Good Guys and Bad Guys

Good Guys and Bad Guys

Francis J. Vangeli

Copyright 2013 by Francis J. Vangeli

Smashwords edition

ISBN: 978-1-4951-0953-9 Book

ISBN: 978-1-4951-0952-2 E-Book

ISBN 9781310854026

Copyright 2014

Contents

Preface

Good Guys and Bad Guys

Good Guys

Eddy Starrett

Good Guys

The Stolen Rooster

Bad Guys

The Cheaters

Good Guys

Just a Little Hike in the Woods

Bad Guys

The Holiday Thief

Good Guys

The Perfect Crime

Bad Guys

I know What You Did

Good Guys

Tommy Jones

Bad Guys

Fire Bug

Good Guys

Late Night Rendezvous with Death

Bad Guys86

Missing

Summer Vacation

Bad Guys

The Convention

Preface

These stories are generally crime stories. The first story is an elaboration of two stories from my Incidents book

The short statement between the stories indicate MY idea of good and bad. They may not indicate a criminal act or even, pardon the word, a sin in and of themselves. A criminal is one who has no regard for the law. He believes it doesn’t apply to him, therefore, he BREAKS IT. In many cases he has contempt for those who actually work for what they want. Politicians say they make laws to protect the citizens, however, many times they restrict the rights of citizens and do nothing to stop crime. Dumb criminals eventually get caught and get sent to prisons. I expect there are a few master criminals who are never caught. Although some very good criminals get caught because of greed or overestimating their abilities and underestimating those of law enforcement.

A good number of the elite try to say that poverty increases crime, yet during the Great Depression crime actually decreased. I believe that relativism and Darwinism, as taught in most schools for years, have a greater affect in making criminals.

On one of my favorite TV shows one of the stars gave the following definition: An ethical person knows what is right, a moral person does it. Unfortunately, those in power have taken morality out of education. In fact I think many religious organizations have done so too, professing relativism instead, although, so far, only in specific situations.

Good Guys and Bad Guys

Prelude

Chapter 1 The Beginning

Chapter 2 Another Beginning

Chapter 3 Preparation

Chapter 4 Another Preparation

Chapter 5 On the Job Training

Chapter 6 Making a Difference

Chapter 7 Starting a New Business

Chapter 8 Finally THE Assignment

Chapter 9 A Full Proof Job

Chapter 10 A Break At Last

Chapter 11 An Ending Chapter

Prelude

As soon as the armored car guard left the bank and got back into the car it pulled away. The two men who had soon watching immediately entered the bank. The first pulled down his ski mask over his face and the other pulled his bandana over his nose and pulled the brim of his cap lower. The first yelled for everyone to get down. The second hit the guard over the head with his gun. He then reached down and took the guard’s gun and put it in his waist band. Neither man saw the young girl under the writing desk. She was staring at the guard who fell in front of her. She saw him cautiously open one eye and look around. He could just see the man who hit him standing over him. He slowly reached into his shirt and took out a small pistol. The girl put her fist in her mouth so she wouldn’t make a sound. While he was doing this, the manager was carrying the two bags of cash out to the robbers. Both had their eyes on him and no one paid any attention to the guard. The guard raised the gun and shot at the robber’s head. The bullet passed along the bandana and punctured his ear just below the top. The bandana slid down and the girl could see his face and the blood flowing from his ear. He looked down and shot the guard. Put his hand to his ear and yelled. He picked up one of the bags and ran out. He pushed the door open and left his prints in blood on it.

the guard. The guard raised the gun and shot at the robber’s head. The bullet passed along the bandana and punctured his ear just below the top. The bandana slid down and the girl could see his face and the blood flowing from his ear. He looked down and shot the guard. Put his hand to his ear and yelled. He picked up one of the bags and ran out. He pushed the door open and left his prints in blood on it.

The guard survived. Three days later a man was found shot in a stolen car. He had a ski mask next to him and the gun that was used to shoot the guard. It had no finger prints on it. The shooter was never found or the $950,000. No one bothered to question the little girl. She remember the whole thing vividly. It took a long time for her nightmares to stop, and she wouldn’t enter a bank for years.

