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Chapter 3
Ennis stood in the doorway, his eyes beginning to well up with tears.
"What's wrong daddy?" Junior came up behind Ennis and looked over his shoulder "Oh Jack, Bobby what's wrong?" She squeezed in past her father and knelt in front of Bobby and Jack.
Jack wiped a tear from his eyes and let out a sigh.
"Damn I need coffee" Jack stood up and went to leave a room.
"No Jack, lemme get it" Junior insisted.
"No…stay with Bobby" Jack walked to the door and stood in front of Ennis. He looked up at Ennis. Ennis saw sadness and hatred in Jack's eyes. Ennis moved aside and let Jack pass. He followed Jack into the kitchen and found Jack starting to make coffee shakily.
"What happened?" Ennis asked gently, moving closer to Jack.
Jack turned around from making the coffee and looked at Ennis's face and then into his eyes that were still shining with repressed sorrow.
"Ennis, he just told me that ………that" Jack's voice was cracked, he didn't trust himself to talk without crying. Ennis understood, he wanted to know what happened but it could wait.
"C'mon sit down, lemme make the coffee" With that Jack moved and sat at the table, head in his hands.
Ennis put the coffee in front of Jack "There's some whiskey over there if y'want it"
"Yeah" Jack let out a ghost of a smile.
"I'll take these into Bobby and Junior" Ennis held two cups in his hands.
Ennis walked into the living room. Bobby was trying not to cry. Ennis set the coffee down in front of them on the small coffee table. Junior was gently rubbing Bobby's back. His face looked worse tearstained.
"Thanks daddy" Junior said weakly.
Ennis went back into the kitchen, Jack was sipping his coffee. He looked up when he heard Ennis come in. Ennis went and got the coffee he was drinking before, he put it beside Jack's cup and sat beside him.
"Damn I wish I had a smoke right now!" Jack breathed.
"Yer the one that made us give up 'member" Ennis chuckled.
"Now I wish I didn't!" Jack was smiling.
"If y'want 'em real bad I have a pack I kept hidden in a drawer" Ennis was smiling his sneaky smile.
"Y'what? Have y'been smoking 'em?" Jack was smiling now being mock serious.
"No kept 'em in case of emergencies. Just like this one I guess" Ennis didn't have to wait for an answer he got up and headed towards the bedroom. He opened his bedside locker which was full of anything and everything. Jack always told him to clean it that half the stuff he thought he lost was there Ennis just ignored him he knew everything that was in that draw or so he thought.
"Found 'em" Ennis called back into the kitchen after a few minutes of throwing things out all over the floor. He walked back into the kitchen and placed a pack of half empty or half full Malboro beside Jack's coffee cup.
"Got a light?" Jack asked taking a cigarette out of the crumbled pack and putting it in his mouth.
Ennis pulled out a box of matches from his jeans pocket, took one out, struck it and lit the cigarette in Jack's mouth.
"Thanks cowboy." Jack let out a sad smile and dragged.
"No problem, that's what I'm good for" Jack sensed the joking tone in Ennis's voice but want to let him know that he was very special to him.
"No it ain't cowboy" Jack leaned over to Ennis and kissed him on the lips.
"I forgot how it tastes to kiss a smoker" Ennis joked.
"Fuck you! I love y'really" Jack said taking another drag deep into his lungs.
"I love you too" Ennis always wondered why he had problems saying this to Jack he loved Jack and he always knew that.
"I'm really tired, y'think it'll be alright if I got some sleep" Jack asked finishing his smoke.
"Course… I'll make sure Bobby and Junior are alright. Go t'bed"
"Ok, only lemme sleep a few hours"
"Ok night rodeo" Ennis smiled.
"Night cowboy" Jack put out his cigarette, left the kitchen and went into the living room. Junior had her arm around Bobby "I'm gonna go t'bed get a few hours sleep" Jack said looking at Bobby.
"Ok Jack sleep well"
"Night dad" Bobby's voice was still low and sounded like he had been crying.
"We'll talk some more later" Jack left the room and headed towards the bedroom. He sat on the bed took off his boots and went into the bathroom connected to their bedroom.
"Damn you look rough" He spoke to his reflection. He was yawing walking back into the bedroom "What the?" Jack tripped over the stuff Ennis threw out of the draw looking for the cigarettes. He slid some of the junk under the bed.
