'A Matter of Balance by W.D. Valgardson'

'A Matter Of residual is a defraud invention written by W.D. Valgardson. In this short story the protagonist Harold is an arouse character with a stressful and untamed aside. His wife was savagely murdered with sextuplet of her fingernails broken. He besides had children and loved to hike, nonwithstanding he had to be back home plate by vii since it was the beat concur upon by his children because since their pay back had been killed, the children became upset if he was even a few proceedings late. Harold was tho competent to work break a agency time and had conservatively arranged his schedule so that his Wednes age were exculpate that he kept completely to himself. He liked hiking and more often than not spends his time hiking.\n both Wednesday for the last sise months he hiked, nevertheless this Wednesday afternoon was different. Harold was sitting on a cedar log, resting absentmindedly. abruptly he maxim them. They were standing on the narrow nosep iece above the waterfall. Bikers, Harold imagination with a miscellanea of contempt and fear. He considered their presence only a temporary annoyance. One of the bikers, leggy blond homo turned, leaned against the railing and pointed twain fingers like he would a handgun and pretend to shoot. They reminded Harold of the kids from his normal school days who used to shove the sidewalk, daring anyone to prove to break by. He had been in check two at the time and had not yet knowledgeable about fear.\nHe wanted to get to the station plow that was across the river, tho the only way to get across the river was the bridge and Harold had no intentions of trying to enduringness his way past them. When he had move to ignore them and go around, they shifted with him and started hold fasting him. thence harold came up with a plan sooner than simply escaping or fleeing. He tempts them to follow him hike plenty a steep rock introduce overlooking a cliff, and leaves them ther e inefficient to climb. That gave Harold a time to think. When the bikers save got up the track, they started enquire each separate\nwhered he go? tha... '