Author's note: Thanks for the reviews! Thanks Laochra! Another A/N at the bottom.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the following story, nor am I profiting for this. Any characters you don't recognise belong to me.

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Chapter 5

Jack was in his dinky motel room lying on the bed. He was too tired to undress, the only part of his clothing he managed to take off, his boots, were thrown messily on the floor. His eyes were tired from driving and crying, he needed rest. He fell into an uneasy sleep and the hard mattress didn't help. Jack arrived in Childress at two thirty in the morning and at that time he didn't care what motel room he got so long as it had a bed. Maybe he should have been more specific…

Jack woke at half nine to find that his sleep had given only a little relief to his eyes. He walked to the bathroom, rubbing his eyes. He turned on the shower, praying to whatever god who looked after seedy motel dwellers that the water was hot. He had a shower and a shave. He decided to get breakfast in the diner down the street. As he pulled into an empty parking space he thought he recognized the truck he parked beside, but he just put it at the back of his mind. He walked into the diner and sat at an empty booth. He sat down and looked around. Across the diner Jack saw Bobby's friend Johnny

having a hushed disagreement with someone Jack vaguely recognized. He thought he knew him as one of Lureen's cousins though he wasn't too sure of his name but he was sure that's who it was. Johnny stood up looking very annoyed as he walked pass Jack booth to get to the door, he stopped short, eyes widening.

"Hello Mr. Twist. What y'doin' back in Texas?" He asked hoping Jack didn't see the argument that he just had.

"I eh…….. Came t'see L.D and t'pick up some of Bobby's stuff"

"So Bobby told y'everythin' then?" Johnny asked almost shyly.

"Yeah, he told me everythin'" Johnny got a slight pink color in his cheeks that Jack noticed.

"I never learned yer name"

"Oh, it's Johnny" Johnny extended his hand and Jack shook it.

"Call me Jack, not Mr.Twist" he added with a grimace.

"Ok… well I better be on my way, nice t'meet y'again Mr…… sorry…Jack"

Johnny got in his grey truck and drove off.

Jack order coffee and some pancakes which he ate quickly. He paid and got in his truck. He sat there deciding where to go first. He decided to see Lureen first, he would go to the house first and if she wasn't there he would go to the business. He started his truck and drove the ten minutes to his old house, now Lureen's.

The house looked the same as it did where he left, he saw Lureen's car parked in the drive way. Jack parked in front of the house he took a deep breath before he got out of the truck. He walked up to the door and knocked he was suddenly nervous. He saw Lureen's figure move to the door to answer though the translucent glass.

"Jack!" Lureen answered the door in utter surprise.

"Yeah, can I come in we need t'talk" Jack spoke calmly.

"It's 'bout Bobby isn't it?" She asked coldly.

"Yeah can I come in?" Jack asked, he thought it was strange asking could he come into a house that he once lived in.

"We've got nothin' t'talk 'bout" She said crossing her arms.

"Yeah we do. Can I please come in?" Jack pressed.

"Fine ok, but not for too long!" She turned and walked to the back of the house. Jack closed the door behind him taking off his hat as he followed.

Lureen stood in the middle of the kitchen arms crossed again, with a face on her that looked like a random donkey had shat in the hallway.

"Ok what do y'want t'say?" She asked coldly.

Jack stood a few metres away from her.

"Why did L.D do that t'Bobby?" She looked at him in disgust.

"Daddy didn't do that. Some boys did it after they caught Bobby with his……… his" Lureen spoke unable to get the word out.

"Boyfriend" Jack interrupted feeling angry that Lureen was trying to cover up her father's actions.

"He deserves what he got" Lureen said with no emotion in her voice. Jack was shocked.

"What? How could y'say something like that! He's yer own son, flesh and blood and y'treat him like this!" Jack raised his voice.

"Yeah and he's queer! Do y'know how it feels a son and an ex-husband! It makes me think there is something wrong with me. I know people are talkin' are 'bout it! And he stole from the business!" Lureen's voice was raised too.

"Y'don't believe that, just 'cause I'm gay and Bobby is y'think it's yer doing! Y'actually believe that! And y'think he's a thief!" Jack was moving his arms while he talked.

"Yeah, I think he's thief! He stole money!" Lureen was mimicking Jack.

"Bobby said L.D framed him. L.D had debts! What would a sixteen year old want with all that money!" Jack was still shouting.

"Daddy doesn't have any debts! He tried his best t'be good t'Bobby but he kept pushing him away!"

"No! L.D made him leave! He did anything but be nice t'him, maybe he pretended just for yer sake! When he found out 'bout Bobby, do yer wanna know 'xaclty what he said to him?" Jack was tapping his foot in irritation.

"Oh y'mean what Bobby told ya!" Lureen couldn't believe a word Jack was saying.

"He said L.D called him 'a dirty queer just like his father, why didn't he go run t'me 'cause he could never make a real man outta him and that I could teach him t'suck cocks and get him a fuck bubby' and I believe Bobby, why would he make it up!"

"Jack, Daddy could never be so cruel. He treated him like a son, he tried t'be the father y'weren't. Y'never visited him" Lureen's voice was quite Jack heard tears in her voice, of frustration or sadness he didn't know.

