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BILL CADY Word Count: 149,227 - At My Friend's Place

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Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 197<br />

steps to the raised porch, on the left side of the house, as you faced it. <strong>My</strong> Dad was in the<br />

yard, fifteen feet away, by a tree close to the sidewalk. That Danny asshole, the one who<br />

threw that big hammer at me, was in the driveway on my right, next to the raised porch<br />

with railings and vertical slats. Curt had a gun aimed at my old man. A handgun.<br />

Son-of-a-bitch! This shit‟s getting serious as hell in a hurry! “Dad, go on home.<br />

I‟ve got it.” I started circling Curt as I spoke, moving in front of my old man, in case the<br />

guy took a shot before I was ready. Shit, if I started it, I should be the one to take any<br />

bullets they fired, right?<br />

Danny, who scurried across the length of the porch there in the grassless front<br />

yard, got behind Curt, then moved out by the sidewalk.<br />

“Dad, get the hell out of here!” I kept circling. Moving closer to the porch at<br />

every step. Curt now had the gun aimed at me, so I figured my old man was safe, as long<br />

as he got his ass out of there, anyway. However, he‟d been paralyzed with fear since the<br />

moment that handgun appeared. He hadn‟t moved an inch.<br />

Fuckin‟ wonderful! Now I‟ve got a hostage situation to worry about, and the<br />

freakin‟ hostage won‟t even run when I put my ass on the line! Shit! <strong>At</strong> a loss for<br />

anything else to do, I followed my street training, and what I‟d learned as a loyal J. W.<br />

Sexton student. I pulled out my straight razor. “I‟m gonna cut you bad, asshole, and<br />

watch you bleed to death right here.”<br />

Evidently, Curt Brown believed me, because he fired a shot. The gun looked like<br />

a .22, and I saw the flash when it fired, but didn‟t feel anything. Even drunk as a skunk, I<br />

thought I oughta feel something if I‟d been shot, but there was nothing.<br />

I was wearing blue jeans and a Madras shirt, something very popular back then,<br />

Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963

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