Trisha walked into Aguirre’s trailer carrying a thermos of coffee and a dozen donuts. Joe Aguirre hired Trisha Smith as his secretary a few months after Ennis and Jack left Brokeback. Paperwork was piling up, and he needed someone to help with the phones, typing, hiring. Jack Twist just left, looking for work, moments before Trisha arrived.
“Who was that, Mr. Aguirre?" Trisha asked with a twinkle in her eye as she handed Joe his coffee and donuts.
“Was he looking for work?”
Aguirre sipped at his coffee and took a bite of a French cruller. “Yeah, that pissant had the nerve to return here looking for a job.” Aguirre began. “But after the way he behaved last year, ain’t no way in hell I’m gonna rehire Jack Twist!” Trisha took a seat behind her desk.
“Well, he sure is a handsome man!” Trisha began as she poured herself a cup of warm coffee from the thermos. “I sure would like to be friends with someone like him!”
Aguirre studied Trisha and wondered if he made a mistake in hiring someone. But there was work to be done, and he couldn’t do it all by himself. Trisha came highly recommended, finished at the top of her class in secretarial school. But she was young, lovely, single, and somewhat desperate. Aguirre supposed it was natural for Trisha to be attracted to the handsome Jack Twist.
“You’re wastin’ your time there, my girl!” Aguirre told Trisha with a smirk. And he remembered several months back when he made a trip to camp to see his hands, Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar. Aguirre couldn’t recall why he went up there to see them, but he’ll never forget what he saw!
“Now enough of this idle chit chat!” Aguirre admonished Trisha with a point of his finger. “Back to work!”
“What a mean ole fart!” Trisha thought as she turned to her typewriter. But she was never one to be discouraged from pursuing something she wanted. When Aguirre left the trailer to inspect the herd, Tricia grabbed his rolodex and looked for the name and number of one Jack Twist…