{"id":7239,"date":"2011-02-05T20:39:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T04:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?page_id=7239"},"modified":"2011-02-05T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T04:39:16","slug":"chapter-59","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?page_id=7239","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 59"},"content":{"rendered":"

the sound: <\/strong>The Who \u2013 Eminence Front<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Alice Cooper \u2013 No More Mr. Nice Guy<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Paul McCartney and Wings \u2013 Helen Wheels<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>John Lennon \u2013 Mind Games<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Faces \u2013 Oh La La<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Bachman Turner Overdrive \u2013 Takin Care of Business<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Steve Winwood feat Eric Clapton \u2013 Dirty City<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Robert continued to move as he rose slowly to stand before me, hands on his hips. Greybeard stayed beside me and when Robert leaned forward to make a grab for my jacket front Grey slapped his hand away and told him to \u201cleave off\u201d. Grey\u2019s hand came to rest lightly on my knee and for once I kept my big trap shut about my personal space.<\/p>\n

Someone cleared their throat across the room and I looked up from Grey\u2019s hand on my knee to see a very young, rather timid Dr standing in the doorway. He looked so scared it would not have surprised me in the least to have been able to see his knee\u2019s knocking together from where I was sitting.<\/p>\n

I smiled as Grey rose to stand beside Robert, two massive hulking men looming over this poor young medic\u2026\u201cbetcha he wishes he was on the day shift\u201d I thought just as he began to speak.<\/p>\n

The young Dr seemed to find himself as he talked\u2026\u201cMr. Kirkpatrick is in surgery; the bullet entered his left buttock and traveled through to exit at his groin, just barely nicking his femoral artery. Had it been a hair\u2019s breath closer to the artery he\u2019d have not lasted long enough to get him here \u2013 he\u2019d have bled out before you could have got him into the truck\u2026.as it was he\u2019s lost a massive amount of blood. How it missed his pelvic bone on the way through is beyond me\u2026.anyway\u2026only your quick thinking in getting him here and your sister\u2019s having kept her finger in the hole in his groin thereby slowing the bleeding saved him.\u201d<\/p>\n

I smiled at him, \u201cand Rosie?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s resting comfortably\u201d was his reply, \u201cwe had to sedate her to keep her from following Mr. Kirkpatrick into the operating room. She\u2019ll be right as rain after some rest.\u201d He turned on his heel and marched briskly away.<\/p>\n

I looked up at the two men standing before me as Snot approached us. Both men looked white and scared, but as I watched I could see them visibly relax and begin to gain color.<\/p>\n

Snot asked Robert \u201cwho should go get Wizard and the boys?\u201d Robert just looked at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should\u201d I said, as Robert and Grey both sat down abruptly, kinda like they\u2019d lost their legs. Grey reached his hand into his pocket and came out with the truck keys \u201cwash the truck and pick up the boys\u201d he said to Snot. \u201cand pickup some food\u201d I added and then shrunk back when Grey\u2019s head snapped around to look at me.<\/p>\n

\u201cwell?\u201d I said, \u201cit\u2019s not like we\u2019re not goin anywhere are we?\u201d I blurted<\/p>\n

\u201cno\u2026yer right Baby\u201d he said as he turned to Snot \u201csend one of the girls for some grub too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snot hesitated and looked to Robert who was sitting with his elbows on his knees and his head in his big hands. Robert nodded and Snot turned away to make plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s right you know\u201d Grey said quietly to Robert.<\/p>\n

Robert sighed and nodded again\u2026\u201dya, I know\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cwell you are gonna be the one to tell Mama\u201d\u2026hissed Grey\u2026You are gonna be the one to march right into the big house and tell Mrs.K you shot her baby boy in the ass and god damn near killed him!\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert slumped further down in his seat and didn\u2019t reply.<\/p>\n

{ a quick word from Wyz: because it’s come up in conversations with those of you that read my blog and know me…I feel a need to state for you, my faithful readers, that although this happened in my life…the timeline has been distorted for storytelling purposes. Because really? what kind of fun reading would it be for you if I posted 17 consecutive chapters that simply said: “today we got drunk” or “today we went grocery shopping” or “today we went to the dump”? (as opposed to The Dump?}<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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