Monthly Visit
Somewhere in the Bighorn Mountains
Saturday, August 18, 1979
8:13 p.m. “Then what did y’all do?”
“Took ‘em to lunch…”
“Where?” Jack interrupted again, wanting to know every detail of Ennis’ once-a-month visit with his girls. The man’s face softened and positively glowed, whenever he was talking about them.
“Where?”
“Yeah, where’d ya take ‘em?”
“We went to McDonald’s, Bud. You wanna know what we ate?”
“Sure.”
Ennis shook his head, but he was smiling.
“The usual…burgers and fries. Jr. always gets a chocolate shake. Jenny always gets strawberry.”
“Jr.’s an awful lot like her daddy.”
“You say that every time, Bud.”
“I know. Please continue.” Jack laughed.
“So after lunch, took ‘em to a rummage sale at the church.”
“Whut? A rummage sale?”
“Yup. They really wanted to go. They find books they wanna read for school. Find stuff for their dolls…barbies or somethin’ or other. And this time, they bought some
records, some of 'em kinda old, goin’ back ten or twelve years, or more. Some of ‘em was so beat up, the covers was barely bein’ held together with
scotch tape.” Ennis handed the whiskey bottle over to Jack before continuing.
“There was some
Dillon, some
Baez, and somethin’ by the
Rolling Stones…somethin’ that Jr. was so excited to find.
“High Tide and Green Grass," think it was called.”
“ ‘The Stones’, huh? You let the girls listen to that stuff at your place?”
Ennis chuckled. “Well, aint no listenin' to it at my place. Aint got no record player. I expect if it aint no good, I’ll get an earful from Alma the next time I pick up the girls.” Ennis chuckled, his entire face a vision of relaxation.
Jack smiled, handing the whiskey bottle back over to his friend.
“Then what’d you do?”
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