The Water Is Wide

By Kevin Courtney

I started up the stairway, gun drawn and held at the low ready, with Ed behind me. A month ago our positions would have been reversed, but if I wanted to be out there on my own, I had to show I could take charge on a call. I was announcing our presence by yelling, "Police, come out where I can see you with your hands up," as we slowly climbed up the stairway. Each step up the stairs had my heart hammering louder when suddenly the male half of the complaint jumped from around the corner with one hand raised up over his head and something in it. I immediately raised my gun screaming, "Drop it!" while trying to identify exactly what the idiot had in his hand. All of this was happening in milliseconds and what each of us decided to do at this precise moment could mean life or death. Lawyers, judges, and juries got to lean back in soft chairs and ponder and think. I had to see, evaluate, and act in less time than it took for a heart to beat once and then live with the consequences for the next 40 years.

• Format: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935805258
• ISBN13: 9781935805250
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: 2 Moon Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.