While in the waiting area, Ennis wants to call Mrs Twist but he does not want to leave the hospital and he knows she has no other way here. So, he decides to not call until he hears what the doctor has to say.
"," the doctor says "Uh, Del Mar," Ennis says, "We're half-brothers," Ennis lies to the nurses. He knows he will not get any information otherwise.
"How is he? Is he gonna make it?" Ennis asks stuttering.
He is terrified he was too late for Jack, that he couldn't do more, that he didn't just grab Jack and take him away where it would be just the two of them.
"He is severely hurt and we still don't know the extent of the damage. Let's just say he is not out of the woods yet."
"Can I see him?" Ennis asks. The doctor closes his eyes and nods "Yes. The nurse will show you to his room."
"Oh, Jack," Ennis whispers. He walks over to where Jack is, sits down and holds Jack's hand. He stayed there the entire time Jack was in the hospital.
A week later Ennis calls Mrs. Twist to tell her the good news "Jack gets to go home today."
Jack is still very sore when he is being helped out of the truck by Ennis "I'm just sore but I don't have broken legs, you know, I can walk on my own," Jack says.
"Sure you can," Ennis replies and rolls his eyes because as soon as he says it, Jack almost falls to the ground. Fortunately, the truck door breaks his fall.
"OK, so I'm a lil' jiggly. Give me a break, I've been in bed for a week."
Ennis just shakes his head.
"You'll finally beat this ranch into shape, huh?" John Twist says. "It took my son to almost die for you to do it," John Twist says once more.
"You don't talk to Ennis that way," Jack shouts into his father's face.
"Look, I don't care if you are hurt. You show me some respect or I will punch you into next week," John Twist says with a sneer.
Ennis grabs Jack's arm, pulls him aside gently and then goes nose to nose with John Twist saying "If you ever talk to Jack like that again…" Ennis back walks John Twist into the wall by an inch with each word he says.
"I'll say it again… if you ever lay a finger on Jack again, you will be in your family plot sooner than you think," Ennis growls.
Once he steps back from Jack, John Twist is backed all the way into the wall. All the rage and anger Ennis has been feeling, disappears as soon as he looks into Jack's eyes. The eyes of the man he loves. His Jack. The one he would die for!