SOCIAL STUDIES, BOOK TWO - Shattered and Broken

 SOCIAL STUDIES, BOOK TWO  - Shattered and Broken - an excerpt

No Mercy for Magdalena - Page 69 - 70  (one of 12 stories in this short story anthology)

I felt I had no choice. I moved into the circle with Katie.  I removed my pretty yellow sundress and danced topless. The boys, including Andreas, circled us and I felt their filthy hands on my body. Where is the gun, I wondered. It did not appear that Andreas was carrying it nor did it appear that one of the other boys had a gun. As I danced I looked around. Then I saw the gun lying on a shelf on the barn's wall behind where Andreas was dancing.

Without motioning or saying anything to Katie I knew what I had to do. I danced toward Andreas. I danced as provocatively as I could. I wanted to make sure that he noticed nothing and no one but me. I danced close to his tall, lean, blue-jeaned body and I moved in such a way that he began to dance backward toward the wall.

"Let's be alone," I whispered in his ear.

Oh, yes, he liked my suggestion.  Once we were close enough to the back wall of the barn I reached out both my arms to put them around the neck of the handsome Andreas. It wasn't difficult. I soon had the gun in my hand.

"Move it!" I shouted.

Gun in hand I ordered the boys to stand together in the centre of the barn. "Come over here, Katie," I yelled.

With Katie standing behind me it was all I could do to keep my hand from shaking in order to keep it pointed where it needed to be; at the heart of Andreas Christakos. When I looked into his eyes, I saw no fear. I saw only mockery and amusement. He knows I won't shoot him. But do I? ......................

SOCIAL STUDIES, BOOK TWO - Shattered and Broken is an anthology of short stories focused on contemporary social issues available on all Amazon sites.  You will find it on my author's page at https://amazon.com/author/audreyaustin

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