One day stars out pretty much like any other but this can change in a flash and there is little you or anyone can do about it. Call it fate; call it coincidence or simply good or bad luck. In this case as I walked slowly to work on a Friday morning I'll call it good luck.
It was a nice sunny morning the heat of the day had not yet built up and it was a pleasure to get out and just walk. My office is on Calhoun Street right behind City Hall. My business is small and I only have three employees. Three very pretty employees they are too. Karen is the tall one up at the first desk. Her dark hair and broad smile makes her the ideal one to meet anyone coming into our little office. Her near six foot size also makes her the one to block anyone that may want to transgress to far into the office without an invite. Karen is also a true joy to look at. Tall slim, breast like ripe melons in season. A killer smile and that special something that can send out signals to both men and women that she is one very sexy lady.
The second desk is centered behind the low wood rail fence that runs across the office. The gate is just to the left of Mary's desk. Mary is also very pretty with a somewhat rounder and softer figure than Karen. She is blonde where it shows with bright blue eyes and cute little pinched mouth. You can see behind that blonde hair that she is intelligent and a hard worker. She is also rather sexy with a round rump and legs to match. Mary is older by nearly ten years than Karen's twenty eight youthful years.
Last but not least is Sweet little Elizabeth. Beth to us is over sixty small in stature with perky proud little breasts that even at her age need no artificial support. A cute little face that can turn many man's head. She sits close to my desk because I rely on her more than the others even though every one has a job to do and they all do a great job. Beth has seen a few hard days in her life and every once in a while she can be a fierce adversary. At times she has no bonds if she thinks I am about to go down a wrong road. I also listen to her and even do change my ways because of her. She also has a very sexy body and I am proud to have her with me when we go out as a group for lunch or drinks after work. We all do enjoy happy hour every now and again. Like every day at five.
Behind the office is a parking lot where each one of "My Girls" can park if they so choose. However this day I choose to walk the girls had driven and I saw all three cars in the lot as I turned up the alley toward the parking lot. I also saw a small dirty man in ragged clothing squatting in a recess between our building and the much larger bank next door.
At first I thought he was using the space as a private privy. When I got closer I saw he was not. He looked up at me giving me a stained tooth grin. I don't often stop for the homeless that frequent out fair city during this time of the year. But this morning I took time to stop and face the old gentleman.
"Good morning Sir" I said in a clear even voice. "Is there something I might do for you this fine morning?" I went on.
He blinked at me as he place an unsteady hand on the side wall and rose to his feet. I had no idea he was so tall. I was looking up at him from my six foot frame. I felt not fear or apprehension in his presents. Surprisingly I was looking into bright steady eyes that were not drug or wine blinded. But there was pain and that lost hound dog look. I repeated my words of an offer to help him. He opened his mouth but no words came out. He clutched at his chest and slumped against the brick wall. He mouth ground into a twisted painful moan. I grabbed his dirty cloths and help him as he started to slip down. I only slowed his fall. I said "Take it easy I'll get help. You hang on I'll be right back."
Taking my keys from my belt I open the back door and rushed through the store room and burst into the office. Beth turned to look at me. "Call 911 there is a homeless man out back and I believe he is having a heart attack." Beth did not move. I saw there was something in her face that screamed at me to stop in my tracks. I froze quickly looking around. Mary was frozen in place but looking over her shoulder at me. I saw Karen standing but off to the side of her desk. She was not looking at me. Then I saw him a small man all in black, a black sweat shirt, black jeans a black ball cap pulled low over his brow. He was standing in the corner back out of sight of the front window. He had a small gun in his hand. But if you are scared any gun is a very large cannon. Karen was scared, Mary was scared and Beth was just pissed off.
The man turned as I burst into the room turning the gun toward me. I saw that it was a very large cannon. I looked at him and repeated my self to Beth. "Call 911 and tell them there is a man out back having a heart attack." Beth reached for the phone.
"Don't move bitch." The little guy in black yelled. Something in me sent my blood pressure over the top and I got very excited very quickly.
I yelled back at him "Listen; your fucking ass hole. I don't know what kind trouble you're in but if the guy out back dies you'll be charged with murder. Is that what you want? Do you want a lethal injection because you would not let us call for an ambulance?"
He looked at me then back at the front window and with out another word he dashed out he door and was gone.
Before I could turn back to Beth she had the phone in her hand.
I reached down and lifted the guys head offered him a drink. He took it and smiled. I could still see the pain in his eyes. He took my hand in his and held it tight. I said "You just hang on the ambulance is on its way. Now you hang in there OK." His eyes rolled back into to his head as he went limp in my arms. I did not think and I have not had any medical training but with out thinking I smashed my fist into his chest again and again. I lifted him up by the collar of his coat. I put my face right down into his and screamed "Don't you die on me you bastard don't you die on me."
He gasped and blinked his eyes opened and he sucked air deep into his lungs. He coughed, once and then again. He choked and sat up and said in a raspy voice "Son you sure hit hard." I started to laugh. He was not having a heart attack he had been chocking to death. My beating on his chest force the obstruction up out of his throat. I hugged the dirty old guy and helped him to his feet.
A couple of paramedics came up behind me. I got out of the way and let them work. A few minutes later they pronounced him ok and were gone on to better surrounding. I said "Now are you Ok and is there anything I can do for you?"
He said "You saved my life. I think that is enough for one day." He hugged me and without a word more stepped around me and shuffled off out of the parking lot. I did not know what to do. I felt I should do something more but he was gone in a flash.
I returned to the office when I remember what had gone on in there. I took time to lock the back door and entered the office. All three girls were gathered around Beth's desk all jabbering likeMagpies. The racket stopped as they rushed into my arms. We four hugged and they cried all speaking at once again. Then dear Beth pushed back looked up at me and let me have one right across the face. It did not hurt me, only my ego as I asked "What the hell was that for"