Tara's Other Side

by YodaOnCrack

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But the gun didn’t fire. The trigger clicked empty and the man was on top of her as soon as he heard the sound. His 230 lbs. of Old Milwaukee-fed bulk was straddling her in a reversal of their last, fatal pose.

“Get off of me! I wasn’t gonna kill you, you bastard. Get off me! I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe, damn it! I mean it!”

He pulled the gun out of her hand and took the clip out. “Just what the hell are you doing waving a gun around like that? You want to get killed? I could kill you, you know. Self defense.”

“Screw you!”

“What’s in the purse?” he asked.

“Leave me alone! None of your business, bastard!”

“You sure like that word, don’t you? Here, lets take a look. Don’t even think about moving!” He rifled through her purse and pulled out a dinged up Ipod Nano and turned it on with his thumb, scrolling through the song list and laughing out loud.

“Put it back!”

“What the hell? Barry Mannilow? Pretty mellow stuff for a killer! But you ain’t a killer, are you? What’s your name?”

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Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Tara's Other Side

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Bit of a reversal. So interesting all the different points of view and directions taken with this little protagonist.

  2. Tara's Other Side

    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted about 1 month ago

    There wasn’t too much intensity, wouldn’t you agree? The reader needs a release now and again to make it all seem more real. This ficlet is an attempt to set up a human to human interaction between Tara Fairbanks and the man – Benjamin Emmons.

  3. Tara's Other Side

    YodaOnCrack's Buddy Icon YodaOnCrack

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I meant to say there “WAS too much intensity above” by the way…..

  4. Tara's Other Side

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I love this. You know, when I wrote the prequel to this I didn’t see the old man dying when the gun went off. This is what I love about ficlets – every story has multiple possibilities, different doorways that can be opened.
    LoA

  5. Tara's Other Side

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted about 1 month ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    BTW I keep trying to give this five stars but the rating system seems to be down…

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