Before he met Jack Twist, he'd always trod the straight and narrow, eyes down, doing his job, no questions, knowing his lot in life, not a rabble rouser unless someone started in on him. When he met Jack Twist, he'd looked up into deep blue eyes, and saw another life before him, one that scared him. But the thought of life without Jack scared him more. Their argument last month cut him to the core. So, it was time to say and do some things that needed saying and doing before one of them kicked the bucket and it would be too late. He picked up the phone and dialed Childress for the second time in his life.
[118 words... will take the extra off the next time!]