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I was wondering if Johnston told Gail about what he heard of the conversation between Jake and Heather by the Roadrunner in Black Jack. Then I got the first line of this and had to write the rest.

Fool For Love

“Do you know what kind of idiot we raised for a son?”

Gail felt her husband’s question rumble in his chest as she lay pressed against him, trying not to think about what might happen when he made the trip to Black Jack Fairgrounds the next day.

She hugged him more tightly. “Which one?”

“Jake. Lets a girl kiss him, and then doesn’t talk to her for a month.”

Gail tipped her head back. “Which girl?”

“Heather Lisinski.” In the near-darkness, she saw Johnston shake his head. “Boy’s a damn fool to let a nice girl like that get away….”