizzly bear in her protection of Ralph. The head vet was there watching as they got Ralph onto a stretcher to take to their field hospital. Cassie took the magazine out of the rifle and extracted the round from the chamber, then handed the rifle to the vet saying she couldn't keep the rifle. She was along side the stretcher as they took Ralph to the doctor in the field hospital.
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Post by CountryGuy on Dec 15, 2022 14:29:09 GMT -6
The Lord does work in mysterious ways...
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Post by feralferret on Dec 16, 2022 2:10:21 GMT -6
Cassie the Berserker!
Thanks for the outstanding chapter.
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