She had noticed that the air conditioning kept cutting out going up inclines, or when she pulled out to pass, which was often. She wasn’t sure, but ...t seemed to her that lately it was spending far more time on the high side of center. She cursed that fool of an ex-boyfriend for selling her this car the year before. The fact that she had almost hounded Frank into it against his better judgment was beside the point. She should have known better than to take the word of a man, and a weak one at. The three friends were standing at the end of the bar and the infuriated Chuck dodged around the corner and headed for the bartender, his face red with anger. Without a thought the bartender pulled his shotgun from under the bar, shoved it into Chuck’s belly and pulled the trigger.After the loud explosion blood and parts of his spine blew out Chuck’s back and a surprised look came over his face as he dropped to the floor. His friends stood there in shock then one of them bent over and threw up. "Tell me Jan what have you been doing since you left the club after your husband's decline?" She was silent for a few moments and then told him, at first hesitant but then as he show an interest the up's and down's that she had experienced. She told him that the loss of her husband had put her into deep depression, which resulted in her being hospitalized for a number of weeks. She told him of the loss of her job and finally the bank had taken back the home that she and her husband had been. In eluding him, however Idipped a wing and fell straight into the frigid water. The shark triedto bite me again, but started twitching and then died. My toxin had doneits work. But I wasn't safe yet. My abnormal skin did protect me frommost of the cold, but still, I was losing a lot of warmth quickly. Itried to rise up from the water, but because of the cold and with thedifficulty of flying out of water I just couldn't do it.I swam awkwardly towards the shore, till I got the bright idea of.