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    Opposing Force
    Opposing Force
    Opposing Force
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    Opposing Force

    By Gregory Coffin

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    Part 2 of the Justified Trilogy

    Dominique Justice is taking her six-year-old daughter Danielle out to the family cabin where her husband Daemon is finishing getting things ready; it's a three-day weekend and the last of the winter snow has melted. Before going out to the cabin, Dominique wants to fill up the gas tank and to get some treats for her and Danielle. As they move to the back of the store, a group of robbers enter the store and block the only exit.

    A female accomplice of the group takes control as she goes to the back to get to the safe. The remaining accomplices, both men, remain in front and tell the rest of the patrons to begin to file into the cooler. Dominique and the robbers can't see each other with a clear line of sight, and are using a convex security mirror to see the other.

    As the robbers get ready to file everyone into the cooler, a couple of new customers, a man and a woman, arrive. The leader reasserts for Dominique and Danielle to join the rest in the cooler. Dominique refuses for her or Danielle to enter the cooler. And while the new customers are placed with the other patrons, Dominique takes advantage of the diversion to call the police on her cell.

    As she speaks, the robbers see she is talking on the phone and the robber guarding the door and the female rush Dominique. She reaches into her purse and pulls out her pistol and fires at the two rushing robbers. The door guard she scares off; the female she kills.

    With the death of the female robber, the leader vows to kill Dominique. The last two robbers begin to surround Dominique and Danielle. Again, she fires at the robbers, but the leader advances with the woman new customer as a human shield. Not hearing anything from his other accomplice, the leader decides to try and kill Danielle, keeping his shield before him as he fires at Dominique's daughter.

    Dominique has to react to the one trying to kill her daughter, but is hiding behind an innocent bystander.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGregory Coffin
    Release dateSep 11, 2012
    ISBN9780985980641
    Opposing Force
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    Gregory Coffin

    Morality first; pragmatism second.I have earned PhD in Psychology (cognitive and evolutionary focus), and a Masters of Science in Forensic Psychology.Contributor in Volume 1, 2013 of The Voluntary Voice.My 4 fiction books (Sterling Honor, The Gospel of Reason, A Social Carol, and The Justified Trilogy) are available as audiobooks at Audible.com, and in print at Amazon.com.

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      Opposing Force

      Gregory Coffin

      Copyright © 2012 by Gregory Coffin

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      The sun shone brightly, as it approached its zenith. The bright blue backdrop of the Earth had only small, intermittent streaks of white as cirrus clouds faded. It was a gorgeous day all around and the sky reflected a portion of it. The wind slowly changed from slight to nonexistent and back, with the air neither too humid nor too arid; it was a beautiful Saturday morning nearing noon. The temperature was warm and the mercury in thermometers continued climbing.

      Cars with their windows open lined the streets as people wanted the sweet fresh air to fill their nostrils; it is a savory and intoxicating scent, especially to those who had missed it. Spring had arrived; the last of the winter snow had finished melting.

      Dominique Justice drove along, letting the breeze flow into her new Lincoln Navigator. She enjoyed the enveloping sensation of her blonde hair, whipped by the wind, as it formed golden bands across the soft white skin of her neck. With one small hand firmly gripping the steering wheel, she slid the fingers on her other hand to the rhythms of a Beethoven symphony. When at a stop, waiting for the red light to change, she looked over to the passenger seat. Her eyes, light blue with a hint of gray, lovingly looked down at one of the two

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