-1 Author's note: No offense to women out there, but, we all know they are better at keeping in touch than most any man I can think of.
Disclaimer: Nothing new. Ms Proulx still owns them.
Linda and Eleanor had stayed in touch even after moving to different parts of the state. They would send cards and letters most of the time about their families and such. Things women do when wanting to keep contact with a dear friend.
After bringing Eleanor up to speed on the situation, they decided they needed to do something about it. Both hated to interfere in their son's lives, but, they knew they had no choice this time. Tragedy would strike if they didn't. Pride be damned, Ennis, she thought. If I don't help you with this you might not survive the fall. When Eleanor informed her that Jack was there to help his daddy, Linda got to thinking. Finally, she came up with the perfect plan. After explaining her plan to Eleanor and figuring out how to pull it off, they said goodbye and hung up.
All the while she was making dinner, she kept going over her plan trying to find any flaws in it. Not finding any, she let it sit on the back burner for now. Ennis came stumbling out of the bedroom a dew minutes later.
"Smells good, Momma," he said giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Whatcha makin'?"
"Just bean soup, sweetheart," she replied. "Now, go get washed up, it'll be ready soon."
Two days later Ennis was still there helping her out with some work that needed done. At the moment, he was building a back porch for her to sit on so she wouldn't have to keep taking her tired old bones out to the yard to sit. This was more convenient for her. At seventy-three, it was getting harder for her to get around, though, like Ennis, she refused to let it show. He had inherited that from her along with his chocolate-colored eyes and that golden head of hair she loved to run her fingers through. She loved all her children, but, Ennis had always been her favorite. That's why he'd had so much trouble from his brother when he was growing up.
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Sorry this chapter is so short. Plan revealed in next chapter cause I can't think of anything to prolong it.
