Part 3

[talkstocoyotes]

 Chapter 13

October 1984

It was chilly, with constant snow flurries, a month later when Ennis followed the now-smoothly running blue car toward Casper and then down Interstate 25 toward Denver, but had become sunny by the time they were driving through the suburbs in the late afternoon. Both Ennis and Alma had been disappointed, though not surprised

Comments

[weepuffling]

great story glad to see it back ..... look forward to more.

[trekfan]

I am so happy to see this story again, I was wondering if it was going to be one of those I got into and then it never returned.

I love how Jack is still with Ennis, that they had a wedding night. And I like how David is being a part of Ennis' life, giving him advice on how to check out if the area where Jenny is settling is a good place. That is very sound advice. I am wondering if there is a part of Jack in David.

I like how Jenny is touched at the end by how her father cares and worries about her but acknowledges that she is a grown woman now and had a life of her own

please update soon

[rainattimes]

so good. David's advice to Ennis...they're getting close aren't they?
(David/Ennis) I am glad you updated.

[coffeecat33]

I'm happy to see this story again, too.
Leslie

[joetheone]

Sweet Dad Ennis yes, those are all good ways of judging a neighborhood for safety even though in small towns crime can sneak in and suprise you also but at least it makes a Daddy a little more comfortable. Joe

New neighborhoods

[talkstocoyotes]

That was from an old backlog of 'street smarts' that I picked up over years of living in city neighborhoods as a single woman, and coming & going at all hours. Checking out the neighborhood, that's a contribution from a long-departed landlord whom I asked for advice when I was scouting around to buy my first house way back in '83. It saved me from buying a lovely-looking little house in a neighborhood that turned out to be truly scary at night. I applied the same advice to another neighborhood, bought a funky-looking little house on a great lot and in the five years I lived there, never even bothered to put locks on the windows.

However, if I had an 18-year-old daughter who'd grown up in a small town and was blithely off to a city the size of Denver, I'd be going bonkers.