CHAPTER SEVEN
There was a time of shock as the others realized that Jessie was dead, a shattered thing in the weeds. Drusilla let out a yell of protest as Jake put his hands on her and Jim began to get up onto his feet. He figured that he was just as dead as Drusilla anyway and he had nothing to lose. He was already halfway up onto his feet when Freddy pushed him back down again with a murderous blow from a big fist. Jim went sprawling and his hands splayed out. His fingers touched the big handgun that Jessie had tried to use and he flipped the safety catch off. He rolled and started up onto his feet again just as Freddy brought his rifle up to shoot him dead. He squeezed the trigger of the hand gun and a big hole appeared in Freddy's brow. His eyes took on a startled, amazed expressio
