Amanda - Something I forgot in my last post - I believe the farm already had the name when Jack bought it - kind of an ironic, bittersweet sign, I guess!
No, I don't think Jack fears Bobby would want to go back to Lureen and LD. But what he fears is that Bobby, in a first (?) angry, hateful, exaggerated reaction would run for the phone - first chance he'd get 
- and tell Lureen/LD everything straightaway. And LD/Lureen wouldn't stand for their son/grandson growing up in the household of a queer (let alone two, if Ennis moved in). So Jack fears LD/Lureen would take some kind of action against him (from fighting for custody to send out hired killers).
Yeah, I remember Jack saying something like that now, Chrissi. But it still doesn't make sense to me. Why call Lureen and L.D. if he doesn't want to go back there? What's the point? Just to get Jack in trouble or make him "change his ways?" I don't get it. And I think you make a good point that Bobby is still a child - the impressions he's been given by L.D. are not yet set in stone - he's still at an age when he
can be influenced for the better. And as much as I realize that Jack is falling into the trap that many divorced parents do and that it's understandable - he's got all kinds of guilt going, he's still letting Bobby control him. And you just can't let a ten year old control you. Someone has to be in charge and that someone has to be the parent. If Bobby has such serious issues that Jack can't handle - if he's full of
that much hate - well, I don't know what to say. He needs some kind of professional help. Besides, doesn't Jack have the fact that L.D. abused Bobby as something he can hold over him? That's how he forced Lureen and L.D. to give him up in the first place. And you're right - sooner or later L.D. and Lureen are going to find out - then what?
Fran - you're right, paranoia isn't logical! But as much as Jack told Ennis that he's not making the fear of losing Bobby more important than Ennis's fear of losing his girls - well, when it comes right down to it - he is. There is no difference. If Jack's fears are valid and understandable - then so were Ennis's all those years. Ennis didn't know how Alma would react if he had moved in with Jack after the divorce- at that point she very well could have made it so that he never saw the girls. And it's this lack of understanding on Jack's part that is bothering me. Ennis will forever have his paranoia held over his head - he's so guilty about what he did to Jack now that he wouldn't dare call Jack on anything he's doing that doesn't make sense. And that's the part that bothers me. There's no equal footing here. But, maybe we'll get to the point where Jack admits this, I don't know...... he doesn't seem to be seeing that right now, but, of course, things change all the time!
Fabienne - Please continue reading. Everyone is right - it's a great story! And I would love to hear your insights!
Marie
