As I looked up I saw a frightened look in my mothers eyes. I asked her what was wrong and she just grabbed me and hastily herded me toward the house. We ran into her bedroom and she hid me under the bed as she grabbed something out of her jewelry box. We heard the door get kicked in just as she had gotten herself under the bed. I caught a glimpse of something shiny in her hand, then I looked closer, it was a gun. I looked at her and my eyes widened just then I saw shiny black boots come in the door and mother put her finger to her lips to make sure I was quiet. I heard the voices of one of the men saying, " I wonder if that storekeepers wife is here." another replied, " Yeah, I heard that she was VERY desirable." "Well check in the closet and under the bed." I saw the black boots walk over to the closet and open it. Then he walked over to the bed and I heard him put his gun on top of the bed to squat down to check under the bed. Mother cocked the gun and held it in place, then he mans face appeared and he looked like a deer in headlights. Mother pulled the trigger in what seemed like slow motion and then, click. Nothing happened. The mans face turned into a smirk. " Well I have always liked them feisty! " Mother flung the gun at his face and he skillfully dodged it. I tried to crawl back out the other side and i bumped into something. I turned around and saw another black boot coming toward my face. Then everything turned black.
