chapter 29

Joe can not help, but break from his normal solemn face into that of a wicked smile.

Joe jested,"My Momma said that I was made of bones, flesh, and spirit."

The young lady was surprised by the comment and looked up at the mountain of a man.

His normally fierce look was that of joy and gentleness. She looks into the man's eyes and so no guile in them at all.

The woman put her good hand over her mouth in shock of what that see had done.

She speaks,"Oh, I am so sorry! You had saved me, but here I smacked you in the face."

Joe laughs,"That is something that you need nor apologize for, since you have been through so much already this morning. Most people are scared of me at first due to my physique, so do not feel embarrassed because you are not the first one to do so.

The woman accepted the answer, but she could still feel her body pumping Adrenalin through her veins.

Joe finally looks at the body of the woman to see what she was wearing. Joe was in the heat of the moment, sees that she is about seven foot tall, and she a very curvy body type. Then he saw her ripped clothing and saw that she was half naked.

Joe takes off his pull over shirt and hands it over to the lady.

The woman was puzzled by the action of Joe, until she looks down at her body.

She gasps as she jerks the shirt out of the hand of her savior.

Joe was not used to see a lot of female nudity, since he was never been with a woman. Joe was

in his work pants and a stained wife beater, as he looked away from the scantily clad woman.

The young woman rushed to put the shirt on, but it fit her like it almost fit her as a dress.

Joe had his back turned to the dressing woman.

He asks,"Ma am, what is your name?"

Joe was rubbing the top of his shaved head out of nervousness. He had never had the time to deal with woman with age to having to work so young to support his aging Grandmother.

She says,"My name is Bertha."

Joe begin to stutter,"Ohhh, thats nice. What a pretty name."

Bertha spoke,"You always talk to people with your back turned to them?"

Joe jerked back a little bit.

Bertha spoke,"I am dressed now."

Joe turned around to see a blushing Bertha.

Joe smiled to ease the tension.

The huge man spoke,"Do you have anywhere to go?"

The woman turned her face to the ground.

Joe spoke,"Oh, you don't have any family? I will take you back to my neighborhood. Grandma

will find a place for you to stay at if you want."

Bertha looked at Joe and was fighting the urge to cry.

Joe put his monstrous hand on her shoulder and said,"It is nothing, but my heavenly duty to offer you such a kindness."

Bertha looked up into the eyes of the gentle giant and smiled back out of fierce gratitude.

Joe spoke,"Let me take you to my Grandma and see what she will you do for you. She will find a way to help you."

The two walked out of the alley and Bertha was immediately taken back by what she saw.

Bertha spoke,"What is that?"

Joe looked puzzled at first.

He spoke,"That is just my lunch box for work."

Bertha looked at the deep freezer sized lunch box with amazement.

She spoke,"No wonder you are so large!"

He spoke,"Well, I was seven foot tall at four years old."

Bertha did a spit take at the statement.

All she could do was shake her head in disbelief.

Joe spoke," Well jump on the lunchbox and we will go home."

The would be victim jumped unto the lunchbox and it was pretty solid. She wondered to how much food was within in it. Joe picked up the lunchbox like it was a feather pillow.

Bertha was riding on the huge lunchbox high above the head of Joe.

He spoke,"You will not have to worry Bertha, Grandma will find a place for you to stay. You have no reason for you to worry, since you are an orphan no more."

She was silent after Joe's statement, since she had no body after her family's death.

The woman was speechless for several minutes.

Joe decided to not say any more, until the woman responded to him.

She thought back to before her family's death.

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Bertha was walking home from work when she gets catcalled by some men in a car. She kept walking and didn't pay the men any heed. She would not give the men any sick satisfaction.

They follow her all the way to her home, as she rushes inside her family's home.

Her mother spoke,"What is wrong Bertha?"

She looked worried as she spoke,"Some gang members had followed me home!"

Her mother spoke,"What! Dad get in here!"

A forty something man comes in a hurry.

The man speaks,"What is wrong, honey?"

Mother spoke,"Some thugs had chased Bertha home!"

Father spoke,"Do not worry about it honey, I will do take care of it!"

He grabs a baseball bat and prepares to walk outside.

The father rushes out the front door and sees the gang bangers parked right in front of his home.

He knocks out both of the car's headlights. The four men jumped out of the car and prepared to fight the worried father.

The thug closest to him gets hammered in the head by the father's baseball bat with a home run swing.

The other three thugs pulled out guns, as the men begin to empty her guns.

The thugs come back to their senses and see their fellow thug standing right in front of them. He was full of bullet holes as he drops to the ground dead revealing the father rushing over to driver's side. The father pulled out a knife that he had taken from the man he used as a human shield.

Bertha's father sliced the front of the driver's throat as blood gushes from his neck. The thug tries to grab his throat as he falls to the ground.

The remaining two thugs finally comprehend to what had just happened and charge the father. They both stabbed the father repeatably.

The pair stopped the assault and head towards the front door of Bertha's house. The two men take turns shoulder tackling the door until it finally relents to the force.

The two men coming rushing the door and attack Bertha's mother with their knives.

She falls to the ground soon, along her dead husband.

The two men ransack the house in the pursuit of Bertha.