Shadow of the Gun

Summary

People said I was bobcat mean, but they had no idea what he was like. The old man was one of those people who could smile when he was facing you, then turn into an animal when your back was turned. I guess that was why Ma married him after Pa died. Not that she wanted to, it was just that she didn’t have much choice, not with pa gone and her stuck with a small kid and a broken down farm.

It was almost four years ago come November that Pa had started spitting up blood. It was just a few small spots at first, then they got bigger and he was coughing up a steady stream. Then one morning, he didn’t get out of bed. Not long after that, I was digging his grave.

©2017 J.S. Stroud (P)2018 Rusty Spur Publishing