CHAPTER 13 - ULTIMATUM
Max sat on his porch next to Ian with one of the town’s nurses looking over his wounds. The newly minted friends watched as the paramedics finished up their work from checking over Ian and the other people Max had patched up in the early hours of the...
CHAPTER 9 - FIRESIDE CHATS
Plates were cleaned and a cast iron pan was seasoned and hung above the wood powered stove, leaving the couple to sit silently on Max’s small yet comfortable loveseat. Sig and Sauer had laid down in the late night on Max’s bed and were quickly asleep...
CHAPTER 21 - HELL HATH NO FURY
Snow fell silently in the dark clearing at the base of the mountain, a frozen over river providing the only light sounds of moving water under the thin layer of ice a bit away from where Max stood. A lit cigarette held in a black gloved hand with his...
CHAPTER 14 - QUESTIONS
The following day had a slow start. Max didn’t get any rest until a decent amount of patchwork was done on his home with the door being replaced and Eli being able to keep a decent core body temperature without being relegated to beside the wood stove...
CHAPTER 11 - CALM BEFORE THE STORM
“Favorite movie?” “It's between Shaw Shank and Top Gun Mav. Really it's hard to choose since they're so good for different reasons.” Max moved the large quantity of supplies from the back of his car out into the recently snow cleared yard. His dogs...
CHAPTER 15 - COMING CLEAN
Days passed in silence between the three as tensions between Eli and Max were still high. They had talked about what happened but the unhappy ending between the father and daughter had soured their moods back to before the confrontation. They talked...
CHAPTER 12 - SOW THE WIND AND REAP THE TEMPEST
The evening sun painted the sky in a vibrant mix of gold, pinks, and blues. Mother nature using the sky as her tapestry of color and beauty, seemingly ignorant of the three stressed individuals lounging and going through final checks of their gear....
CHAPTER 19 - TURNING THE KEYS
The clatter and sizzle of utensils searing up bacon, hashbrowns and eggs sang to the morbid couple. A quaint diner met them as they sat across from each other, black and white pictures of the town of Jackson from its early history. It was the perfect...
CHAPTER 16 - CROSSROADS
The three friends sat at the small cafe where the confrontation began. Coffee sat cooling on their table as they stayed silent in the nearly empty cafe, tension high as they waited for Ian's mother and father to arrive. The hot beverages left untouched...
CHAPTER 20 - FUNDEMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING
Noah was sitting inside the small recently repaired home staring at the stag across from him, cleaning his old and trustworthy 1911 before dropping the slide and making the stag jump. “Bud quit scaring him, he’s here to make up for his mistakes....
Chapter 23 - RETRIBUTION
Max slipped in and out of consciousness, his mind desperately trying to hold onto any semblance of awareness to his current surroundings. Dark streets with orange lights illuminating the snow, his best friend shaking him trying to keep him awake....