He used to joke how he always wore a precision wrist watch whose name brand was two syllables and ended in an X. Since being separated from the army h...’d gotten involved with some bad characters. He’d become what some would call a hired killer, a torpedo. For the right money he’d get rid of someone’s problem, especially if the problem was a person. This girl had been one of those people someone wanted removed, and removed permanently. He’d watched her for some time, and realized she was a. I dont know. Ive been kind of upset. I said. Oh. We walked in silence the rest of the way to my house. We got inside and the last thing I knew was him bringing me water. I guess I blacked out or something because I dont remember what happened next. I woke up the next morning and heard the shower going. I assumed it was my mom showering before work, but I remembered that they werent home. I got out of bed and put some clothes on. I knocked on the door of my bathroom and the shower turned off. A. I have homework to do.”I kissed him. My special, special man. “Kidding. Tonight, if you want. Sorry. I really had the wind knocked out of me somehow. All the time dreaming about it, and when it happened, I couldn’t answer. I’m OK. Now. Yes, I want to marry you. Badly. Completely. Yes. Thank you.” I kissed him again. He picked me up, turned and sat in my chair with me in his lap. He rocked me in his arms. I couldn’t see him, but I felt a tear fall on my forehead. My boy was crying. He was crying. A minute and a half later, the shooting was over and the interlopers were either dead or wounded.Ling turned on all of the floodlights. The police moved in to subdue the wounded and bag the dead. John and Ed went outside to meet the police chief. Tiger came directly to them and walked along side of them.John walked up to the chief and said, “Hello, Chief.”“Shit, John! You tore some of these bastards up real good. Cut them in half along with the cars.”“Sorry, we sent out a dummy and they shot.