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Short Story : Chapter 2

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I sit at the kitchen table going over the eviction papers. But we have done nothing wrong I think in my head. My husband John paces beside me furrowing his brow. “I just don't understand. Why us? Why would they come after us?!” exclaims John.
“I don’t have a clue either, but maybe we should go.” I reply.
“No. Just no! I will not answer to some white supremacy group who think they are better than us. I just simply won’t do it Constance!” he yells.
“Now John, stop your screaming! I will not have anyone talk to me like that.” I say sternly.
“I know, I know, I’m sorry, but there is absolutely no reason for us to be evicted. I work hard from dawn to dusk, and you take care of Lily May! There isn’t even any time for us to misbehave!” says John. …show more content…

I stumble back towards the chest on the dinner table. Slowly I reach for the key which unlocks the chest.
“Don’t make another move or I will slit his throat and yours.” one of the men threatens.
“No!” John screams. The man holding the knife brushes it ever so slightly on John’s neck, breaking skin. Dark blood trickles down from the cut. I glare into the man’s eyes.
“Since when are you allowed to tell me what I can and can’t do?” I ask, trying to distract them while I open the chest. I take the key and slide it into the keyhole in the chest, my hand shaking.
“When we have the knife, and the power to kill you, we can do anything we want.” one man replies.
The man holding the knife digs it farther into John’s neck. John grits his teeth, and groans. One of the men kick him hard in his gut.
“Quiet!” he yells “I believe whoever has the gun has the power to tell people what to do.” I snap. My hand reaches into the chest, my fingers gripping the cold metal of the pistol. I whip the gun in front of me, ready to shoot at any moment. The men jump back, startled by my actions. They drop John onto the ground. He doubles over from the impact. The man with the knife begins making his way over to me, but not before John jumps behind him, wraps his arm around the man’s neck, and brings him to the ground. The other men are about to attack him, when my instinct kicks in. Bam. Bam. The men fall to the ground, lifeless. I breathe out harshly a breath I didn’t realize I was

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