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"Said I thought it'd be bigger." Karl beat his dog and whacked his kids till things got a little quieter. "Shit, how fexfxfexgxx big does it have to be?" I didn't have an answer for that one, 3flxidbcxRxiBckxtoJbacJaaa»Baeo«c y$^$3&y5m&mybtoiyw^^ I was just trying to talk. "Aren't you worried a little bit about the cops?" Karl put his hands on his hips and grinned his toothless grin. Karl Jr. came up behind him and tugged on his arm. "Hey Dad," he said, and Karl whacked him a good one on the head. "Now I'm talkin," said Karl. "Hope you learn something before you get too big and kick my ass," Karl Jr. said he'd like to kick his ass and Karl whacked him again. "Kids got spunk," he said to me. "Karl, you know how nervous Helen gets." "Shit, Jarvis, the fucking thing's pointed in the other direction." He furrowed his brow a little bit. "Now Jarvis, you know me. I've never hurt a soul in this neighborhood, unless they came in to make trouble. Hell, me and wmammp are the only cops this neighborhood has. And Red's the mayor. And I don't break any laws either. I got XXZ&HK licences for my hand guns and you don't need a thing for rifles, except they can't be automatic. There aint a law in the book about owning *ammmm*" Karl Jr. had his sisters by the hair and was busy knocking their heads together. The dogs were barking again. "You know, I aint got the only dog here." I grabbed Honky, Red's white Shephard, by the collar but he bit me hard on the r wrist. Karl already had Einstein on the ground with a stick, and chased him into his doghouse in the thick of the weeds. Karl never mowed his lawn and neither did we. "Karl." "Now Jarvis, you should know me better. It's the Fourth of July and I'm putting that ball in the Bay." He rubbed his thighs and smiled and nodded with his lips tight. Then he carried the ball over to the mSiSL' Karl Jr. helped him as he powdered the barrel, packed it, then powdered and packed again. He put the ball in and packed that, then set the fuse. I looked back at our house and saw Red at the back window, S Neda, Andrew, and Joseph piled behind him trying to see out. KanexxioHkac mm* and Maggie were doing their cheer again, kicking their legs like the can-can. xttsfebc "We're gonna SHOOT the c*AAcn* they said. Karl lit a big stick match and looked at me. "Haw'B thaI illblfrx wife of yours," he said.