Serial: "Hawkins County" Chapter 2 - Nostalgic 1970s Americana

"Hawkins County" has a dual story line until well into the second act. You have already met Pat O'Connor, the delinquent teenage boy on the run from the law. The premise of his story line: Can Pat O'Connor continue to elude capture by law enforcement for probation violation? Now in chapter 2, you will meet Jack Johnson, a nerdy college student whose life becomes enmeshed with Pat O'Connor's in way the two can not yet imagine. This is the second story line, with Jack Johnson being the antagonist to the protagonist Pat O'Connor. 

"Actually, I owe my name to Peter Davidson, my father, whose sense of humor was very strange. I can empathize with anyone cursed with an odd name." Doctor Harley cued the concert band to play the first few lines of Johnny Cash's A Boy Named Sue, and as the melody ended, he extended his right hand, palm up, and right leg toward the audience. "ta-da-boom," he said. The snare drummer ta-da-boomed back after Doctor Harley said ta-da-boom, so Doctor Harley ta-da-boomed to him. The drummer ta-da-boomed once more and this time, Doctor Harley ta-da-boomed to the conductor. 

Jack grinned. The good doctor knew how to work a crowd as well as Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. 

Doctor Harley grinned also and took a bow. Fort an instant, he wished he had remained a teacher because the response he got from a live audience was so enjoyable to him. 

Adam nelson was really wiggling now, so much so that Jack leaned over to him and whispered, "What's with you, anyway?" (to be continued)

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