Harvey stopped pumping gas long enough to take a bullet to the chest.

The man stood over him and asked where the money was.

He assured Harvey that, if he helped out, he'd call 911 and get an ambulance here as soon as he had cash in hand.

Harvey assumed, something no one should ever do.

Harvey told the man where the money was.

The man put a second bullet in Harvey.

First thing you find out is that your lost dog is dead; that's what the neighbor lady says.



The next thing you find out is that your girlfriend isn't your girlfriend; she's a dude that had a sex change five years ago, used to go by the name of Phil.



And then you find out she/he has been fucking around the neighborhood. You wonder if he/she's been with the neighbor lady that told you about your dead dog.



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He brought his fingers to the stinging flesh of his scratched cheek and the tips came away blood red, the result of his attempt to slip his hand into the waistband of her sweatpants.

He put his fingers in his mouth, licking away the vital bodily fluid, and smiled sickly.

"Feisty bitch, ain't ya?" he said.

"I'm more than that," she said, burying the knife in his stomach.

She had thought she could escape, buy herself a moment's peace,…

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At three thirty in the morning, it was eighty-five degrees.

Lela was naked, sleepless, seated in the darkness on her porch swing, sipping lemonade and fanning herself, sick of this heatwave that had lasted four days now and no end in sight.

Her body was curvy, voluptuous, the desire of many men, the envy of many women, a fact that delighted her and made her many adversaries at the same time.

The gunshot came from her left at three thirty-two,…

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