Unbinding Love: InD'tale's Serial Mystery: Season Finale

Carolyn Ridder
Aspenson

Mel pulled back the top of the gun, held it in her hands, and aimed it right at the window.The two fedoras backed up but didn’t back down.They drew their guns and when the first shot blasted through the window, I dropped down and screamed for my mother louder than I’d ever screamed before.I heard the glass shatter onto the ground along with the loud thud of bodies slamming against concrete. When one of the men screamed, “Get the hell off me!” and the other one shriek a streak of curse words followed by, “I’m hit, I’m hit!” I figured Mel’s shot made contact. I peeked over the edge of the car door and saw my mother hovering above them flicking her wrist.“You don’t mess with my kid, ya hear?” She shook her finger at the men and their guns slid at least five feet across the ground. She kept her finger steadied on them, and they couldn’t move. I was impressed. The man on top made an effort to move but couldn’t. “What the hell? Someone help me.” I glanced back at Mel. “I think you hit one of them.” She was still holding the gun, her eyes focused on it. “Holy crap. Did I?” “You okay?”

Read this final finale installment of the frolicking, fun mystery in the June 2016 issue of InD'Tale magazine.

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