The End of a Life: Smoking Kills
So... no idea what I'm writing here yet. This is going to be a freewrite. Let's take an adventure together and see where it leads.
Everything seemed to go quiet. The two men were staring at each other. A yellow flower blossomed near one man's shoulder while a red one blossomed on the other man's chest. The first watched the second fall to the ground with crushing finality. Four steps later, he was standing over the fallen man, watching the blood spread across his shirt. "Well," he said, fishing the spent casing out of his revolver and and replacing it with a fresh bullet, "you were right. Smoking was the death of you." Without another word, he turned and left the room.
*
"What? You asked, I answered. You wanted to know how he died, and I told you."
"Oh, spare me the bullshit. You know exactly what I wanted, and you just dodged the question. Are you going to tell me, or aren't you?"
A sigh. "You're never satisfied, are you? What do you want, my life story?"
"Eventually, perhaps. For now, though, just the full account of the circumstances surrounding his death will suffice."
"A full account? That'll take us beyond closing time."
"It can't take that long."
Another sigh. "C'mon, boy. If you really want to know, I'll tell you, but not here."
"Where, then?"
"His house."
"His house? It'll be crawling with cops."
"No. Not that house. That was his public place. If you really want to understand, you have to see his private life."
"He had two houses?"
"I said not here, boy. Are you coming, or aren't you?"
*
"It's perfect. I'll take it."
"Uh, very well, sir." The man sounded perplexed, rather understandably. Why would anyone want to buy such worthless, unappealing land? Well, he didn't need to know. All that man needed to do was take his money, give him a deed, and get the hell off his land. This would be a good place to make a start. Finally, he would be the one starting something rather than finishing what other people started. When someone wrote a book about him, this would be the opening chapter. This was it.
Meant to add more, but I wrote this at the centre and had to leave part way through writing. So this is it as it stands now. Tell me what you think please! Oh, and one more thing: "man" is a general term meaning the male of any species. This is furry, but there's been no descrptions yet. It will be explained later, if this continues.