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The intruder kept advancing. He made it into the second room, the kitchen, adjacent to the den. He shone his flashlight into Dad’s eyes. Dad shot the intruder in the upper leg two times. Dad shot the intruder twice because the intruder didn’t react to being shot the first time, he kept moving towards Dad.
The next day Dad dug the two bullets out of the kitchen floor. He made two lucite paperweights, each with a spent bullet and a cartridge case.
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Dad gave one paperweight to my grandfather, Mom’s dad.
