September 27th Early Morning by Littlewing1957
The drive back to Childress was a long one, of course. Jack wasn’t looking forward to it, and hoped that he could return to Texas just one last time to settle things with Lureen, say goodbye (for now) to his son, and when things were settled down there, return to Ennis in about a week or two to begin that sweet life. But as Ennis said, “Things ain’t gonna be that way.”
But Jack wasn’t discouraged. He had time to work on Ennis. One way or another he was certain that he could turn him. The process may take years, but Jack was feeling the change, was committed to making Ennis his own.
Jack packed his gear evenly, swiftly. He left Ennis in the tent to work things out on his own, get his stuff together. His things packed into neat parcels in the seat of his shiny new truck, Ennis sat on the welcoming Earth and took a breather. He wanted to climb into that tent to fetch his lover, beg him, plead with him to leave his life behind, but Jack couldn’t do it. All in good time. All in good time….