'I'll get it tomorrow' he thought. He stripped to his drawers, got into the bed and fell into a heavenly sleep lost in the softness of the bed.
"Jack, Jack wake up, I made some dinner" Ennis's voice was gentle.
"What?" Jack growled pulling the blankets away from his face blinking his eyes, adjusting them to the light.
"C'mon wake up"
"What time's it?" Jack said trying to fight a yaw, sitting up looking at Ennis.
"'Bout seven maybe a little after"
Ennis sat on the edge of the bed. He watched Jack get out of the bed struggling into his jeans "Y'don't have t'have yer dinner now we could wait awhile" Ennis smiled his smile that only Jack saw.
"Maybe later cowboy, I'm starving" Jack leaned in and gave Ennis a light kiss on the lips. "Where's Bobby?" Jack asked looking down fixing his belt.
"He's watchin' television but I think he's goin' t'bed soon." Ennis watched Jack put on his shirt and buttoning it.
"Alright cowboy. What y'make me for dinner? Beans?" Jack couldn't fight the laughter.
"Fuck off. I did steak" Ennis joked back not able to hold his laughter.
"Good I'm starving" On cue his stomach rumbled.
"Sure sounds like it"
Jack went into the kitchen, Junior was sitting at the table reading what Ennis described as a girly book about making men fall in love with women. She looked up when she heard Jack walk in.
"Hi Junior, Bobby still watchin' TV?"
"Yeah some sport thing, I think" Junior said closing her book and turning down the page.
"Junior thanks for being so nice t'Bobby"
"Why wouldn't I be. Your dinner's over there. Daddy done steak"
"Thanks. He needs people bein' nice t'him" Jack walked over to his dinner, back turned to Junior.
"I'll always be nice t'him" Junior said.
"He'll really 'preciate that"
"What exactly happened?" She asked.
"What?" Jack turned around to Junior.
"What happened? All I got outta him was L.D done something. I didn't really understand but I didn't wanna press it" Junior looked at Jack waiting for a answer.
"I don't think I should be the one t'tell ya"
"I'm never gonna find out from him" Jack took a deep breath, leaned against the counter his arms behind him holding on to the counter as if he'd fall if he didn't hold on.
"I didn't tell ya, yer dad don't know yet so don't tell alright?" Jack asked.
"Alright" She nodded in agreement.
Jack cleared his throat "L.D caught him with his friend…."
"With his friend?" Junior gave Jack a curious look.
Jack sighed not wanting to tell Junior that Bobby was actually gay "Yeah the way me and yer father……." Jack didn't have to finish his sentence he knew she understood.
"Oh y'mean" Junior said with wide eyes, Jack nodded "And that's why?...wow….I didn't see that comin'.."
"Well there's more" Jack said slowly.
"Really, that's bad enough" Junior's creased her forehead, she was thinking.
"Yeah y'see there was some money that went missin' outta the business and it was a lot and the next day the same amount appeared in Bobby's account" Junior looked shocked.
"So they think it was Bobby?" Junior asked quietly.
"Yeah that's another reason why he got beat up." Junior saw tears in Jack's eyes. A tear slid down his face. "He's not safe anymore"
"Oh poor Bobby" Junior was close to tears.
"Yeah" Jack ran his hand through his hair. "I'm goin t'Texas in the morin' to see L.D"
"What? Does daddy know? What 'bout Bobby, how does he feel?" Junior was paniced.
"They don't know, no one knows 'cept you" Jack mumbled.
"Yer goin' t'Texas" Bobby was standing in the doorway Junior or Jack didn't hear him leave the living room.
Both turned at the sound of his voice.
"Bobby! Yeah I'm goin'. L.D has no right t'treat y'like that. I'm goin t'Texas and goin kill him" Jack stood with a look of anger on his face.
"No dad! Yer not goin'! Y'll get killed" Bobby walked further into the kitchen.
"Yer my son Bobby I don't want anyone hurting y'especially yer own grandfather"
"Dad, I don't want y'goin' yer gonna die, a lotta people know 'bout y'and Ennis" Bobby was worrying, Jack could hear this in his voice.
"I don't care" Jack tried not to sound scared even though he was very scared.
"But Ennis will!"
Jack knew this but he had to make him see why he had to go "Well I'm gonna have t'make him see"
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