Dan Brawner
Stories (53/0)
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - Chap. 46
The grogginess was now gone, and Marshall was fully back to his senses. Lawrence had the pistol jammed hard into the side of his head, but the youth still knew he had to do something. He couldn’t count on anyone else saving Jenny and himself. If they did, fine. But he wasn’t about to turn the saving of his, and especially his little sister’s life, over to anyone else.
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - Chap. 44
Gerald saw everything from his vantage point in the alleyway. He saw Lawrence speed by toward his place, then he saw the cops head east toward the Ridge and finally, he saw Marshall’s Dad turn toward the south, right beside where he stood.
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - Chap. 43
“Ere they go.” Lawrence said to his Katie as he pointed at the two figures walking away from the ditched police sedan. He and his daughter had been waiting six miles south of Wynne at a village called Colt. They knew that they would be driving up from Forrest City and wanted to grab Marshall before he got to Wynne. The snow, however, had thrown a kink in their plan.
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - Chap. 42
Barnes was playing a hunch. After talking to Lampkin and Talmadge, they had decided that once Lawrence left to come to town, the girl might have been kept there as insurance. They figured she would either be there alone or with just one of the girls, probably Sally, who they agreed was the more civil of the two.
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - Chap. 41
“I want you to stay here tonight,” Carl told Edna. It was 6:30 and the two youngest Bentwood boys along with the two remaining girls were at the supper table with their parents. Carl knew that she wouldn’t protest with the children sitting there.
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - Chap. 39
“Can I have a drink of water.” Jenny Bentwood asked Katie Lawrence her guard at the moment. “Ya don’t need no water,” Katie snapped. “Gotta carry ya to outhouse too much as it is. So just shut up and go back to sleep.”
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction
The Ridge: The Whisper of the Leaves - 37
As it turned out, “Johnny” was Ranger John Conners of the Texas Rangers. And Molly was the secretary of the Ranger’s office in Longview some twenty miles away. As a precaution, Conners cuffed Marshall behind his back and put him in the front seat with him.
By Dan Brawner2 years ago in Fiction