IN THE LONG RUN (BOOK 2 OF BAR BLUES!)

Chapter 17: Bobby I have something to tell you...

Bobby's Pov:
'George mate let me in! I look to suspicious with this duffel bag in my hand'

'One sec!' I hear him shout.

'Hurry up! I think your neighbour thinks we're about to kill her the look she has on her face'

'Coming!' Swiftly the door pulls open leading me into his house.

The walls are filled to the brim with photos of our family and George at school. Every room you pass or enters smells of George's cologne and sweat. Lovely. I sit in his not too big living room watching as he makes us a cup of coffee.

'So Bob's what did you bring?'

'Few different types of guns and a couple of knives just in case' I state blankly.

'Sorry' he looks back at me stunned.

'Guns and knives?'

'Yeah I heard I just thought I was going mad! Do you even know how to use any of them?'

'Of course. I had to know. Ever since Melody left me'

'Oh I see'

We sit silently for a moment.

'Well least we know I can protect my self and my good old leg' I joke.

'Yeah...no don't you think it's about time you taught me?'

'I don't know can you handle it?'

'Handle it? Pass me the damn knife and shut up!'  

'Touchy touchy' I laugh.

Pulling out a small hand gun and knife, I place the gun in the back of my trousers before giving him the knife.

'Now hold it like this' I gesture. 'Yeah that's it keep your thumb pressed along the top and grip it tightly so you can move it freely'

He follows my instructions perfectly.

'Great, put it down for one second just so I can show you something'

He places it down gently before re focusing.

'Okay do you have any experience in fighting?' I ask.

'Little but I took karate that time for a year' George responds gleeful.

'Great that will help, alright follow what I do'

I position myself in the defence stance and move to show him the correct positions.

'Great remember that you use your knife to defend yourself like you would use your arms to block a punch in karate'

'Got yah' he replies intently.

'Remember use it to protect your weakest areas' I state. 'The majority of the time if your in a knife fight your opponent won't want to fight you with a knife so use that to your advantage. When they stutter or leave a space open you strike without a second thought! Strike or be killed!'

'Get that George?'

'Got yah Bob's!...wow it feels weird you knowing all this. It seems so real'

'It's gonna be, now I am going to teach you how to fight without a weapon'

'Fun'

'George' I glare.

'I am being serious'

I show George how to use his strength to his ability  as well as how to use what he knows of karate to help him defend and protect himself until he can either kill them with a knife or gun. I try to teach him how to kill someone on his own but that was more confusing for him so we stuck to to using a weapon. If worse comes to worse I'll do it. Afterwards we went over how to work his gun and how to aim and keep his hands steady as well as different ways to use it during a fight once his bullets run out.