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    Solitary Man
    Solitary Man
    Solitary Man
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    Solitary Man

    By R. Richard

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    I get my cart and start out for the farmer’s market. It’s a little bit of a pain, but only for a few more weeks. I walk down the road and then turn off, for the farmer’s market. I get to the farmer’s market and then begin my usual buying path.
    The usual vendor still has the good Idaho potatoes. I get what I need, pay the lady, and put the potatoes on my cart.
    Big Billy comes over and grabs my right arm.
    I tell the boy, “Let go of my arm.”
    Billy squeezes my arm as hard as he can and tells me, “I aint gonna let go, until you talk to me.” (He gives me a big, power grin.)
    I rotate my upper body and put a big left hook into Billy’s solar plexus. I block his right hand punch, then uppercut into just below his heart, then another big left hook into his teeth.
    Billy goes down, like the sack of shit that he is.
    Out of nowhere, two city scumbags trot up and they want to arrest me.
    I tell the dumb duo, “I’m charging Billy with assault and battery. I’m going to wheel my cart down to the Court House and file charges. If you want to stop me, call for help.”
    The two city scumbags eye me.
    I wheel my cart down to the Court House and try to file charges. (One of the scumbags comes along with me.)
    No one at the Court House wants to deal with me. I tell the Court House people, “I’ll just file my charges at the state level.”
    I ask my scumbag watcher, “Do you want to try to arrest me, all by yourself?” (By now, we have picked up a couple of news reporters.) I lecture my scumbag watcher, “I have been assaulted and battered by a boy, larger than I am. I black out, during periods of violence, so I have no idea what happened after I was assaulted and battered. I want to settle the matter in a court of law. Apparently, the forces of law and order in this town want to try vigilante justice. Assuming that your police are organized to the point where you have a Supervisor, I’m requesting that I can talk with said Supervisor, now. I also want to talk with whoever runs the police here, assuming that such person exists. I also want to talk with the Mayor. If you want to try vigilante justice, I’ll try to defend myself.”
    The scumbag says, “You’re just looking for trouble, aren’t you?”
    I lecture, the boy, “I went to the farmer’s market, to buy food. At the farmer’s market, I was assaulted and battered by one Billy. Billy was larger than I am and he assaulted and battered me, for no reason. I have suffered assault and injury. I want to have a hearing in a court of law. If you have arrested Billy, we can have a hearing right away. If you have not arrested Billy, why are you not protecting my rights?”
    The scumbag says, “I’m gonna have to arrest you.”
    I reply, “Then you can just deal with my lawyer.” I pull a small device from my pocket and speak into my device. I summarize the situation, including the several witnesses.
    My device then cites several legal paragraphs and several precedents.
    The scumbag pulls his pistol and says, “I don’t know what you’re trying to pull, but you’re under arrest.”
    I lecture the scumbag, “Every word that you say is recorded by my lawyer. You can’t really shoot an unarmed man. Get your Supervisor in here, NOW!”
    (The scumbag is an incompetent. Even a competent person has trouble when dealing with an unknown situation. Incompetent boy can’t deal with the situation at all, except to threaten me with his pistol.) I lecture scumbag boy, “I’m a citizen, going about his daily business. As a citizen, I have certain rights. You are a sworn police officer. You have certain rules to follow. You have drawn your pistol and threatened a citizen, when said citizen poses no threat to you. You have been observed, by the press, while violating police policy. Get your Supervisor in here, NOW!”
    About this time, a police car pulls up. Out of the police car steps a scumbag, with more stripes on his uniform than the first scumbag boy. The new scumbag asks, “What have we her

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateSep 7, 2018
    ISBN9780463450550
    Solitary Man
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      Solitary Man

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      Copyright 2018 R. Richard

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      Solitary Man

      By R. Richard © 2018

      Chapter 1: Almost Like A Hermit

      Susan says, There he is again Mom.

      Mary says, Yes, he comes to the farmers market, pretty much each Friday. He buys a lot of food, too much food for a solitary man.

      Susan says, Well, he’s certainly not fat.

      Mary says, He seems like an average man, but there’s something not right about him.

      Susan says, Well, he’s polite with the farmers market people and the bank people, for that matter.

      Mary says, So they say. However, he never really talks to anyone.

      Susan says, Yeah, he just asks how much and then orders what he wants, if he wants. Maybe he just has nothing to say.

      Mary says, He lives in the house up on the hill, just before the deep valley. He only leaves the house to go to the farmer’s market. the bank or to drive off somewhere in the truck that he drives.

      Susan says, Yeah, the house that’s surrounded by all the hedges. He’s very secretive. Maybe he’s a spy.

      Mary sighs, Susan, if he were a spy, he would need to go and spy on something, somewhere.

      Susan says, Yeah, I guess so. Rory says that he mainly drives his truck down to the metal wholesale place. Rory works down there.

      Mary says, What does he do, down at the metal wholesale place?

      Susan says, "He calls in orders for special alloy metal and then come in a picks up his order. Hardly talks to anyone there, except to order special alloy metal. Rory says that he’s really strong, mostly loads the big pieces of

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