Serial: "Hawkins County" Chapter 2 - 1970's 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. 

Continued character development of Jack Johnson:

"Father Donovan, would you mind posing for a few snapshots with us?" Esther said, hoping this ploy would dissuade the priest from murdering her youngest son. 

"Why, of course, Esther," Father Donovan replied, releasing Jack. 

"Pose like you mean it folks, while I snap a few," Senior said.

A few turned out to be more like nineteen, for the ever-thrifty Esther purchased the jumbo roll of film at the drugstore. Actually, there were 25 photos on a roll, but Esther wasted six shots at Aunt Pearl's 93rd birthday party at the nursing home last week. As she explained to Senior, you never know when the Lord might call Pearl home, and the photos would come in handy for the Westerville-Johnson genealogy she was working on. 

Father Donovan, Esther, Jack, and Marianne smiled as they looked at the camera, but jack always managed to have the most animated poses. One time he even threw his clapboard graduate's cap into the air in keeping with tradition. The four continued to speak as they posed while Senior snapped pictures from every conceivable angle without being indecent. 

"Dear, who was that retard sitting next to you?" Esther said, grinning pleasantly through her teeth. She glanced at the priest and put her hand over her mouth, embarrassed. 

"Now Esther, ever since Vatican Two, we Catholics have been striving to be more ecumenical, more tolerant and accepting, even to the least of our brethren," Father Donovan said, displaying his newly capped teeth. "Like Jack, here. By the way, did you see that dumb moron who burst out laughing during the commencement?"

"Yes, the big fat asshole who disrupted the ceremony," Marianne said, smiling demurely at the camera, every inch of her the epitome of the All-American Girl. "Who was that turd anyway?" (to be continued)

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