Chapter 1 The Beginning

As soon as the armored car guard left the bank and got back into the car it pulled away. The two men who had soon watching immediately entered the bank. The first pulled down his ski mask over his face and the other pulled his bandana over his nose and pulled the brim of his cap lower. The first yelled for everyone to get down. The second hit the guard over the head with his gun. He then reached down and took the guard’s gun and put it in his waist band. Neither man saw the young girl under the writing desk. She was staring at the guard who fell in front of her. She saw him cautiously open one eye and look around. He could just see the man who hit him standing over him. He slowly reached into his shirt and took out a small pistol. The girl put her fist in her mouth so she wouldn’t make a sound. While he was doing this, the manager was carrying the two bags of cash out to the robbers. Both had their eyes on him and no one paid any attention to the guard. The guard raised the gun and shot at the robber’s head. The bullet passed along the bandana and punctured his ear just below the top. The bandana slid down and the girl could see his face and the blood flowing from his ear. He looked down and shot the guard. Put his hand to his ear and yelled. He picked up one of the bags and ran out. He pushed the door open and left his prints in blood on it.

The guard survived. Three days later a man was found shot in a stolen car. He had a ski mask next to him and the gun that was used to shoot the guard. It had no finger prints on it. The shooter was never found or the $950,000. No one bothered to question the little girl. She remember the whole thing vividly. It took a long time for her nightmares to stop, and she wouldn’t enter a bank for years.

Chapter 2: Another Beginning

Mr. Henry Brock was a business man. He considered himself a bookkeeper, a minor accountant, if you please. Actually, he was a bookmaker and operated a numbers lottery. The law wouldn’t look at it like that, but, then what the law didn’t know and couldn’t enforce, didn’t bother him. He provided a service to regular people who couldn’t get to the track or had enough money to play the stock market. He didn’t cheat his customers and kept a low profile.

He met Mrs. Brock at church, of all places. Yes, he went to church regularly. It gave him an air of respectability. They lived in a nice neighborhood with blue collar workers. They named their first child Kurt. Two year later they had a girl named Greta, followed two years later by another girl named Maria. Two more year gave them another son they called William. The Brocks were as strict with the four as were all the neighbors. They knew right from wrong and to obey. When Brock was about thirteen he found out the hard way how to treat women, especially mothers, especially his mother. She had told him to do something, but he wanted to go out and play and spoke back to her. Unlucky for him, his father heard. He was slapped so hard, he thought his teeth would fall out. Then his father gave him a long lecture about how to treat women. He never forgot.

Kurt Brock sat up in his chair. He wasn’t just doing it for good posture. Since he was a little bigger (and a little heavier) he could see what at least 6 others in his class were marking on the test. Now Kurt had a good memory and if he paid attention in class he could usually get a passing grade without any effort. If he studied even a little he could get good grades. But he didn’t think it was worth the effort. Besides cheating was more fun if you didn’t get caught and he never did. Essay questions were hard. He couldn’t actually read what the others were writing. Eventually he was old enough to quit school. His mother tried everything she knew to get him to stay, but he wanted to enter the family business. He wasn’t sure what his father actually did, but it had to be better than school. If his mother knew, she pretended she didn’t. When he told his father, he looked at his wife. She just stared back. He told Kurt he would have to see. Kurt knew that meant that he would talk to mother and then they would decide together.

After they were sure Kurt and the others were asleep, Mr. And Mrs. Brock had an intense discussion, for all that it was very quiet. Mr. Brock found out that Mrs. Brock knew all about his business. Since he was careful in accepting his customers and made sure they had the money and could afford to pay and he didn’t have to use any intimidation to get what was owed, she had kept silent. She had taught the children what was right and wrong and since the business was illegal, it was wrong. She wasn’t sure that Kurt had the right temperament to maintain it as it was. She didn’t want to lead him into a life of crime. She didn’t know about the cheating in school, but suspected it. It was very late when they came to an agreement. Mr. Brock would explain what he did and what the consequences were if caught and what the dangers were from competitors. He could see by the expression on Kurt’s face that he thought it would be exciting. He emphasized that it wasn’t exciting. If anything it was boring. Mr. Brock told him that if he did anything other than what he was told or endangered the business he would have to leave. Not just the business, but the state. Kurt knew that his father meant it. His mother usually disciplined the kids, except like when he mouthed off", but knew he was still the head of the family