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    Back In The High Life
    Back In The High Life
    Back In The High Life
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    Back In The High Life

    By R. Richard

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    It’s Jim Ray. I open the door.
    “Angelina, you look terrific.”
    “Well, I had to dress for the Gold Coast.”
    “I managed to get the Gold Coast to stock Galliano, so you can have your favorite tonight. Come, my chariot awaits.”
    We walk out to my car, I open the door for the lady and she gets in. I walk around and get in. I fire up and off we go. I drive us to the Gold Coast. I drive into the parking lot, get out and walk around to help the lady out. I see a large, masked goon standing there. The goon says, “Jim Ray, you gonna get a beating,”
    I tell Angelina, “Run, I’ll delay him, as best I can.”
    I move toward the goon, wobbling back and forth as I go. (The wobbling is surprisingly effective, it presents a moving target, that makes it difficult to see exactly where to aim a punch.) I get to just out of range and I unleash a long, thrusting kick at goon boy’s knee. My kick makes contact and I immediately change direction and then move my hands, as if I’m going to throw a punch. Instead, I use another long, thrusting kick into the goon’s ribs. The goon eats my kick and charges me. I manage to put my elbow into goon’s face, I then begin to take punishment as goon uses his superior size and strength. I move as best I can, but I still take a lot of punishment and I’m about to go down. I hear a voice say, “Police, break it up!”
    The police then haul goon boy off me.
    I ask, “Is my lady alright?”
    Angelina’s voice says, “I’m alright, but you don’t look so good.”
    The goon says, “He attacked me.”
    A police officer says, “You always wear a mask in public?”
    Angelina’s voice says, “The masked oaf attacked my date, for no reason.”
    The goon is still struggling, when a Police Supervisor walks up. The Supervisor draws his pistol and says, “Just give me an excuse.”
    Goon boy quiets down.
    Angelina says, “The masked oaf attacked my date, for no reason.”
    Goon boy says, “The bitch is lying, The guy attacked me.”
    The Supervisor asks goon boy, “What’s your name?”
    Goon boy says. “I aint talking until I get lawyer.”
    The Supervisor asks Angelina,: “Your name?”
    Angelina says, “Angelina Colonna.”
    The Supervisor turns back to goon bay and says, “Boy, you’re under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense. Do you understand what I just told you?”
    Goon boy says. “I don’t understand nothin’, until I get lawyer. Don’t listen to the bitch.”
    The Supervisor says, “Boy, you watch your mouth. The Police can put you in jail. Sooner or later, you’ll get out. Angelina Colonna’s father will likely have his people deal with you, when you get out. Her father’s people are at least as big as you, better trained and they don’t give a damn.”
    Goon boy says. “I aint talking until I get lawyer.”
    (From nowhere, paramedics have appeared. They get my coat off and tend to my face, with some maybe antiseptic ointment. They then probe my body. “Does it hurt?”
    “Yeah, a bit.”
    “No shattering pain?”
    “It hurts, but not too bad.”
    “Probably nothing broken.”
    I move a bit and it hurts, but not too bad. I tell them, “I don’t think that anything is broken. Is the lady okay?”
    One of the paramedics says, “I don’t think that the guy touched her.”
    I say, “Then I’m okay.”
    The paramedic asks,”So, you’re the big hero?”
    I tell him, “Try punching bag.”
    The Supervisor is then in my face. He points at the goon, ‘You recognize the guy?”
    I look at goon boy and I say, “I used to work at Scientific Ventures. I think that I saw the guy there. I don’t know his name and I don’t really know him.”
    There’s a bit more and then the Police hustle goon boy off.
    I then see Angelina, attended by two very large, very muscular looki

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateMar 14, 2017
    ISBN9781370959235
    Back In The High Life
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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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      Back In The High Life - R. Richard

      Back In The High Life

      By R. Richard ©

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      Copyright 2017 R. Richard

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      Back In The High Life

      By R. Richard © 2017

      I sit in the courtroom and watch as Billy tries to convince the Judge that Billy is insane,

      I shore didn’ mean to hurt Jim Ray, I just say things and I don’ even remember what I say. If I said somethin’ that hurt Jim Ray, I shore am sorry,

      The Judge says, What you said, under oath, was that Jim Ray didn’t develop software that he did indeed develop. Your statement cost Jim Ray well over a million dollars. I am finding for Jim Ray in the amount for which he sued, plus legal fees.

      Billy laughs, You can find all you like Judge, I aint got no million dollars.

      The Judge looks at Billy and says, I doubt that you do have over a million dollars in funds. However, your insurance company will. As for you, William Paint, you have 30 days in jail for contempt of this Court.

      The scene then dissolves into some confusion as the Bailiff attempts to lead Billy away and his lawyer attempts to plead with the Judge.

      The Judge isn’t having any.

      I then meet with the insurance people. They try to tell me that it’s all a mistake, that they didn’t really have William Paint covered. I tell them, I have seen the insurance documents, during William Paint’s trial, and you did indeed have William Paint covered. If you think that you can starve me out, think again.

      The insurance company then pays my lawyer and transfers $1.2 million into my brokerage account.

      * * *

      I then have to meet with Ralphy and the boys from Scientific Ventures.

      Ralphy is his usual insulting self. Well, Jim Ray, it looks like you can get Linda back, now that Billy is in jail.

      "Linda is likely really busy, since the apartment and the fancy stuff that Billy leased for her is now being repossessed by the providers. Even if Billy gets out of jail, he’s likely to have some problems. He provided Linda

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