The choice

John Jones has an average life. He is very timid so he avoids confrontation. He works to support his family but hates his job. He has values but has never stood up for them. He dreams big but has come to the realization that none will come true. He just goes about his days as he goes about every other day just trying to get by. One day like any other he was off to work. His office was not to far from his house, maybe 8 blocks, so he usually walks. On his route he stopped at the coffee shop to get a cup. He likes his black. He did not at first but it makes him feel more like a man. He left the coffee shop thinking how miserable this day will be. He often wonders what it would be like to tell his boss of and quit. It makes him get a little smile on his face when he has that daydream. So there he was off to work just like all the other people. He is always considerate of others but most of the time people are not considerate of him. On his way to work he walked passed this alley and seen a man and a woman. The man was pushing and yelling at her. He stopped and looked for a moment. He thought about leaving and making his way to work but knew he would not be able to look his wife and kids in the eyes. He always tried to teach his kids beliefs and to stand up for those beliefs even though he knew himself that he has not done a very good job of it. He slowly started down the alley. He started to sweat and his heart was starting to race. He got close and asked if there was anything wrong. The woman's face was white with fear and the man yelled at him to leave or else. He asked again if everything was ok. The man told the woman if she left that he would find her and kill her, John could see she was to afraid to move. The man moved toward John and shoved him. John tried to get around the man and get to the woman but this time he punched John in the gut. John went down to a knee because his got the wind knocked out of him. The man started to yell at John. He pulled out a gun and held it to John's head. The man smiled at John and said how much of a coward he was. John looked at he woman with the most sad look. The woman started to cry uncontrollably because she though this was it. The man got very angry because he told the woman to stop crying and she wouldn't. He looked at John and told him that it was all his fault. He hit John in the cheek with the gun. John went down on his hands and knees. He was bleeding under his right eye now. The man laughed. At that moment John did not feel fear but anger. He could feel all the years of being put down and being bullied coming to a head. In that instant he did not think he reached up and hit the man right in the jaw. The man started to aim the gun John's way but John jumped on the man. They started to fight and the man lost the gun. John was the first to reach the gun. While still on the ground he rolled over onto his back and aimed the gun at the man. The man stopped and looked at John. He said to call the police, it didn't matter because he would be out in a day or so. The smile on the man's face faced vanished when John drew the hammer back on the pistol took steady aim and........