Gary, this one is for you!
Ennis sat facing his daughter, and tried his best to digest her news. His baby was getting married! Ennis couldn’t wrap his mind around the fact that Alma Jr. was 19 and about to become a Mrs! Ennis hung his head. How did the world keep on turning without him?
“This Kurt fella..he love you?” Ennis asked his child.
“Yeah daddy, he loves me!” It was Alma Jr. She looked at the man seated before her with an expression of tenderness and great love. Ennis looked away. He was glad that his daughter had found happiness. But what of Ennis Del Mar? He looked into the past in an instant.
In the twinkling of an eye he saw images of Jack Twist laughing, running through fields of wildflowers, playing a mouth organ. Great vivid images of Jack cooking, kissing, loving him! "Did he love me?" Ennis asked himself as he fought to turn his thoughts to the present. Ennis turned to his fridge to pour himself and Alma Jr. a drink. And in that very instant, just as they raised their glasses in a toast, Ennis thought,
“I think the son of a bitch loved me!”