"Y'never let me and y'think yer father woulda let me! He's still disgusted with me 'cause a Ennis and I don't care what he does t'me but it's my son he's crossed the line! He's sick for framing his own grandchild and punishin' him for who he is, it's not his fault and the money just gave him more reason for punishin' my son!" Jack was on the verge of tears.

Lureen spoke with her cold eyes filling with tears staring right at Jack "Get outta my house. I don't want nobody in my house insulting my family, Jack Twist!"

"Fine, but I'm Bobby's family… remember that!" Jack turned and walked towards the door with Lureen on his tail. He walked out of the door, Lureen slamming it behind him leaning with her back against it pressing her weight against it letting the first silvery tear fall to the ground.

Jack left the house angry he needed a drink. He jumped in his truck and drove to the closest bar to get as wasted as soon as humanly possible. Driving was hard with his vision blurred from the tears in his eyes.

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Ennis sat in the study flicking through paperwork that Jack was meant to do but thought it was better for him to do it even if he wasn't too sure how to, he figured just add the numbers. He was getting tired looking at small numbers. He walked into the kitchen to get a beer, he saw a note on the table in Junior's handwriting. Ennis looked at it and read it. It said

Daddy, me and Bobby gone to the stables maybe ride the horses. Didn't want to disturb you while you were working,

hope you don't mind We'll be back soon

Junior xxx

Ennis put the note down on the table,opened his beer and starting drinking it. He went to the living room and turned on the television to find the news was on. He wasn't really paying attention to it, he was too caught up in his thoughts about how Jack was getting on.

'He left yesterday morning and hasn't called yet. He can look after himself I shouldn't be worrying' Ennis thought but still he did worry. He was too caught up in his thoughts he didn't hear the knock on the door until the tenth knock. He suddenly jumped, spilling some of the beer on himself. He put the bottle on a dresser as he walked out to get the door.

"Francine! What y'doin' here?" Ennis asked very excited.

"Daddy!" Francine jumped into her father's arms squeezing him tight.

"Darlin' what are y'doin' here?" Ennis asked after they stopped hugging. Francine still lived with her mother as she was still in school so she didin't find time to come up that often.

"I need a reason t'come up t'see my own father" She said unconvincingly.

Ennis looked at her "Y'never were a good liar. C'mon inside tell me what's wrong" Ennis stepped aside to let her walk in. They walked into the living room Ennis sat in the chair he was in before he answered the door, Francine sat in the chair beside him. "So what's wrong?"

"Eh ... daddy" She was nervous he could tell from her wringing her hands together on her lap. "Right…I'm just gonna get straight to the point…I'm ... I'm pr… pregnant" She said looking down at her hands too afraid to look up at her father, She heard his breathing hitch.

"Y're pregnant. Well are y'sure?" Ennis asked so calmly that Francine quirked an eyebrow in surprise 'Well he won't be calm when he finds out the next part' She thought.

"Yep, took a test" She answered.

"Well, who's the father?" Ennis asked all too relaxed.

"I eh ... I don't know" Francine was sweating she was so nervous.

Ennis looked at his daughter "Yer telling me y've slept with so many people y'don't know who the father is" His was still mildly calm maybe not as much as before but still relatively. Maybe it was the calm before the storm…she wringed her hands nervously.

Francine not wanting to acknowledge the fact she was easy but she couldn't.

"Yeah… I'm so sorry Daddy"

"What did yer mother say?" he asked though grinded teeth trying to stay calm.

"She doesn't know" Francine was still looking at her hands. She could feel her father's eyes burning through her.

Ennis breathed he needed time to think. He stood up and went to leave the room.

"Where y'goin' daddy?" Francine asked nervously.

"For a ride, I need time t'think" He left the room and walked out towards the stables, ranch workers greeting him as he passed.

He saddled up and was on his horse when Junior saw him.

"Daddy, where y'goin'?" She called off in confusion.

Ennis turned at her voice to look at her "I need time t'think. Francine's in the house if y'wanna go up"

"Oh what's she doin' here?"

"She has news" Ennis rode away without waiting for Junior to reply.

Jack sat at the bar of a smoking bar filled with cowboys. He didn't recognize anybody but he didn't care he didn't want any company. He ordered another beer while lighting a cigarette in his mouth. He wanted to get drunk and forget everything. He sighed loudly without realizing he had.

"Somethin' wrong?" The big bartender with short curly hair asked. Jack looked up when he heard the Bartender ask.

"Ah nothin' I can't handle, least I think so" Jack answered slightly drunk.

"Get yerself in trouble with an answer like that" The bartender chuckled back .

"I'm already in trouble" Jack was drunk and felt lightheaded.

"Yeah I know wha' y'mean" The bartender still chuckled "Lets hope y'can handle it"

"With a few more of these I will" Jack said waving his empty beer bottle which he drank while the bartender talked. He flicked ash off his cigarette in the overflowing ashtray beside him. He wanted Ennis so much to be near him beside him to help him but he couldn't. Ennis was in Wyoming and he was here in Texas and all he could do is dream and get back to Ennis as quick as possible. He slowly drank the beer that was put in front of him and smoked the cigarette in his hand while he daydreamed about Ennis.

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A/N: I hope there aren't any spelling mistakes in this one. I promise to go back and fix the mistakes in the other chapters but I'm too lazy to do it now but i will do it. Please review they make me happy and want to write more so please review! Thanks for all the reviews. I love getting them!