Disclaimer: Jack and Ennis are not mine. Neither are any of the other original characters from the wonderful "Brokeback Mountain." They belong to Annie Proulx, and I am only borrowing them for a little while...
The Search For Jack
Part 1
Ennis woke with a start, he had the dream again the same one he had been having every night since he found out that Jack was dead. He figured the dream was about not being able to save Jacks life.
Jack had gone to Tascosa to work on a new project, well looking at some land that was on top of cliff he had gotten to close to the edge, and he ended up falling over into the river below. The men who had been with Jack when this happened searched for him and could not find any sign of him any where down river.
That's when Ennis had gotten his postcard back and learned that the love of his life had just died. Ennis had to call Lureen to find out what happened to Jack. Even as he listened to Lureen's version of what happed, Ennis still couldn't believe it that Jack was really gone. Lureen said they were going to hold a memorial service up they're that coming weekend and he was more than welcome to come. He got the information and thanked her and hung up the phone.
That night Ennis had a hard time falling a sleep, and when he did he dreamed about Jack. He dreamed that Jack was calling out to him but Ennis couldn't make out the words and every time he tried to get closer Jack would disappear.
Ennis woke a few hours later felling like he hadn't slept a wink. He showered and got ready for work all the time feeling as if something was missing. All day long he was reminded of Jack at every turn, it's was becoming harder and harder for him to work. He needed time to himself to figure out what had happened, and
What he was going to do now.
He went in search of the foreman and explained that a close family member had past away and needed a few days off to attend the funeral; the foreman said it would be fine.
By the time Ennis had reached his trailer he was tired and couldn't wait to get inside and sleep, He grabbed his mail and headed in, tossing the mail on the table because he figured it was just bills and didn't want to deal with that right now. When he noticed something sticking out from underneath the pile what looked like a postcard.
As he pulled it out sure enough it was a postcard, with a picture of Brokeback Mountain on it. He stared at it for the longest time, the only person who sent him postcards like this was supposed to be dead.
TBC
